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Keytar history on youtube
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:57 am
by FanTC
Hi, I made a short film about the history of the keytar. Please let me know if anny information is not correct or missing. Enjoy!
Henry
http://youtu.be/u4fJq3T6wO8
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:19 pm
by samriccijr
I have a fondness for 1987 -- 5:52
Sam in Nj
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:24 am
by FanTC
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:43 am
by michelkeijzers
I have the Yamaha toy at 6:00
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:28 am
by FanTC
I have the Roland AX-Synth at 10:05 and the one at 12:48
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:45 am
by StudioF
i have the white lucina
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:18 pm
by six_feet_under
Nice work, FANTC!
I think the biggest innovation in Keytars was on-board sounds in ~2009. No more hassel with midi cables and reliability.
I love my Roland AX-09 Lucina
And I like the freedom of Keytars so much that I converted my Kross61 into a keytar.
https://youtu.be/I7YHznSAEYY
Saved money and got a more versatile keytar than those currently on the market. My DIY keytar has 5 octaves of full size keys, hundreds of onboard sounds, with multiple splits, battery powered, under 10lbs, and one of the coolest looking KROG's ever made.
Now, if we can get manufacturers to stop building keytars with the stupid simulated guitar neck, and give us a full 5 octaves! Let us be keys players, not simulated guitar players! There are already enough guitar players in the world.
Moreover, I hope to convince all manufacturers selling synths under 10 lbs to include guitar strap posts (either optional attachments, or hidden under a flap, or pop-ups). They could sell the same unit to two markets: workstations and keytars. Easy money for them!
