Do synthesizer keyboards primarily play basic piano sounds and you can alter the sounds from there?
Posted: July 29, 2010 at 6:35 am | Tags: alter, basic, from, Keyboards, piano, play, primarily, sounds, synthesizer, There
Do synthesizer keyboards primarily play basic piano sounds and you can alter the sounds from there? I hope this doesn’t sound like a stupid question, but I really want a synthesizer, but am kind of confused about it all. Also, if you buy a synthesizer keyboard instead of a piano keyboard, does it not sound as nice? (Since piano keyboards are made for piano sounds). I was looking to buy a Yamaha synth.
Answer by Crim Liar
Synths come with “banks” of sounds which you can choose between. You can even create “patches” so different keys can be mapped to different instruments.
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Simple answer is no, synthesizers are designed to create unusual original electronic sounds first implemented by the Moog synth ( invented by Robert Moog ) in 1965 whereas a standard electronic keyboard is designed to recreate more natural sounding instruments like piano, brass,organ.
You need to ask yourself what kind of music do you want to play, then check out the sounds of some popular synths like the moog, korg,Yamaha and Roland synths on Youtube.
If you can get to a local music store go and test some out before parting with your cash.
For some more ideas on synths and keyboards check out http://www.keyboardsforsale.org