Keyboards you are glad you sold

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:40 pm

I hope it's not considered too much as bashing, but in conjunction with the popular thread "Keyboards you wish you had never sold!", maybe it is also interesting for others to know which ones you gladly have sold (or lost or whatever).

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:44 pm

For me it's the Kawai K4. A that time it was my first synth and I couldn't afford the Korg M1 (which was at that time the Korg 'main' model, together with the Yamaha SY22 (in that price range)).

I sold the Kawai K4 to get a price reduction for the Korg X5. The owner of the shop had quite a hard time to sell it.

Although the Kawai K4 is not that a bad synth, for acoustic sounds it was not good (but I didn't know much about synths at that time). I did two auditions back then where they liked my play, but were not really 'amused' with my gear.

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:57 pm

Korg Poly-800.

I didn't like the build quality or the menu diving. Most of the sounds were just "meh."

runningman67 · Post by **runningman67** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:11 pm

Never loved the Korg O1 w.

I had the Korg T3 before it and loved the warmth . The 01 w just ever did it for me. The Trinty was better and the Triton Studio, despite its lack of warmth, was an excellent work station.

The Kronos, after 3 demo plays is another level. Several levels!

kimu · Post by **kimu** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:18 pm

nice topic!

i have sold without regrests:

useaudio plugiator
korg r3
Prophet 08 (for a Voyager

)
mopho desktop
blofeld

Shakil · Post by **Shakil** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:42 pm

Roland Fantom-S 61
Yamaha Motif XS 6
ALESIS Fusion

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:13 pm

Shakil wrote:Roland Fantom-S 61
Yamaha Motif XS 6
ALESIS Fusion

The Motif is normally not seen as an unwanted instrument (guess you got a better alternative).

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:14 pm

runningman67 wrote:Never loved the Korg O1 w.

I had the Korg T3 before it and loved the warmth . The 01 w just ever did it for me. The Trinty was better and the Triton Studio, despite its lack of warmth, was an excellent work station.

The Kronos, after 3 demo plays is another level. Several levels!

I checked the Trinity at the store (when it came out), but the display was a bit slow (and I use it for live usage mainly). However, didn't really realize that it was more for programming an issue than for live usage. Still I like the later (Tritons and further) better since they are a lot faster.

I also remember demoing a Yamaha or Roland (can't remember) and was accidentally touching the display (right after demoing a Korg) ... I really LOVE touch screens for synths. And the UI with the indepth menus still work after all those years.

cello · Post by **cello** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:16 pm

I was glad I sold the Trinity!

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:22 pm

michelkeijzers wrote:
Shakil wrote:Roland Fantom-S 61
Yamaha Motif XS 6
ALESIS Fusion
The Motif is normally not seen as an unwanted instrument.

True, but the Fusion sure is. That keyboard initially had great potential... and even though most of the bugs were fixed, it became a disaster for Alesis.

They haven't had a workstation in the market ever since. I guess all their keyboards are discontinued now. Sad.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:25 pm

Synthoid wrote:
michelkeijzers wrote:
Shakil wrote:Roland Fantom-S 61
Yamaha Motif XS 6
ALESIS Fusion
The Motif is normally not seen as an unwanted instrument.
True, but the Fusion sure is. That keyboard initially had great potential... and even though most of the bugs were fixed, it became a disaster for Alesis.

They haven't had a workstation in the market ever since. I guess all their keyboards are discontinued now. Sad.

Actually I never really looked at Alesis. I know their earlier keyboards were very bad (soundwise), maybe that's why I have skipped them later.

runningman67 · Post by **runningman67** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:28 pm

cello wrote:I was glad I sold the Trinity!

I owned a Trinity. I have little or no memory of playing it. I suppose that's what makes the difference between a good'n and an average one.

Synthoid · Post by **Synthoid** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:32 pm

michelkeijzers wrote:Actually I never really looked at Alesis. I know their earlier keyboards were very bad (soundwise), maybe that's why I have skipped them later.

I wouldn't say their early stuff was bad, just bland.

Many people loved the QS series, though I never played one. I did end up buying an Alesis Ion. It's a great VA, with lots of knobs and filter choices. The only place Alesis dropped the ball with it is, they should have included reverb and a programmable arpeggiator. Wooden end cheeks would have been nice as well.

BillW · Post by **BillW** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:39 pm

For me, these come to mind:

Triton Studio 88: I liked the Triton sounds, but this was my last 88-note "synth." This pretty much turned me off to 88-note keyboards. They're heavy and lose their value quickly.

Yamaha AN1x: It was probably da bomb as a VA back in 1999, but the more I got back into gigging, the less interested I was in owning specialty keyboards (i.e., the kind that only does 1 thing and isn't many-part multitimbral).

Korg CX3: Again, it's a "specialty/does only 1 thing" kind of keyboard. Fortunately, I have the CX-3 engine back again in my Kronos.

EXer · Post by **EXer** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:49 pm

I tried to sell my Roland XP-30. No one wanted to buy it for more than a few bucks(*), so I kept it

(*) just trying to sound American, "buck" doesn't apply to €

And I still use its built-in Orchestral and Session SR-JV cards when I need orchestral sounds for some compositions; they do the job in a mix, and no one has ever complained...

I guess I shouldn't have said that on this forum; from now on I'm not allowed anymore to complain about the Kronos orchestral strings