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ProfessorGAC

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6. Do You Want Weighted Keys?
Tue Mar 25, 2014, 07:49 AM
Mar 2014

Or will synth action do? I'd recommend looking for a used Alesis QS-8.1 on the net. It's a full range synth, but is 88 weighted action keys. Fairly heavy, so not the easiest thing to move around.

I've had one for a long time. The action is not quite what one gets with a high end Roland or Korg, but is pretty good. And, it has a lot of other tremendous sounds and layers.

No super frills like recording or sequencing. It's just an instrument, not a workstation.

There were quite affordable new, so there might be some pretty cheap ones out on the market. And, i never had any operating issues with any Alesis gear i ever had.

I've seen them on the net for as little as 450 bucks.

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