Yamaha PSS-F30 37-Note Mini Keyboard
Out of the cheap keyboards, I prefer Yamaha's sounds to Casio's for my requirements (although the Casio piano itself is fine). I'm a guitarist and only need a keyboard for recording a bit of piano, organ, strings, brass etc on backing tracks, and the tones on offer here are excellent for that purpose. Organ tones aren't in the Hammond B3 ballpark of course, but they're more than acceptable. And of course you can always stick them through a Leslie simulator. It even has some pretty fair bass sounds. You're not going to be recording professionally or gigging with this as a solo instrument, but for layering a few backing tracks... and all for 55 quid? Brilliant! I can't comment on the inbuilt tunes etc, as I only use it as stated. It has good life on rechargeable batteries and is very small and portable. The only slight negative (which I knew before I bought) is the 1/8" output jack. Fair enough, I haven't had a problem with it, but 1/4" is more robust for a line out to a recording deck or similar. Generally though, if you have limited space in your 'studio' (ha-ha!) and your requirements are small, this is the one to get.
May 13, 2020
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Peter S
