Keyboards Reviews and Rankings

Best MIDI Keyboard

Winner: M-Audio Axiom Pro 61 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller
In the brave new world of MIDI controller keyboards, it's no longer good enough for a keyboard to possess merely MIDI in, out, and thru ports. These days...

Best Upright Piano

Winner: Yamaha YUS Series Upright Piano
Who wanted to haul around a Grand piano, anyway? Certainly not John Isaac Hopkins, one of the pioneers of the upright piano. He, like many other piano...

Best Synthesizer Keyboard under $1000

Winner: Roland JUNO-G 61 Key Workstation Music Keyboard
In 1964, Robert Moog built the first synthesizer to be released for public and commercial use. By the 1970's, they were being built compact enough...

Best Budget MIDI Keyboard

Winner: M-Audio KeyRig 49 USB MIDI Keyboard Controller
As the VST virtual instrument market has exploded in recent years, making it possible to perform the highest-quality sample-based instruments from within...

Best Keyboard Workstation under $3000

Winner: Roland Fantom G6 61 Key Synthesizer Workstation Sampler Keyboard
More than just an electronic piano or synthesizer, a keyboard workstation's key features are an onboard sequencer and a sound engine or synth. The...

Best Digital Piano

Winner: Nord Stage EX 88, 88-Key Stage Piano with Weighted, Hammer-Action Keys
A keyboard is an electronic version of a standard acoustic piano. In a keyboard, two of the most important features are sound quality (how close the...

Best Keyboard Synthesizer Under $700

Winner: M-Audio Venom Analog Modeling Synthesizer Keyboard, 49-Key
In 1964, Robert Moog built the first synthesizer to be released for public and commercial use. By the 1970's, they were being built compact enough...

Best Portable Keyboard

Winner: Roland RD-700GX 88-Key Digital Piano
Portable keyboards make the life of traveling musicians and producers much easier, packing all the great features of high-end keyboards into a compact and...

Best Keyboard Workstation

Winner: Roland Fantom G8 Sampling Synthesizer Workstation
Keyboard workstations will always be relevant in audio production. They are invariably accompanied by a wealth of sounds and good analog effects and...

Best Budget Portable Keyboard

Winner: Yamaha PSR-E223 61-Key Portable Keyboard
For many years the idea of a budget keyboard that was also portable was represented in the market largely by cheaply-made pieces of plastic that contained...

Best Electric Piano

Winner: Yamaha YDP141 Digital Piano With Bench
Electric pianos, more commonly referred to as digital pianos, are a very different breed of piano that have slowly taken the spot of the acoustic pianos as...