{"id":14984,"date":"2020-03-03T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buscarinstrumentos.com\/en\/?p=14984"},"modified":"2020-08-04T23:52:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T23:52:15","slug":"keytars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buscarinstrumentos.com\/en\/keytars\/","title":{"rendered":"The best Keytar of the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since 1980, with the creation of <\/span>Moog Liberation<\/strong>, a new element appeared on the keyboard and synthesizer market.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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The Keytar<\/strong> is a keyboard that can be used on a strap like an electric guitar and allows the keyboardist a greater range of movement than a conventional keyboard.<\/p>\n

Its name is a play of words referring to “Key” from “Keyboard” and “Tar” from “Guitar”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This instrument was highly popular in the 80’s thanks to the success of Synth Pop<\/strong> bands, where it was very common to see their keyboardists using them.<\/p>\n

Many of the big brands made iconic keytars, such as the Moog Liberation<\/strong>, the Roland SH-101<\/strong>, the Yamaha SHS-10 <\/strong>and the Casio AZ-1<\/strong>, among many others.<\/p>\n

Although in the following years this instrument was not so popular, in the last two decades it has regained some popularity in genres such as pop, urban music, progressive rock and metal and cumbia villera from Argentina.<\/p>\n

It is common to see great artists like Herbie Hancock<\/strong>, Jordan Rudess <\/strong>from Dream Theater, Lady Gaga <\/strong>and Matt Bellamy <\/strong>from Muse, using this instrument in their shows causing a great impact on their fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Differences between a Keytar and a conventional keyboard.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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The first difference between a Keytar<\/strong> and a conventional keyboard is the most obvious one, the Keytar can be hung with a strap, like an electric guitar, while the conventional keyboard must be fixed on a base.<\/p>\n

Another notorious detail is that it is more common in Keytars, a more limited number of keys, while in a conventional keyboard it is common to have 5 to 7 octaves, in a Keytar it is more common to have 3 to 4 octaves, even some models with 2 octaves.<\/p>\n

It is also very typical that the Keytars have less features than conventional keyboards, in order to have less weight and portability, it is also normal that the Keytars have few controls, much less than those used by conventional keyboards.<\/p>\n

As for sounds, it is also common that Keytars do not have such wide sound libraries as conventional mid and high range keyboards, but those few sounds are ideal for the needs of the “Keytarist<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

Finally, it is not very typical that the Keytar is used as the main keyboard but more as a complement for some parts of the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Roland AX-Edge<\/span><\/h2>\n

At the beginning of the 2000’s, Roland <\/strong>launched the AX-7<\/strong>, a Keytar that marked a difference in the history of this instrument, because it included better features than the usual ones in the keytars seen before. Since then, the AX series of Roland Keytars has been a great reference for this instrument and that has led this brand to carry the Keytar flag among its fans.<\/p>\n

The most recent release in the series is the AX-Edge<\/strong>, a quite attractive bet for Keytars lovers.<\/p>\n

One of the most striking features of this powerful Keytar, is the ability to add screw mounts to customize this equipment.<\/p>\n

It has a library of over 500 factory sounds with sounds of all kinds, but with an emphasis on solo sounds and 256 banks for user sounds.<\/p>\n

Its body includes 4 octaves of touch-sensitive keys and comes in 2 colors, Black and White.<\/p>\n

It includes 79 types of global effects, Equalizer, 79 types of effects per part, 8 types of Chorus, 6 types of Reverb, Compressor, Arpeggiator, Vocoder and a microphone input for it.<\/p>\n

Its controls include a Ribbon control, Modulation Bar, an assignable knob, Main Volume knob, 7 assignable buttons, Pedal and Aftertouch on its keys.<\/p>\n

It is also possible to install a mobile application in which you can modify your sounds via Bluetooth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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