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Sam checks out 5 of our favourite travel-sized keyboards, pianos and synthesisers. Find out more about any of the models featured in this video at PMT Online…
Yamaha Reface CP Electric Piano:
Yamaha Reface CS Analogue Synth:
Yamaha Reface DX Digital Synth:
Yamaha Reface YC Organ:
Carry-On 49 Folding Piano:
Carry-On 88 Folding Piano:
Akai MPK Mini Play:
Alesis Harmony 32:
Roland Jupiter-XM:
00:00 Travel Keyboard Criteria
00:58 Yamaha Reface Range Specs & Features
02:18 Yamaha Reface CP Demo
03:13 Carry-On Folding Piano Specs & Features
04:59 Carry-On Folding Piano 49 Demo
06:00 Akai MPK Mini Play Specs & Features
07:18 Akai MPK Mini Play Demo
08:34 Alesis Harmony 32 Specs & Features
09:59 Alesis Harmony 32 Demo
10:39 Roland Jupiter-XM Specs & Features
11:37 Roland Jupiter-XM Demo #1
12:35 More Roland Jupiter-XM Features
13:32 Roland Jupiter-XM Demo #2
14:52 Where To Buy The Best Travel Keyboards, Synths & Pianos
Sam’s voice was recorded using a Rode LavGo lavalier microphone:
In this buying guide, we run through the main features of 5 of the best travel pianos, keyboards and synths. Now obviously, there’s a huge range of small MIDI controller keyboards on the market, from the likes of Novation, M-Audio, Arturia and Native Instruments, but these aren’t much good unless you’ve got a computer to connect them to.
So when selecting the keyboards for this video, we decided that they all had to tick off a list of travel based criteria. To be a truly standalone travel piano, they must have onboard sounds and built-in speakers, they have to offer the option of being battery powered, and most importantly, they must be small enough to fit in a backpack or suitcase.
With all this in mind, we’ve selected 5 keyboards to suit different budgets, applications and levels of playing ability, so if you’re looking for the best portable piano, best cheap keyboard for beginners or best small synthesiser or mini midi controller, hopefully we can point you in the right direction!
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thank you!
You killed that Ben Folds dude.
Useful top!
Love the Casio watch. My favourite go to esp the price. I actually tracked down little glass screen protectors on line for them!
Would u use any f these in a live band setup? Outputs to an amplifier??
None of those are travel size. I think we have a very different definition of travel size. For you travel size means a large keyboard that is made slightly smaller and more compact. For me travel size means is completly portable even pocketable.
I would love to find a keyboard that has:
-pad sounds
-3 to 4 octave keyboard
-octave shift
And if they have time:
-basic effects and EQ
-no demo songs
-if they really must put demo songs in it, how about just maybe not a big button that starts the same demo song that my 2-year-old son wants to push any time he sees the keyboard (looking at you, Casio SA-76…)
I feel like that could be done relatively cheaply?
From a pianist's view these keyboards are all gimmicks or gadgets. A keyboard that could be seriously considered as a piano to go for serious piano players is the piano de voyage. Have you tried that one?
can the roland jupiter xm be plugged into an amplifier
is it bad that i'm thinking of getting that Carry On keyboard just because its white lol. I like its features and that its easily stored away too though, but mainly the whiteness……….
does the roland have a usb plug in option and does it plug into a wall outlet
I use a KorgTriton49 with 127 built in sounds ,full size keys,velocity sensitive and a can be used as a controller
Well done.
i need a beige one. because i need to patch the memory of my grandma trowing away my beige keyboard when i was 4 😢
does anyone know the song he used to demo the CP @ 2:20 ?
Could someone be so kind as to tell me to which song belongs the melody that plays in the 10:15? It sounds strangely familiar to me, but I can't identify it.
The CP has a hidden grand piano. Start from power off, put the selector between two instruments, turn it on.
5:00 Philosophy!! Great vid and playing 🙂
Use to play piano a bit better than average then arthritis struck my hands. Now I’m in my 70’s and rather sedentary and would like a “lap “ piano to start playing again. The foldable model or the Alesis harmony 32 seem like they would both work well in my situation and price point. Any preference suggestions from those who have used these?
Yamaha pss a50 Best portable keyboard ever made
The Alesis is great for travel practice and it doesn't cost much.$49 usd.
Do you know a portable keyboard that had Indian sound, especially a harmonium?
What's that song he demos with 8:12 minutes in? It's quite nice.
You've ignored the best one which is a bit costly but has everything you would need. Piano de Voyage…
02:05 "About 5 hours of playing time from 6 AA batteries" That is near useless! who only plays for so few hours?! No one who really practices a lot, only plays so little… That removes Yamaha Reface from any probability of taking it on a travel trip. Casio SA76 will last for 1+ MONTHS of playing on it's 6 AA batteries (especially if headphones are used instead of builtin speaker).
2:20 now that sounds an awful lot like virtual insanity 😀
Thank you so much! I'm traveling to paris with a fiew friends and this will really help out to choose a keyboard to take so that we can play on the road! Also amazi
ng playing on the demos. 👍