Hi I am new to this forum and new to the world of Workstations and Arranger keyboards. I have had a Yamaha Clavinova for the last 15 years but would now like to spread my electronic wings. I would be really grateful for your thoughts. What I would really like to do is spend a couple of years getting to grips with the music of Pink Floyd. Is there a single keyboard which would allow me to reproduce their sound? Kurzweil Pc3 61Joe KC Island #2527864 - 09/16/13 09:28 AM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard? [] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 04/30/10 Posts: 2475 Loc: Toano, Virginia, USA. According to, Wright used Kurzweil after 1987 to cover the bases other than piano and Hammond organ, so that would be a good starting point. The main bases to cover are: Hammond organ piano Moog synthesizer (mostly monophonic, but often multi-tracked in the studio) Mellotron With a smattering of polysynth (in later stuff), Rhodes, Farfisa, and Clavinet. The PC3 can do all of these. The biggest limitation with a single keyboard is that you'll want hammer-action (aka fully weighted) for piano and Rhodes, unweighted for the others. Most of us don't feel that 'semi-weighted' is a good compromise, so we have two keyboards even if all the sounds are coming from one of them. #2527880 - 09/16/13 10:26 AM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard? [] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 01/22/01 Posts: 2687 Loc: Framingham,MA,UNITED STATES. Download: A collection of sounds inspired by the most famous songs by Pink Floyd, for the PC3. We made an update version of PF Cove. EVO 01 - DisKovery PF Anthology - Kurzweil Pc3 series. Kurzweil PC3 Pink Floyd Pack V1 Pc3k Pc3a. Have a Patch Pink's Opera Pigs Patch. I think it would be a considerable challenge to reproduce the feel of Wright's tapestry of sounds with a single keyboardist in a live setting; let alone a single keyboard. I'm not sure what sort of a budget you have to work with, but I would argue that a used Nord might be a good start for the organ and pianos, along with a smaller board dedicated for synth to cover some of the other 'stuff and things'. I think there are a couple of threads around here which weigh the pros and cons of some of the newer controllers and VSTs available. I personally prefer hardware to software, so I recently picked up a little piece of Korg for a couple hundred bucks. It has some decent Floyd-esque sounds to it and I've already gotten quite a bit of mileage out of it. #2527940 - 09/16/13 01:51 PM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard? [] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 04/21/11 Posts: 3056 Loc: Take a guess. Used Kurzweil Pc3In the 90's PF covered the non-organ sounds with the Kurzweil K2000/K2500/K2600 models. If you check the 'Pulse' video you see that both Jon Carin and Ricky Wright used them and Ricky also used a Kurzweil to cover the digital acoustic piano in the video (perhaps just as a controller, not completely sure). As mentioned already many of the analog synth sounds are included in the newest Kurzweil PC3 series as Kurzweil's VA-1 synth model (never formally released) is included in the PC3 series keyboard. I play several PF songs in one of my bands and the PC3 does an admirable job of covering the 'EMS VCS3 synthi' which PF used. The PC3 also can cover the hammond/leslie tones as well. Here's some good reading on the history of Wright's gear over the years. I have to admit I stumbled backwards into here today in need of some guidance and/or reviews for a particular piece of gear to go along with a new endeavor. A guitarist friend of mine whom I've been playing out with recently approached me last night and asked me if I would be interested in 'doing' Dark Side Of The Moon. I know he is not just talking about doing a bunch of covers. I also know the other guys he has in mind for this project, and they are all serious players who do their homework. So.I have some work to do, but I've got to say it: I do love this place. #2528037 - 09/16/13 06:23 PM Re: Pink Floyd - Which Keyboard? [] MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 01/20/08 Posts: 7137 Loc: Los Angeles, CA. Thanks for all this advice. What a welcoming bunch you all are. For a change I can get whichever keyboard will do the job the best way. I do appreciate that getting all the sounds from one keyboard is probably unrealistic. Given I am new to workstation keyboards, what is the learning curve like on a Kurzweil PC3? I hada been looking at Korg Kromes (with a touch screen they seemed to be a bit more user friendly) and the Yamaha MOX8 (which I think has a steep learning curve. The other problem I have is weight. I have to do a fair bit of travelling with this board. I know that I want atleast 70 keys as I seem to run out of keys on the short boards. The Nord Electro 4 really appeals because of its light weight - and Nord to seem to offer an incredible library of sounds.
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