Alesis "Vortex" Keytar... really?

superwack · 20th January 2012

Seriously Alesis... a USB Keytar Controller?!?!?

grooveminister · 20th January 2012

Yeah!
USB-cables and jacks have proven to be extremely realiable in an onstage environment
- so for Alesis this had to be the next logical step to do!

adogg4629 · 20th January 2012

Now we can all pretend we are Futureman. Flecktones // Bio - Futureman

All hail the '80s. Where can I find a 20 foot USB cable to rock out on stage with?

CasimirsBlake · 20th January 2012

Hey, at least there's now a 3-octave keytar (shortly) available (with aftertouch!!) that doesn't cost a stupid amount of money.

That Roland Lucina thing is simply ridiculous at the best part of ~£400!

duckoff · 20th January 2012

its got midi....

initialsBB · 20th January 2012

Hahaha, wow. I love the shape. That's hilarious.

superwack · 20th January 2012

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Originally Posted by duckoff

its got midi....

Fair enough - but you're still playing a keytar

Did anyone notice the labels are all from the players perspective, but the LED screen is from the audience? the picture on the alesis site the number is 110 (which could be read either way) but on the sweetwater site it's 037... wonder which way it is (I'm guess the 037 is wrong?)

initialsBB · 20th January 2012

10-year-old me would have thought this was the hottest thing ever in 1987.

javahut · 20th January 2012

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Originally Posted by superwack

Did anyone notice the labels are all from the players perspective, but the LED screen is from the audience? the picture on the alesis site the number is 110 (which could be read either way) but on the sweetwater site it's 037... wonder which way it is (I'm guess the 037 is wrong?)

I would guess the "037" is actually "LED" from the player's perspective.

BTW... just reading this post because I think keytars are funny. You know... just so no one thinks I'm so uncool as to be seriously looking at keytars.

Also, I'm apparently out of anything worthwhile to do.

superwack · 20th January 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by javahut

I would guess the "037" is actually "LED" from the player's perspective.

BTW... just reading this post because I think keytars are funny. You know... just so no one thinks I'm so uncool as to be seriously looking at keytars.

Also, I'm apparently out of anything worthwhile to do.

WHOA L...E...D... you're right... you are thinking on a higher plane than I am for sure

adogg4629 · 21st January 2012

I just don't understand where the iPad dock is on this.

jeremy.c. · 21st January 2012

I never understood why people didn't like keytars. I think they're kind of cool. Then again, I like unusual crap most of the time.

initialsBB · 21st January 2012

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Originally Posted by adogg4629

I just don't understand where the iPad dock is on this.

Someone should make a little arm with pitch bend and mod wheel that plugs into the ipad dock connector, and then an app with a keyboard on it and you could have ipad keytar!!!!

jroode · 21st January 2012

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Originally Posted by jeremy.c.

I never understood why people didn't like keytars. I think they're kind of cool. Then again, I like unusual crap most of the time.

Well, the fact is... the ribbon controller, in the hand position that it's in (versus a regular keyboard), is VERY useful. It's much more expressive. That's true of all Keytars.

Secondly, the fact that this thing has a sustain pedal jack is huge. I just wish it were 49 keys instead of 37.

While I think it is kinda ridiculous to sling these things over your shoulder as though you were playing it like a guitar, I have mounted mine to an Embrace. Which allows me to make an immediate switch to it when I want to solo, and then back to playing or singing.

To each his own. There is a use for everything. You just have to open your mind a little bit. It's a tool.

hogo · 21st January 2012

THIS is how Bill and Ted did it!

adogg4629 · 21st January 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by initialsBB

Someone should make a little arm with pitch bend and mod wheel that plugs into the ipad dock connector, and then an app with a keyboard on it and you could have ipad keytar!!!!

I just hope that the iPad Keytar has an iPhone dock.

CTTE · 21st January 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by superwack

Fair enough - but you're still playing a keytar

The correct term is dorkstick

initialsBB · 21st January 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by adogg4629

I just hope that the iPad Keytar has an iPhone dock.

LOL

superwack · 21st January 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTTE

The correct term is dorkstick

See now THAT is the spirit in which I started this thread!

KarlRKaiser · 3rd April 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTTE

The correct term is dorkstick

Hey, we dorks have to jam on *something*. It's not fair that we're shackled to synth racks while Gee-taurists get first pick of the groupies.

20th January 2012	#1
superwack Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 1,413 Thread Starter	Alesis "Vortex" Keytar... really? Seriously Alesis... a USB Keytar Controller?!?!? Alesis Vortex \| Sweetwater.com

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grooveminister Gear addict Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 362 5 Reviews written	Yeah! USB-cables and jacks have proven to be extremely realiable in an onstage environment - so for Alesis this had to be the next logical step to do! __________________

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adogg4629 Gear Head Joined: Mar 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 74	D'oh! Now we can all pretend we are Futureman. Flecktones // Bio - Futureman All hail the '80s. Where can I find a 20 foot USB cable to rock out on stage with?

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jeremy.c. Kills for gear Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Beagle Rock Posts: 4,363 1 Review written	I never understood why people didn't like keytars. I think they're kind of cool. Then again, I like unusual crap most of the time. __________________ It's just a flesh wound!

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CasimirsBlake Gear nut Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 84	Hey, at least there's now a 3-octave keytar (shortly) available (with aftertouch!!) that doesn't cost a stupid amount of money. That Roland Lucina thing is simply ridiculous at the best part of ~£400!

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duckoff Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 751	its got midi....

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initialsBB Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2002 Location: LA Posts: 2,662	Hahaha, wow. I love the shape. That's hilarious.

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hogo Lives for gear Joined: Nov 2006 Location: DTLA ftw! Posts: 545	THIS is how Bill and Ted did it!

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