Yamaha KX5 KX 5 KX-5 Keytar Remote Synth Keyboard For Sale

[deathslice60]

Shame that i had to be sold..........

[jesselsbond]

@deathslice60 instruments come and go--the real thing that matters is what you do with them, and so far the AX-Synth has been way more useful for me due to its onboard sounds

[deathslice60]

@jesselsbond

I see, Well that was a very nice instrument

[mouthyweasel]

don't sell it. It's better to be broke and yet have this thing with which you can obviously distribute beauty and bury the drab with vibrancy.

[jesselsbond]

@mouthyweasel ha, amazing comment...

[ronnied1]

Hi! I have a question! Is it possible to use Yamaha KX5 on macbooj to work with logic pro or garage band ?

Thank you,

Ronnie

[jesselsbond]

@ronnied1 yes, as long as you have a 5-pin MIDI interface for your computer you can use it with Logic and GB

[zzzxtreme]

are the keys enough for most songs? (for guitar solo)

[jesselsbond]

@zzzxtreme yes, I've found the number of keys on the KX-5 to be sufficient for most one-handed playing... for two-handed playing, 49 keys (like on the Roland AX-Synth) is definitely better

[dvamateur]

I find two of those in black. The aftertouch is fantastic! Never fades away like on Roland keyboards. Nonetheless, I find the ribbon extremely hard to work with. You do a great job with the ribbon.  Brilliant!

[maxde19]

nice blend control!!! hmm but why you have to sell it ._.

[jesselsbond]

@maxde19 the KX-5 is a great, durable, all-metal keytar... but because of that, it's very heavy (too heavy in my opinion), and the feel of the ribbon controller was not ideal to me... so I'm probably just going to build my own keytar since I'm so picky (I really don't like the feel of the new Roland keytars either--I think a 36-49 key keytar with both a pitch bend wheel and ribbon, and a lightweight wood body shaped like the Korg RK-100 would be boss...)--plus, had to sell this to buy other gear

[maxde19]

@jesselsbond Oh I see.... I kinda find the roland keytar quite bulky, but I'm fine with it because I got about 256 free samples.

Wow all the best making the most suitable tool for yourself (maybe you could mass produce it Lol ) :D

[ThePerlude]

@jesselsbond plzzzzzzzzzzz also upload video lesson on how to make keytar i am looking 4 that since long time

[jesselsbond]

@ThePerlude I'm actually working on building mine right now... It basically just involves choosing a body style you like or designing your own, finding a keyboard you can disassemble and transfer the circuit boards / keybed / buttons and wheels to the new wood body that you build yourself. I'm basing my wood body on a Korg RK-100 because I like that design best--I cut a front and back out of plywood, stacked two inner layers of 1/2" thick cheap/light pine board from Lowe's and I'm gluing it now

[ThePerlude]

@ThePerlude : thanks also upload video of that when completed 

[jesselsbond]

@ThePerlude I actually did successfully build a 49-key keytar with a lightweight wood body as I described, and it's pretty great, but I've started playing open mics and so I needed something with onboard sounds--thus I've come around and bought a Roland AX-Synth... Not sure what I'll do with the one I built--maybe modify it to be a 36-key keytar instead for more comfortable/exclusively one-handed playing (since the Ax-synth has the 49-key two-handed thing covered)...

[FeloFilms]

what year is this keytar from?

[jesselsbond]

@FeloFilms information I found online says 1984 :^)

[Decimator7]

I got the silver/grey variant. Awesome keytar ! Impossible for me to sell mine ^^

[DEF90JAM]

@Decimator7 where did you find it, and how much did you pay for it, i'm looking for one aswell in silver

[dvamateur]

Very good playing on the ribbon controller.

[jesselsbond]

@dvamateur Thanks!