Let's see your KEYS/SYNTHS!

[Jayyyd]

Yo so, I bought this casio wk-500 just to mess around with or whatever, and one of the higher octaves doesn't work at all. 2nd to first one. Is there any way to fix this or

[kaeth]

Just got one'a deez



'n' one'a deez



both are a blast in completely different ways.

[backwardsvoyager]

^ HNNNNG


late night headphone jamming
gonna try learn my way around these as much as possible before i start incorporating pedals and other stuff. i'm usually a lazy shit with learning complicated devices but the Machinedrum is pretty nicely laid out so it's fun so far.
my blofeld is buggy as hell and a complete PITA but i'm still weirdly fond of it especially for pads. want an old Juno-60 real bad though.

[oscillateur]

The Blofeld's latest OS is supposed to be much less buggy from what I've read, probably worth updating if you haven't done it yet.

[tuj]

[Disarm D'arcy]

The only way you could have made the entire forum more jelly was by adding this caption to your photo: "Yeah, so, I've recently downsized to this".

[phantasmagorovich]

That is fucking massive!

[Seten]

Trying to decide between a Pocket Piano, Microbrute, or Volca Keys for my first synth. Thoughts?

[Dr. Sherman Sticks M.D.]

pocket piano is more chip tune-y, can't remember if it can do chords or not. i think its monophonic.
microbrute is balls gnarly. more aggressive sound, but very versatile w/ the different wave shapes and editing/mixer matrix. also monophonic.
volca keys is poly, and also versatile. kinda more mellow/traditional sounds on the regular modes. gets pretty drone/noise/dissonant/waves crashing in the ring modes.
currently the cheapest polyphonic synth (and analog) on the market today i'm pretty sure. most other synths don't even touch the price and most of them are monophonic! poly synths are muy muy these days.

[backwardsvoyager]

volca keys is definitely best for noise/ambient/experimental sounds i think but the ribbon keyboard is annoying and it feels kinda insubstantial cos of the housing. has a MIDI in jack though if you have a controller.
the pocket piano has some patches that are monophonic and some that are polyphonic i'm pretty sure, which makes it pretty versatile. i would go for the MIDI version though.

[Seten]

I would really like to have a quarter inch out though, which is what originally turned me away from the volca.

[Seten]

Think what it comes down to (correct me if I'm wrong):

Volca:

No quarter inch (though I suppose I can just use a converter with the aux jack)
polyphonic
MIDI in (and MIDI out?)
Analog (which is cool)
worst keys
Cheapest ($150)

Microbrute

quarter inch
monophonic
MIDI in (and out, right?)
Analog
Best keys (relatively)
Most expensive ($250-$300)

Pocket Piano

quarter inch
monophonic (and polyphonic?)
probably not gonna get the MIDI version, don't think it's worth the $100 since I already have a MIDI controller
Digital (would prefer analog, but I really don't care)
2nd best keys
Middle price ($175)

Based on that, I mean the volca keys is pretty much the obvious choice other than the keyboard and the lack of a quarter inch, but I have fairly small hands and I can get an aux adapter if I wanna it through an amp/my pedalboard (right?)

[Seten]

Plus, with the volca I can later get the other ones and be super-duper happy.

[backwardsvoyager]

I would really like to have a quarter inch out though, which is what originally turned me away from the volca.

[Seten]

I would really like to have a quarter inch out though, which is what originally turned me away from the volca.

Alright, thanks I actually have I think that exact adapter, though the metal is bent as shit and pretty much unusual. Oh well, guess I'll have to shell out ANOTHER 1.99...