Hi all, i just got a korg r3, and I'm wondering what kind of amp i should get for it. my budget is like $150, but i can do $200. also, any suggestions on what other equipment i should get, I'd appreciat. I'm kinda new to chip music, but I've made 2 songs already, but i can post them, I have a really old laptop.
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whats your entire setup and purpose, like where do you intend to play (at home, on the street corner, etc)? recording into a computer? etcetcetc
the more details you can give, the better answer you'll get in the long run 
also, edited your thread title to make it descriptive of thread contents.
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You might get better answers by drawing people in with a more descriptive thread title.
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thebitman wrote:
You might get better answers by drawing people in with a more descriptive thread title.
just took care of it!
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i ussaly play live, but ocashonaly i record into my coputer to show to my fellow "chipers" if you will.
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but i dont play my chip live, i play with my band live, m just a lead keybord, ussaly playing on a cleen keybord setting, occashonaly the vocecoder.
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o, and thx kitsch!
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maqs22 wrote:
but i dont play my chip live, i play with my band live, m just a lead keybord, ussaly playing on a cleen keybord setting, occashonaly the vocecoder.
Somewhere in the world, a grammar teacher just shed a big fat tear.
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A 20w keyboard amp is not going to cut it with a band.
Keyboard amps are like bass amps, you need a lot of wattage. You're basically amplifying the entire spectrum and not just a narrow mid-ish band like a guitar amp. You also generally don't want to introduce any unwanted distortion to your sound at high volumes. So unless everybody else in the band is playing electronically or can tone down their volume somehow without affecting their tone/style/blabla, you'll need at least 100w to even be heard over a drum kit.
Your best bet is to hook up into the PA, if you have one, until you can get a decent sized amp.
I had a KC550 (180w) with my old band, and we would still need to be careful. My 80w guitar tube amp would eat it right up. You have to buy your amps according to the loudest instrument's minimum volume. If you're playing with a real drum kit then that's what you have to compete against. If you use drum tracks or an electronic kit, then yeah... you can get away with 20w. It just won't be a very loud band rehearsal.
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i see what you'r saying, we have an eletric drum set, so volume on that wont be a problem, my gitarist can tone it down, but the base players amp is a big ass subwoofer.
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Im guessing if his budget is $100 for an amp, his band isnt playing big enough gigs they just cant turn their gear lower to compensate for his amp. If he plays bigger ones, they can mic the amp.
Also bass players always have crazy loud amps, jerks,
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if you knew my bass player, you would want to kill him, but hes an awesome bassist