Introducing the modern home keyboard, the perfect alternative to pianos. Not only will you love one of these fine instruments, but if you have kids, they'll soon find out it's a blast to use and will actually want to learn to play it. There are a number of very fine home keyboards available today, and Sweetwater carries instruments from many of the best builders, including Kurzweil and Korg, at prices starting at under $1000. And forget about any other keyboards you might have heard with so-called "auto-accompaniment" features - most of these new units feature the real thing, programmed to give you a totally authentic "human" feel by some of the best musicians around. (Note: due to certain restrictions, not all of these instruments may be available in your area.)
The Mark Series Digital Piano Line from Kurzweil starts with the Mark 5, which boasts 23 selectable sounds (including acoustic and electric pianos, harpsichords, pipe organs, jazz and rock organs, guitars, strings and choir), 16 digital reverb and effects combinations, an 80-watt premium quad audio system (designed jointly by Kurzweil and Boston Acoustics), an 88-note weighted keyboard, 32-note polyphony and an elegant real wood cabinet in your choice of six finishes.
Next up is the Mark 10 with 86 selectable sounds including six acoustic pianos, 4 electric pianos, jazz/rock organs, 4 pipe organs, harpsichords, choirs, a full complement of orchestral winds, strings and brass plus acoustic and electric guitars, basses, mallet instruments, drum sets and more. There are 40 reverb and effects available, plus auto-accompaniment in 32 built-in styles from bossanova and salsa to rock, country and classical. The onboard Recorder/Sequencer stores up to eight songs with 8 tracks per song. There's even a 3.5" disk drive for saving and storing your own songs, custom sounds and specialized musical styles. Add to all that a 130-watt, quad-amplified audio system, an 88-note weighted keyboard and beautiful real wood cabinet and you've got more music power (and good looks) than you can imagine.
At the top of the Kurzweil home keyboard line is the Mark 150 Plus which includes all of the great features of the Mark 10, but with a breathtaking Young Chang grand piano cabinet in any of eight finishes. For about the cost of a basic grand, you can get an instrument that can take you where no piano ever could!
Korg also offers a home keyboard version of its very popular i-Series instruments, the i1 Interactive Music Workstation. But don't let its name fool you. Though it truly is a sophisticated instrument for composing and recording in the studio, it's also very much at home in your living room with its attractive wood cabinet. The i1 features 32-note polyphony, an 88-note weighted keyboard (for real piano feel, but there's also - dig this - a switch that will instantly convert the action to any of several different feels, including a light, organ-type action), built-in 40-watt stereo speaker system and 80 superb, ultra-modern music styles.
Of course, the i1 comes with a 40,000-event sequencer, 14 megabytes of waveform memory (including a stunning, newly-sampled piano, all utilizing Korg's much acclaimed AI2 Synthesis System) for ultra-realistic instrument sounds. You can even switch and swap song data from almost any MIDI instrument on the market thanks to the i1's ability to read Standard MIDI file format.
There's a lot more we haven't told you (and we're out of room). Luckily, your Sweetwater sales engineer is ready to tell you more, as well as give you your special low price on a home keyboard that's perfect for you or your whole family!