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Hi everybody.
which keyboard you suggest for bass sounds, light and portable?
I think that should be enough 25 keys for this purpose... and you?

(in my current band we not have who plays the bass and I'm dedicating to the bass lines too, very funny... )

I have a Nord Lead A1 but I'd like something smaller, just for bass sounds. (I would use the A1 however for some solos)

My Korg SV1 has some split sound but I need to use it whitout splitting (the split point is not editable and is only for few sound combinations)

I have a 25 keys midi controller too but I will love to have a small keyboard with its sounds and regular keys dedicated for bass sounds.

Novation Bass Station II?

What do you recommend, maybe under 1000€?

Hi.
I'd think about the Arturia miniBrute.
F.

The MiniBrute looks very interesting.
Thanks for the tip!

A used Sub Phatty?

The Sub Phatty seems a bit too heavy for me. I was looking for something more portable.
Sure, having an original Moog would be great ... but I'm getting old and my Korg SV1 (which will never leave, I love his electric pianos and the Korg RH3 keys) is at the limit of what I can load.

Anyway thanks for the tip Orcoaffamato

I was about to suggest the Little Phatty which I use to play basslines live or its little brother SubPhatty. But as weight matters, the MiniBrute and BassStation are nice candidates.
That being said, provided Moog is appealing to you and you already have a 25 keys controller, you might want to consider the Minitaur.

The Minitaur seems To be The solution!


thank You Stiiiiiiive !!!

Pleasure!
Come back with your impressions

Dave Smith Mopho Keyboard?

Slighty more than your 25 keys size but its still compact,Its well made and pretty light and portable all the same,if thats what your after,with the addition of a sub osc on each osc its great for dirty nasty Bass sounds plus there's plenty of modulation to add dimension to your sounds.

I use mine quite a lot for bass sounds,It's a cracking mono synth for the price but you can coax all manner of sounds out of it but excels at bass if thats what your after,essentially a one Voice version of the Prophet 8 with a few extra bells and whistles

Just under your budget of 1000 euro if you shop around could get it cheaper,or you could even try your luck at getting a second user model like I did theres a lot of bang for your buck in the Mopho.

You may even be able to get hold of a Moog Little Phatty too,there seems to be a few on the secondhand market in recent months well within your budget a good synth for bass sounds but perhaps not as compact and portable as some of the other models others have suggested in this thread but its still a practical mono synth that can be picked up at a reasonable price on the secondhand market.

Great choices

I know you love your sv1, you already have a controller, and you want a real synth.
Here is another idea : NE5.
It has B3 Bass, a sample library with synth bass, it "bi-timbrality" allows to split the board, or you can use your external controller for bass.