| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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Does anybody have any info on MIDIfying a Fender Rhodes ?
eg. cost, reliability, accuracy, roll-your-own ?
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| 1817.1 | DIR/TITLE, please. | DYO780::SCHAFER | Brad - back in Ohio. | Fri Dec 16 1988 12:34 | 11 |
There are lots of notes elsewhere in the conference that discuss MIDI
mods to pianos/Rhodes'/etc. DIR/TITLE="Rhodes" or "MOD" or some such
will give you an idea.
The bottom line is this: it's too expensive for the average guy to do.
A MIDI MOD kit for a Rhodes (from Forte Music) the last I checked ran
around $800 (I also have a Rhodes).
Believe me, it ain't worth it.
-b
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| 1817.2 | For a few dollars more | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Yo! | Fri Dec 16 1988 14:55 | 31 |
I'd be FAR more inclined to get something like an RD-250 or an RD-300.
It has a really great Rhodes sound, a similar keyboard feel and
the following additional advantages:
o Builtin MIDI
o Splittable keyboard (separate MIDI channels for upper and lower
as well as upper and lower MIDI volume)
o Builtin chorus and adjustable vibrato
o EXCELLENT piano, harpsichord, clav, vibe sounds in addition
to the Rhodes sounds
o Much lighter than a Rhodes, probably much more durable although
it IS still a Roland and we all know how unreliable their stuff
is ;-)
o Headphone jack
o Transpose feature (both local and MIDI)
So for somewhat more money you can end up keeping the Rhodes and
getting ANOTHER keyboard with MIDI with much more capabilities.
I think it's eminently a better idea (and there are similar things
to the RD's made by other co's of course although I think Roland
has the best synthetic Rhodes sound by far).
db
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