29-10-2015, 05:31 PM
(This post was last modified: 29-10-2015, 05:32 PM by Nowhere-Man.)
I should add the price of electronic organs has tumbled hugely. Should you wish to buy one, decent makes are sometimes even given away. A typical eighties organ will have about 12 different beats (pushbutton) and lots of tabs for different instruments. There is a very small circle of people who play these old organs or work on them to keep them in good shape.
The old tone wheel Hammonds still fetch a lot of money, so that's an exception.
I'm not sure how far synths have now moved on from the one I have which is maybe mid nineties. The latest Korgs probably have more memory, inbuilt portable studio digital recording and far more mixing features.
I am, however, very much against using advanced digital keyboards too soon before basic keyboard skills have been acquired. On mine I did a lot of practice just on electric piano till I could get my two hands to co-ordinate. However, if you use the mixing and layering functions on multi-channels, it's quite easy to make music on synths.
All the Beatles had in the early sixties was amps, electric guitars, bass and an old piano. Check out the pic of McCartney here:
The old tone wheel Hammonds still fetch a lot of money, so that's an exception.
I'm not sure how far synths have now moved on from the one I have which is maybe mid nineties. The latest Korgs probably have more memory, inbuilt portable studio digital recording and far more mixing features.
I am, however, very much against using advanced digital keyboards too soon before basic keyboard skills have been acquired. On mine I did a lot of practice just on electric piano till I could get my two hands to co-ordinate. However, if you use the mixing and layering functions on multi-channels, it's quite easy to make music on synths.
All the Beatles had in the early sixties was amps, electric guitars, bass and an old piano. Check out the pic of McCartney here:
