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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello synth buddies! </p> <p>I'm getting my brother in law his first synth for his bday! He has been playing with his daughter's toy keyboard and loving it. They are looking into some keyboards and I was hoping I might convert him to the church of synthesizers. </p> <p>What would you recommend for a good starter synth under 4-500 USD. I feel like he would appreciate one with jamming capabilities, so something that could sequence a backing or rhythm track and allow you to play on top. Is that a tall order?</p> <p>Other factors would be smaller portable size, polyphony, and general ease of use / shallow learning curve. I don't think he'll be a stickler on sound quality.</p> <p>I was looking at the novation mininova and the akai mpk mini play, but I am realizing neither of those have sequencers / looping capabilities. </p> <p>Other thoughts are a volca FM and the elecktron model cycles. I think since he's familiar with the traditional keyboard the cycles might be a hard sell but it looks fun!</p> <p>Any advice would be much appreciated!</p> <p>P.s. in the absence of any other options, I'll probably gift him my Roland Gaia</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/itsnotaustin"> /u/itsnotaustin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/mf3z2j/starter_synth_for_jamming/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/mf3z2j/starter_synth_for_jamming/">[comments]</a></span>
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