Hello guys. 
I've always just played the guitars and similarly-looking instruments
I'd like to get a little keyboard, to see if I will get as caught, and if I will be able to make something out of it
I'm new to this world and I don't know where to put the money more conveniently in my situation and in order to make the first purchase futureproof.
I've been looking around. I've seen many keyboards that promise 2000 instruments, effects and stuff in 500 bucks... shall I believe them? I think I'd use less than 10 of them, and I'd be fine with just only one, if worth the money.
I'd be fine with just-a-synth, or just-an-organ. synth-like, mellotron-like, hammond-like, continental-like sounds; whatever, I don't want to have them all now, just one or two of these would be fine by now for practicing, but at least let it be well-sounding.
so I was thinking about something like the Korg R3, or about a 3/4 octave controller + cheap desktop module.
...Do well-built 2-to-4 octaves controllers even exist? the ones I've came through all looked like toys, with a ton of knobs and buttons and faders on them. Again, it's not my thing but... Why don't most controllers meet the eye and the fingertips as well? Do good controllers always come with the whole instrument?
if tldr, to SUM UP:
...interested in:
- cheap synth or combo or hammond module.
- beautiful 2 to 4 octave controller.
- Or something like the korg R3, also second-hand or used.
...budget: 500 euros
...NOT interested in:
- grandpianos, orchestras, string quartets, ethnic ensembles
- sequencers, arrangers, multieffects, multilayers
- having to use a computer
thank you all a lot
I've always just played the guitars and similarly-looking instruments
I'd like to get a little keyboard, to see if I will get as caught, and if I will be able to make something out of it
I'm new to this world and I don't know where to put the money more conveniently in my situation and in order to make the first purchase futureproof.
I've been looking around. I've seen many keyboards that promise 2000 instruments, effects and stuff in 500 bucks... shall I believe them? I think I'd use less than 10 of them, and I'd be fine with just only one, if worth the money.
I'd be fine with just-a-synth, or just-an-organ. synth-like, mellotron-like, hammond-like, continental-like sounds; whatever, I don't want to have them all now, just one or two of these would be fine by now for practicing, but at least let it be well-sounding.
so I was thinking about something like the Korg R3, or about a 3/4 octave controller + cheap desktop module.
...Do well-built 2-to-4 octaves controllers even exist? the ones I've came through all looked like toys, with a ton of knobs and buttons and faders on them. Again, it's not my thing but... Why don't most controllers meet the eye and the fingertips as well? Do good controllers always come with the whole instrument?
if tldr, to SUM UP:
...interested in:
- cheap synth or combo or hammond module.
- beautiful 2 to 4 octave controller.
- Or something like the korg R3, also second-hand or used.
...budget: 500 euros
...NOT interested in:
- grandpianos, orchestras, string quartets, ethnic ensembles
- sequencers, arrangers, multieffects, multilayers
- having to use a computer
thank you all a lot
