I'm after something that will give me usable strings, brass & piano (plus a bit of rhodes, hammond, farfisa type stuff would be great) the sounds don't have to pristine - just serviceable in a full mix. Acceptable-in-the-nineties is the quality level I'd be aiming for.
I'm no pianist and it needs to be cheap as it will be rarely used and I prefer spending money on guitars.
Ideally it will be:
- £100ish
- second hand
- off-the-boil, out-of-date, unfashionable or bulky is fine.
I have a midi keyboard and I don't mind if the solution is software, hardware, rackmount or an actual keyboard.
(I already have an EMU rackmount synth for atmospheric and syn-wavey stuff)
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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I'm guessing if I got the 25 key version, I could plug my midi controller keyboard in to it if I was feeling the need for more than a couple of octaves performance range?
If you're going for a software solution you'd want an appropriately powerful computer and an audio interface. The advantage of a software approach would be that the sky's the limit. Downside is it's kind of endless, and maybe requires some learning.
Woefully out of date, but it serves my needs. My demands have never exceeded it's capabilities, so I've never bothered upgrading.
You just described the E-Mu Composer, Protozoa123 and Ensoniq Halo (AKA Sounds Of The ZR76) ROM expansions. These can often be found on eBay for £100ish.
- The stock sound set that you already have.
- a smaller collection of additional synthetic waveforms and patch presets.
The entire Audity 2000 sound set became the basis of the Xtreme Lead sound collection.With expansion pack? How much you looking for @Funkfingers ?