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Yamaha GENOS 76-key Flagship Arranger Workstation Keyboard Synthesizer
Original price $6,799.00Original price $6,799.00 - Original price $6,799.00Original price $6,799.00Current price $5,999.99$5,999.99 - $5,999.99Current price $5,999.99| /Yamaha's GENOS 76-key Flagship Arranger Workstation Keyboard Synthesizer is a new benchmark in Digital Workstation sound, design and user experienc...
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Yamaha GENOS2 76-key Flagship Arranger Workstation Keyboard Synthesizer
Original price $6,799.00Original price $6,799.00 - Original price $6,799.00Original price $6,799.00Current price $5,699.99$5,699.99 - $5,699.99Current price $5,699.99| /Yamaha GENOS2 76-key Flagship Arranger Workstation Keyboard Synthesizer For the music enthusiast and solo performer, we present the new Genos2: a ...
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Korg PA5X88 88-Key Professional Arranger with Color Touch Screen
Original price $6,889.99Original price $6,889.99 - Original price $6,889.99Original price $6,889.99Current price $5,299.99$5,299.99 - $5,299.99Current price $5,299.99| /Pa5X is the new flagship in the KORG Professional Arranger lineup, redefining an arranger keyboard. Completely redesigned with a state-of-the-art s...
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Waldorf Quantum MK2 Synthesizer
Original price $4,799.99 - Original price $4,799.99Original price$4,799.99$4,799.99 - $4,799.99Current price $4,799.99| /Waldorf Quantum MK2 SynthesizerThe legendary synthesizer technology of the Waldorf Quantum - now with new features. The Quantum MK2 now also featu...
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Pre-Owned Fender Chroma Polaris Synth | Used
Original price $4,599.99 - Original price $4,599.99Original price$4,599.99$4,599.99 - $4,599.99Current price $4,599.99| /Pre-Owned Fender Chroma Polaris Synth Synth is in Good Condition. *Pre-Owned items are sold as-is, sale is final*
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Pre-Owned Waldorf Quantum Digital Analog Hybrid Synth | Used
Original price $4,667.95Original price $4,667.95 - Original price $4,667.95Original price $4,667.95Current price $4,300.00$4,300.00 - $4,300.00Current price $4,300.00| /Waldorf's Quantum combines the raw power of a classic digital & analog hybrid synthesizer, with futuristic sounds that are only possible with t...
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Waldorf Iridium Keyboard 49-Key Synthesizer
Original price $5,199.99Original price $5,199.99 - Original price $5,199.99Original price $5,199.99Current price $3,799.99$3,799.99 - $3,799.99Current price $3,799.99| /The Waldorf Iridium Keyboard 49-Key Synthesizer is a high-class synthesizer in a compact desktop form. It features an all-new 49-key FATAR TP/8SK ...
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Pre-Owned Waldorf Iridium Keyboard 49-Key Synthesizer
Original price $5,199.99Original price $5,199.99 - Original price $5,199.99Original price $5,199.99Current price $3,300.00$3,300.00 - $3,300.00Current price $3,300.00| /The Waldorf Iridium Keyboard 49-Key Synthesizer is a high-class synthesizer in a compact desktop form. It features an all-new 49-key FATAR TP/8SK ...
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Pre-Owned Korg Polysix Synth | Used
Original price $2,999.99 - Original price $2,999.99Original price$2,999.99$2,999.99 - $2,999.99Current price $2,999.99| /Pre-Owned Korg Polysix Synth Midi and Effects Loop Mod *Pre-Owned items are sold as-is, sale is final*
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Pre-Owned Waldorf M Wavetable Desktop Synthesizer | Used
Original price $3,499.99Original price $3,499.99 - Original price $3,499.99Original price $3,499.99Current price $2,200.00$2,200.00 - $2,200.00Current price $2,200.00| /Pre-Owned Waldorf M Wavetable Desktop Synthesizer The Waldorf M is a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesizer with an analogue lowpass ...
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Roland FANTOM-08 Music Workstation 88-Note Synthesizer Keyboard
Original price $2,149.99 - Original price $2,149.99Original price$2,149.99$2,149.99 - $2,149.99Current price $2,149.99| /Roland's FANTOM-08 is equipped with an expressive 88-note keyboard with weighted action and has everything you need to create and perform at the hi...
