Decent Keyboard Forum anywhere ?

[RhythmJunky]

The title says it all really. Does anybody know of any decent keyboard forums anywhere ?

 

I know Piano World and find it's a bit, well you know, b0ring, and Keyboard Korner which doesn't seem too active.

 

Are there any that are even half as good as here ?

[Skinnyman]

The only ones I know of are the manufacturer-specific Korg Forums (there are probably Roland and Yamaha equivalents) or the synth-centric and pretty intimidating for a newcomer, gearspace.

 

I’ve found both useful from time to time; the Korg forum for specific help with, er, a Korg workstation and gearspace for the reviews (although they tend to fight like cats in a sack so every review tends to be Newtonian in that every opinion expressed one way is countered by an equal and opposite opinion from somebody else).

 

I’ve not found the keyboard equivalent of BassChat. Rather than a separate forum, perhaps we could claim a little corner here or over on Guitarchat to talk about our secret vice?

[RhythmJunky]

Thanks Skinnyman. I've enjoyed trawling through gearspace over the years and agree with what you say about the Newtonian nature of the reviews etc.  Sound on Sound can be pretty good as well.

 

I just wish that there was a keyboard equivalent of Basschat which is far more active in terms of the quantity and range of topics discussed, helpful and pretty friendly.  Maybe that's just indicative of bass players as a whole 😆. 

[BigRedX]

Try the Keyboards and Synthesis section of the Sound On Sound forums.

[RhythmJunky]

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

Try the Keyboards and Synthesis section of the Sound On Sound forums.

I've been on that as well thanks, I was just hoping that there may be an entire forum rather than just a section on another forum.

 

The Piano World forum is probably the closest, but its all a bit serious and classically biased. 

[Happy Jack]

Have you tried I'msocleverthatIdon'tneedothermusicians.com?

 

😉

[BassTractor]

If your interest also lies with synths and music production, gearspace.com has a forum, and in there one discusses synths a lot and sometimes also pianos and organs.
That website earlier was named gearslutz.com.
I haven't been on there for several years, and can't comment on how it has developed since, but maybe it's worth checking out.

I'm with you on the b0ring aspect of pianoworld.

[bartelby]

There's modwiggler.com (they finally renamed it from the cringingly named muffwiggler). It is mainly discussing modular synths, but there are other sections for non modular synths. They even have a guitar/bass/amps section...

Edited January 25, 2022 by bartelby

[bnt]

Reddit could be another option, there are subreddits for just about everything under the Sun e.g. I just ordered a Korg opsix, so I'm joining /r/Korg.

[xgsjx]

I’ve been on a few different keys forums, but most are manufacturer related. Metapop is Native Instruments related, but has a good forum & some great competitions too, but it’s not Basschat level.

 

How about a Keyschat subgroup?

[bnt]

There are also forums at KVR Audio, though I can’t say much more. https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/ 

[dave_bass5]

I use this, but its not as fast moving as guitar and bass forums. 

https://www.keyboardforums.com

[RhythmJunky]

Thanks everyone. It just seems that keyboard players aren't as talkative as bass players. Who'd have thought ? 

[dave_bass5]

1 minute ago, RhythmJunky said:

Thanks everyone. It just seems that keyboard players aren't as talkative as bass players. Who'd have thought ? 

We just get on with it and don’t procrastinate as much (and i can say that after going over to the ‘dark’ side) 😂