I went to go buy the keystation today; played on it, but held off. The Mod and Pitch wheels seem a bit funky, no resistance, toyish. And response on the keys a little slugish, I could definently handle and live with that. But all though gorgeous buttons, fadders and knobs...WOW!

I've also been eyeing the Leagacy collection. Reading the CM review and being a big fan of classic synths, should I venture towards the Korg (yes, yes, yes I know the controller is more toyish than a mod wheel could ever be). CM has been very dead wrong on their reviews before as well. Still, I've only heard the Demos and the manager at the guitar center pretty much said that during the training they were told that the controlers were of limited production, once there gone thats it, there more of a bonus and the price will remain somewhere up in that range (personally I don't see how). Also, can you run live audio through the effects of the MS-20?

Regardless, I'm really torn...Keystation 88 or Korg Legacy? I'm (allowed by wiffy) to get one more thing before our first baby girl is born! Yeah, for us, that makes three!

Any suggestions, or should I just walk away and save for bail money for the two boys in the future?

I have a keystation 61 that has limited value as a projectile weapon & little else. Bo-bo knobs & sticky sliders & unresponsive keys I need to hit with a jack-hammer to get a full velocity out of.

Does that help?

Keystation boards do not recieve the highest praise here, do a forum search. I can recall 2 threads at least where many felt the same way I did on Keystation quality.

If it's the buttons & all that you're drawn to, why not a remote25?
Then there's the Alesis controller, but that one looks a bit pricey..($850 or higher?)

edit: I almost forgot to add the install drivers need a fair amount of witchcraft to get recognized, good luck!

Whats a remote25?

And do you mean the Alesis QS8.2 64 Voice Expandable Synthesizer? Do they make a controller? This synth had the exact same keys as the Keystation 88, but tighter action and nice controls. Can this synth control VST (honestly never thought about a hardware synth, but can it be accomplished through midi?)

Novations 25 key midi controller. You have that one, then you have the Xtreme Audio, which is a hopped up version with audio inputs & a decent software bundle, as well as a built-in K-station.

bleh..here ya go:

http://www.novationmusic.com/nov_route/docs/prods/remote_25_audio_x/re mote25x_audio_over.htm

its a remote with a keyboard on it..

jk


http://www.zzounds.com/item--NOVREMOTE25

more or less, but it's like mission kontrol..get it? (k)ontrol??

shoot me.

No no no...I'm looking for a really good expanded keyboard, 88 keys. I too have the Keystation 61 and firewire 410, I don't need all that stuff (PS. you can adjust the velocity sensitivity pretty easily under the programming buttons, I know what you mean about the jack hammer). What I want is a more natural feel for the keyboard, but I dont want to lose the controls. If need be, can I run two boards? One for knobs and one for the Keyboard action?

your 61 doesn't have a thru function. If you have more than 1 midi input I don't see a problem, but I don't run 2 midi devices myself, so I don't know for certain. The 88 DOES look nice, but I don't want more of the same quality build personally..

As far as the Alesis, I saw something on it in one of the recent magazines, but nothing on the Alesis site, maybe I was mistaken. I'll post again here if I find it.

Note that the Korg Legacy pack has got suberb reviews in other magazines as well.

Sound on Sound and the german Keyboards previews were very positive.

Now they are for some reason reviewing the individual parts in consecutive issues.

(Wavestation first in SOS, Polysix first in Keyboards.)

spritex wrote:

Note that the Korg Legacy pack has got suberb reviews in other magazines as well. Sound on Sound and the german Keyboards previews were very positive. Now they are for some reason reviewing the individual parts in consecutive issues. (Wavestation first in SOS, Polysix first in Keyboards.)

yeah, but no expanded keys, or a practical midi controller for that matter, as cool as the thing is.

Sure, naturally one would need a normal keyboard as well. The controller could work as a knob box, though.

(Actually, the get go of this thread is very apples and oranges

hmmmmm LA?

bail money