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Waldorf M Wavetable Desktop Synthesizer
Original price $3,499.99Original price $3,499.99 - Original price $3,499.99Original price $3,499.99Current price $2,099.99$2,099.99 - $2,099.99Current price $2,099.99| /The Waldorf M is a new-generation classic hybrid wavetable synthesizer with an analogue lowpass 24 dB/Oct VCF - SSI 2144 Improved Ladder Type - wit...
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Pre-Owned Korg miniKORG 700FS Limited Edition MINIKORG700 Analog Synthesizer Reissue
Original price $2,299.99Original price $2,299.99 - Original price $2,299.99Original price $2,299.99Current price $1,800.00$1,800.00 - $1,800.00Current price $1,800.00| /The miniKORG 700 was KORG's first mass-produced monophonic synthesizer released in 1973 at a time when the form of synthesizers as musical instrume...
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Pre-Owned Waldorf Kyra FPGA Desktop Synth/Production Station
Original price $1,800.00 - Original price $1,800.00Original price$1,800.00$1,800.00 - $1,800.00Current price $1,800.00| /Waldorf's Kyra is a powerful, hardware virtual analog synthesizer capable of creating a wide range of contemporary sounds for live and studio music...
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Korg miniKORG 700FS Limited Edition MINIKORG700 Analog Synthesizer Reissue
Original price $1,949.00Original price $1,949.00 - Original price $1,949.00Original price $1,949.00Current price $1,749.00$1,749.00 - $1,749.00Current price $1,749.00| /The miniKORG 700 was KORG's first mass-produced monophonic synthesizer released in 1973 at a time when the form of synthesizers as musical instrume...
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Yamaha PSR-SX700 61-key Mid-Level Arranger Keyboard
Original price $1,999.00Original price $1,999.00 - Original price $1,999.00Original price $1,999.00Current price $1,599.99$1,599.99 - $1,599.99Current price $1,599.99| /The PSR-SX700 is a mid-level 61-key Arranger Workstation with benefits from technology and content advancements made from the development of the fl...
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Roland FANTOM-06 Music Workstation 61-Note Synthesizer Keyboard
Original price $1,599.99 - Original price $1,599.99Original price$1,599.99$1,599.99 - $1,599.99Current price $1,599.99| /Roland's FANTOM-06 is equipped with a newly designed 61-note keyboard and has everything you need to create and perform at the highest level. Play ...
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Pre-Owned Roland Polyphonic JX-10 Synth | Used
Original price $1,599.00 - Original price $1,599.00Original price$1,599.00$1,599.00 - $1,599.00Current price $1,599.00| /Pre-Owned Roland Polyphonic JX-10 Synth Synth is in Good Condition. *Pre-Owned items are sold as-is, sale is final*
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Pre-Owned Roland FANTOM-07 Music Workstation Keyboard
Original price $1,899.99Original price $1,899.99 - Original price $1,899.99Original price $1,899.99Current price $1,580.00$1,580.00 - $1,580.00Current price $1,580.00| /Equipped with a newly designed 76-note keyboard, FANTOM-07 has everything you need to create and perform at the highest level. Play and produce wit...
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Yamaha MODX7+ 76-key Midrange Synthesizer | New
Original price $2,099.00Original price $2,099.00 - Original price $2,099.00Original price $2,099.00Current price $1,549.99$1,549.99 - $1,549.99Current price $1,549.99| /Yamaha's MODX7+ is a 76-key synthesizer with all the sounds, splits, zones and layers that keyboardists need to stand out on stage, studio or strea...
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Pre-Owned Yamaha MODX7+ 76-key Midrange Synthesizer | Used
Original price $1,699.99Original price $1,699.99 - Original price $1,699.99Original price $1,699.99Current price $1,525.00$1,525.00 - $1,525.00Current price $1,525.00| /Yamaha's MODX7+ is a 76-key synthesizer with all the sounds, splits, zones and layers that keyboardists need to stand out on stage, studio or strea...
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Roland FANTOM-07 Music Workstation Keyboard
Original price $1,899.99Original price $1,899.99 - Original price $1,899.99Original price $1,899.99Current price $1,499.99$1,499.99 - $1,499.99Current price $1,499.99| /Equipped with a newly designed 76-note keyboard, FANTOM-07 has everything you need to create and perform at the highest level. Play and produce wit...
