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MGR/Herman Chistis a real BIG jordan fan from Holl « Yamaha CS2X »
Published on 05/20/02 at 15:00I bought this synthesizer two months ago
at a music shop in Amsterdam. I paid 760 euro for it (740$).
I bought it because I wanted to play the synthesizer I already played the piano like Jordan did before he started playing on a synthesizer. But I dind't play the piano for too long. My friend plays guitar and were are gonna start a prog rock band. He has got an silver Ibanez RG 270.
I like the synthesizer because of the very good piano sound and the leads. The organ and strings are good too and that is just what you need when youre playing like Dream Theater. The synthesizer sound great but what realy matters is what you play on it.
These songs are good to play on the keyboard
-Pull Me Under -Peruvian Skies -Another Day
-Learning To Live (that one is hard to play)
but all the dream theater songs are good to play if you can play them?
I dont like the techno/trance sounds, I don't use them. I think you should play with the real intruments (organ,strings,piano and other acoustic intriuments and the leads). But my synthesizer hasn't got too many great sounds there are a few good ones like:
p1 033 VanDriva a real wah-wah Derek Sherinian sound and p2 067 lipstick a real pull me under Kevin Moore lead. p1 001 a real Kurzweil Jordan piano sound.
The quality of the unit is good but if it falls on the ground you have really big problem. Because its case is made of plastic and the knobs aren't very durable. But hey, who would drop his brand new synthesizer on the ground, i wouldn't. But on the other hand it looks really asskicking cool.
My compliments go out to the designers.
If youre searching for a prog rock keyboard and you don't have a lot of money, buy the Yamaha. If you are rich, just go and buy the Kurzweil k2600x. I have never played on it, but I just know it has to be special. I hope Dream Theater will come to Holland this summer but if they can't make it I will go to the concert in Germany anyway. But as I already said the Yamaha is great to start out with. But I hope I have my own Kurzweil one day......
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at a music shop in Amsterdam. I paid 760 euro for it (740$).
I bought it because I wanted to play the synthesizer I already played the piano like Jordan did before he started playing on a synthesizer. But I dind't play the piano for too long. My friend plays guitar and were are gonna start a prog rock band. He has got an silver Ibanez RG 270.
I like the synthesizer because of the very good piano sound and the leads. The organ and strings are good too and that is just what you need when youre playing like Dream Theater. The synthesizer sound great but what realy matters is what you play on it.
These songs are good to play on the keyboard
-Pull Me Under -Peruvian Skies -Another Day
-Learning To Live (that one is hard to play)
but all the dream theater songs are good to play if you can play them?
I dont like the techno/trance sounds, I don't use them. I think you should play with the real intruments (organ,strings,piano and other acoustic intriuments and the leads). But my synthesizer hasn't got too many great sounds there are a few good ones like:
p1 033 VanDriva a real wah-wah Derek Sherinian sound and p2 067 lipstick a real pull me under Kevin Moore lead. p1 001 a real Kurzweil Jordan piano sound.
The quality of the unit is good but if it falls on the ground you have really big problem. Because its case is made of plastic and the knobs aren't very durable. But hey, who would drop his brand new synthesizer on the ground, i wouldn't. But on the other hand it looks really asskicking cool.
My compliments go out to the designers.
If youre searching for a prog rock keyboard and you don't have a lot of money, buy the Yamaha. If you are rich, just go and buy the Kurzweil k2600x. I have never played on it, but I just know it has to be special. I hope Dream Theater will come to Holland this summer but if they can't make it I will go to the concert in Germany anyway. But as I already said the Yamaha is great to start out with. But I hope I have my own Kurzweil one day......
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com