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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

PSR-E413 portable keyboard

Yamaha PSRE413 61 Key Digital Keyboard
Yamaha PSRE413 61 Key Digital Keyboard is an innovative new way to play the music you love anywhere you want. Yamaha unveiled this new model to function as a replacement for the PSR-E403, which is clearly inferior to the new E413. This keyboard comes equipped with two educational programs called the Yamaha Education Suite and the Yamaha portable Grand. There is also increased ability to edit and digitalize all of the sounds you create while playing. The Arpeggiator on this new unit offers twice as many choices as the previous model. Most importantly, this new model includes a usb connection port which allows you to connect and save your music to your pc or mac. This is huge for any musician to be able to record their music from wherever they want when they desire. At just 399 msrp, the Yamaha PSR-E413 is a bargain for all the accessories and functionality that come in one package. Once your songs are downloaded onto your computer, you are free to edit those songs using any number of editing softwares that are currently available. Does anyone have a preferred program for editing their keyboard music? If you know of anything that works well, please let me know. Does anyone have any experience using a keyboard that connects by USB? I would like to know what you think about this new product. Please feel free to share your comments or experiences with this keyboard or any other for that matter.

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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Muse Research and IK Multimedia team up for Total Workstation Rack

Muse Total Workstation Rack
Following on the heels of the Receptor Komplete the crews at Muse Research and IK Multimedia have just announced the Receptor Total Workstation Rack (TWR). It’s powered by SampleTank, and combines IK Multimedia's super-efficient SampleTank engine with the high-performance Receptor hardware plug-in player from Muse Research and ships with an exclusive red faceplate. All in all it features a huge selection of more than 10,000 sounds covering every imaginable instrument category (27 GB of samples) as well the T-RackS EQ, AmpliTube 2 DUO and Ampeg SVX UNO.

At just $1999.99 you’re practically getting the hardware for free.

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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Keyboard Confusion

Roland Keyboards

Since I bought a Yamaha portable keyboard about 8 years ago, I was really in the dark when I started searching for a new one. I was amazed at the number of websites that sell keyboards and confused because there are so many options. Keyboards nowadays have a ton of sounds, touch screens and more! So to help cut down on the confusion, I figured out what I wanted in a keyboard. Then I was able to search the net and found some reliable websites. Most of the sites are very similar but some have excellent Bizrate comments and long term customers. In all my years of buying products, I discovered that anybody can sell you a keyboard but the customer service is what is nice before, during and after the sale. I am going to check out a Roland keyboard at American Musical Supply because I have read several good comments about them.

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