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Pre-Owned Roland JX-8P Synth | Used
Original price $1,499.00 - Original price $1,499.00Original price$1,499.00$1,499.00 - $1,499.00Current price $1,499.00| /Pre-Owned Roland JX-8P Synth Synth is in Good Condition. *Pre-Owned items are sold as-is, sale is final*
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Teenage Engineering OP-1 Synthesizer
Original price $1,399.00 - Original price $1,399.00Original price$1,399.00$1,399.00 - $1,399.00Current price $1,399.00| /Teenage Engineering's OP-1 Synthesizer is the all-in-one portable synthesizer, sampler and controller. with additional features like USB audio, a b...
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There's so much you can do with a keyboard. From the '70s into the present, they've been an integral part of rock bands, are essential in the recording studio, and define whole subgenres of electronic dance music. Yet, while keyboards share much of their appearance and functionality with digital pianos, they're vastly different instruments.
Types of Keyboards
To begin, a traditional piano offers 88 keys and a set of pedals.
Keyboards, however, aren't based on this standard. Instead, a mini keyboard, geared toward creating sounds, may be designed with a far smaller number, while a portable piano keyboard - a quick and convenient replacement for an acoustic - includes all 88 white and black keys.In addition to this significant variable, keyboards are divided into a few types:
- Synthesizers: Although many use synthesizer and keyboard interchangeably, a synth is nearly strictly used for recording, producing and playing back sounds, harnessing sampling technology. In turn, not every synthesizer includes a proper keyboard - many have just a series of buttons and knobs. Synthesizers, as well, may be monophonic - allowing for one tone at a time - or polyphonic.
- Workstation: A workstation essentially is an all-in-one system designed for playing, recording, and producing. In turn, these keyboards feature an internal hard drive, can connect to a computer, utilize sampling technology, and have the same polyphony capabilities that digital pianos offer.
- Portable keyboards: These models tend to have basic functions for beginners interested in learning about recording and sampling technologies and offer the full functionality of a digital piano.
- Digital Pianos: Sometimes casually called a piano keyboard, digital pianos aim to reproduce the feel and action of an acoustic piano and have a few recording features. Models also let the player switch between sounds and play with pre-recorded beats or instrumentation.
Pianos Versus Keyboards
Aside from the number of keys, most keyboards are geared toward individuals who have some knowledge of how music fits together. In turn:
- A digital piano often has weighted keys, while a keyboard offers no resistance.
- Because keys are more touch sensitive, players can do dynamics on a digital piano, but rarely will a keyboard offer this feature.
- Keyboards offer multitimbrality - different from polyphony - allowing for several sounds to be played or performed at once.
- MIDI technology is at the heart of most keyboards, while a digital piano seldom offers these capabilities.
- Similarly, because they are used for production purposes, keyboards often have a built-in sequencer, arpeggiator and sampler.
- Because they're designed for composing and no longer have a floppy drive, keyboards nearly by default connect to a computer through multiple methods, and usually feature input/output functionality.
Find a Keyboard at Alamo Music Center
Whether you're a producer wanting to explore synths or a performer needing an instrument to take to a gig, find a full spectrum of keyboards at Alamo Music Center, including new and pre-owned instruments for sale from Roland, Casio, Yamaha, Kawai, Korg and more brands.
Sometimes, you need to try out an instrument in person, especially if it's a new keyboard, digital piano or workstation. You want to get a sense of the feel, features and how easily you can practice or perform on it based on your skill level and goals. While you can review all keyboards online, you can come by either of our San Antonio stores, or you can make an appointment at one of our Kawai showrooms:
Digital Pianos & Keyboards in Austin, Texas
Do you want a better practice instrument, but also know you have limited space in your apartment? Kawai has developed the perfect solution: Digital pianos and keyboards developed simultaneously with the brand's majestic acoustic grands. You don't compromise on sound quality, responsiveness or dynamics while getting an instrument better suited to your home or practice room's dimensions.
We're a factory-authorized Kawai dealer. Not only do we offer a broad selection of instruments, but we carry all at wholesale prices. Stop by our Austin showroom to play before you buy.
Digital Pianos & Keyboards in St. Louis, Missouri
We're expanding, and in bringing quality instruments to more customers, we opened a Kawai showroom in St. Louis. If you're in the area and are considering Kawai digital pianos and keyboards, schedule a time to try out these instruments, both for their sound and expansive array of features.
For online and in-person purchases, we offer multiple financing and layaway options, including 12- to 48-month, no-interest options at times, plus trial lessons and an extended warranty.