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Keyborad or Synthesizer?
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:36 pm
by Livgivare
I know there is a difference between those two, but for you nerds out there who love to play synthesizers, where is the line for you when a synth is too easy and have too less buttons to be a synth and turns out to just be a keyboard who is electrical and looks like and sounds somewhat like an analouge Piano?
Love Leelene
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:42 pm
by Jarp2600
The difference between a synth and a keyboard is: A keyboard uses preset samples, par example of a piano or a flute, guitar or organ. With a synth you design a completely new sound, you develop it like you want it.
The way between them is a workstation, a keyboard and a synth in one. In short...
We want synths because they have that typically undefinable sound. And that's the sound we looooove.
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:00 pm
by Mike Earsen
Well, imagine that Roland released XV-5080 (sound module) with keys (let's say... 76). You can't create sounds, you just have plenty of high quality multisamples. Would you call it a keyboard or synth?
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:04 pm
by Jarp2600
I think I would call it workstation.
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:11 pm
by Livgivare
So there is keyboards, synthesizers and workstations. Oh, that makes it a bit more confusing!
Love Leelene
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:19 pm
by Nico_Noyau
You forgot a point I think, a keyboard has inbuilt speakers
And synthesizers are looking better, it is not made for the same sort of persons
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:32 pm
by Jarp2600
That's not completely true, Nico! There are keyboards without speakers, and there are synthesizers with! But indeed, not very much.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:55 am
by GeeJee
A keyboard - to me - has this particular auto-accompaniment section: hit a chord and you don't have to play any longer
Only you have to do is hit '11' for 'Tuba' and you can toss around with the melody. It also has those built-in speakers and usually looks a bit toyish. You can not edit sounds on them.
Cause that's what Synthesizer means: to synthesize a sound, to shape a sound. That's not what those kiddo-keyboards are for...
Hope that helps
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:24 am
by jarrekid
Synths > Keyborads.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:08 am
by Jon
I remember an old friend of mine having a Roland synth years ago with built in speakers. I think it was the version that came out alongside the 106 from the mid 80s.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:19 pm
by GeeJee
Equinoxe5 wrote:I remember an old friend of mine having a Roland synth years ago with built in speakers. I think it was the version that came out alongside the 106 from the mid 80s.
Roland HS60 
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:32 pm
by SHARPBLUE
Keyborad - is that an Ali G character
Sorry couldn't resist.
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:15 pm
by Jakob BC
GeeJee wrote:Equinoxe5 wrote:I remember an old friend of mine having a Roland synth years ago with built in speakers. I think it was the version that came out alongside the 106 from the mid 80s.
Roland HS60
Thats the first synth in my head when the talk about synths with speakers started
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:39 pm
by Jon
GeeJee wrote:Equinoxe5 wrote:I remember an old friend of mine having a Roland synth years ago with built in speakers. I think it was the version that came out alongside the 106 from the mid 80s.
Roland HS60
Thats the one. He offered it me in the very early 90s when he wanted to sell it and I turned it down (foolish me)
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:46 pm
by jarrekid
SHARPBLUE wrote:Keyborad - is that an Ali G character
Sorry couldn't resist.
I was tempted.