Keystation 61es
home theater system, dvd home theaterOne of the first people I met after moving out of state was a guy in the same apartment complex who as a hobby loved to write music and play his keyboard. I never really got into any instruments as a kid. We had a keyboard growing up but it was my brother who really took to it. The only time I wowed anyone on an instrument was when my grandma came up to visit and I selected one of the pre-recorded keyboard songs to show her what I learned. The song was Saints Come Marching In and after pushing play on the pre-recorded song, I pretended like I was really playing the keys. My grandma believed it for like ten seconds until my brother exposed the trick and we all started laughing.

Anyway, that first guy I met, let me borrow his keyboard because my girlfriend loved playing it when she was over. The first time he brought it over, she was there and the two of them showed off some of the stuff they could play. She was classically trained and he played by ear. I could tell she really loved it because the only time she got to play was back at home.

She has wanted a keyboard of her own for awhile. After talking to a musical friend back home, I learned most keyboards can connect to a DVD home theater receiver. That way it can sound better. I have a decent home theater system set up so it would be cool to try that out. While I was looking at the different video game console products within Northern Lites at http://www.northernlites.biz/ I waivered over to the home theater system section. Under one of the sub sections was a place for music and that is where I found the Keystation 61es seen in the picture above.

<--Would Sound Great on a Home Theater System

 This would be the ultimate Christmas gift for my girlfriend. It has more keys then an average keyboard and all the product description features look pretty good:

* 61-note velocity-sensitive, semi-weighted keyboard
* Pitch bend and modulation wheels
* Volume/control slider
* Advanced function button for programming
* Sustain foot pedal input (pedal sold separately)
* Octave +/- buttons to extend keyboard range
* Separate MIDI out jack routes MIDI signals from your computer to control
  external devices.
* Mac OS X and Windows XP class compliant for plug-and-play operation.

With her musical talent and my DVD home theater, we could transform my place into a concert hall. There is nothing better then relaxing to classical music. I can’t play it but I love listening to it on the DVD home theater.