The new Hammond XK-3c has been designed with the professional musician in mind. Built upon the outstanding features and astounding tone-wheel type sound found on the legendary XK-3 keyboard which is no longer being produced. Hammond engineers have added many of the most requested advanced features and effects never before found on a Hammond keyboard of this price range.
The XK-3c features 73 (61 + 12 preset keys) Waterfall keys with velocity, two sets of 9 and one set of two drawbars, Vase III sound generator creates 96 independent oscillating digital tone wheels for accurate reproduction of B3 sound, original B-3 reverse color keys presets, split upper and lower vibrato/chorus switches, assignable controller for MIDI instruments, advanced digital Leslie and vibrato scanner. The XK-3c is also equipped with a vacuum dual tube preamplifier and overdrive. Most importantly, the XK-3c has full polyphony. Like the Hammond XK-3 keyboard, the new XK-3c can be used strictly as a single keyboard or expanded into a two-manual B-3 like organ when used in conjunction with either the innovative PRO or Traditional XK Systems.
The XK-3c is so well thought out and is set up to be reminiscent of a very fine vintage Hammond B-3 Organ. However, the XK-3c allows you advanced and comprehensive control over all of the different features of a Hammond Organ. This allows you to mold your XK-3c into your dream organ which will sound and play exactly as you wish. Normally, technicians command high prices to customize a B-3 to individual tastes. But, now you have all of this control at your fingertips, in a simple interface. Or you can just play your XK-3c without modification, either way the XK-3c is designed to be mirror image of a classic Hammond Organ.
The Casio LK-270 is a Lighted Keys Keyboard featuring 61 standard size keys Touch Response 2 sensitivity levels with 48 notes Polyphony, built-in 570 tones, 180 rhythms, 10 reverbs and 5 chorus effects, Lighted keys Step-up Lesson System, input for MP3 player and microphone, and USB. This affordable keyboard is ideal for beginners and more advanced players.
The LK-270 produces realistic piano sound and robust tones and accompaniments. The Step-up lessons are flexible and user friendly. The lessons are arranged in 3- Steps and you can practice at your own pace. If you have doubt figuring keys, the Keys will light-up to show you which key to hammer. If the keyboard sense you are having doubt, it will assists you by calling out finger numbers in a simulated human voice. The Step-up Lesson songs are divided into small phrases to ease beginners to learn and play. After mastering one phrase you can move on to the next phrase. Each time you move on to a new phrase you are actually advancing your ability to play the music keyboard. The LK-270 recorder can perform real-time recording and the keyboard can playback 5 songs.
If you do not intend to invest on an expensive keyboard just yet and 61-key is good enough for you then, I would recommend Casio LK-270.
The Behringer U-Control UMA25S features 25 full-size plus half-action, velocity sensitive keys. This ultra-slim and portable USB MIDI Controller Keyboard comes with full fledged on-board Audio Interface to ease connection to Computer for recording and playback. This bright red color little monster has tons of Software Plug-ins and 21 dedicated controllers to give you total control.
With powerful DAW software energy XT2 Compact BEHRINGER Edition, this little red monster allows you to rock on stage and grabs the limelight. The UMA25S can also runs on 3-AA batteries. The rugged, mobile and on-board MIDI Controller keyboard comes with a strap for you to strap on, a gig bag for mobility and headset for jamming sessions.
The Behringer U-Control UMA25S is the only MIDI Controller keyboard that combines MIDI and Audio together at this price range. [ad#co-17]
