Midi keyboard, is it a worthwhile investment?

Gives me more of a playable feel with velocities and stuff like that the more human feel for sure (if you can play keys that is)

I cant work without a keyboard, helps me work out chord structures and grace notes I wouldnt be able to do with mouse. Its also a lot quicker to lay down drums with a keyboard.

what kind of a crazy question’s that.. – only joking..

I might be selling my ozonic soon as the replacement power adaptor turns up from M-audio. Will throw in a pcmcia firewire card and 6pin-6pin f/w cable and a few dirty magz…

ne1 wanna make a sensible offer via PM – feel more than welcome.

Just incase ur not convinced ill have to say its a must as well! Also in the future if u buy any hardware synths u can get rack mounted ones instead of the versions with keys which are more expensive. Id rather have one keyboard n a rack full of gear (as well as a PC full of softsynths). Also on a musical level playing keys is more fun, i used to use fruity loopsn a mouse, can get a bit tedious.

Holy hell – Yes Acapella, I would offer a starting amount of $200 (USD) unless you had a different amount in mind. Let me know.

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-Rob

a midi keyboard is the only way to go. but once you get into real time playing you have to think about latency wich means you need a good soundcard.

But then again it all depends on what you’re trying to do. If you’re not trying to create anything super complex, moving the little blocks might be good enough. But if you’re tired of moving the blocks around definately get a midi keyboard. Take into consideration (like a someone else said) that going the keyboard route you’ll have to update your sound card so you won’t have to deal with latency issues.

Funny thing about buying new gear – You always end up having to buy something else so that your new gear works the way you intended.

in september im starting a music production course at unversity and was wondering how good you need to be at playing to get a midi keyboard, im fine with all scales, notation, chords and all the rest of the basics-intermediate musicy stuff but when it comes to playing a keyboard im about as slow as a legless snail, any help or advice appreciated. what should i get or do people??

deklin wrote:

[quote quote="leeson43":256g7ihj]in september im starting a music production course at unversity and was wondering how good you need to be at playing to get a midi keyboard, im fine with all scales, notation, chords and all the rest of the basics-intermediate musicy stuff but when it comes to playing a keyboard im about as slow as a legless snail, any help or advice appreciated. what should i get or do people??

i do a course in bath called Creative Music Technology, and i know nothing really about the notes of a keyboard, but I was using them all last year. It really is easy to pick up.
most people who make music but dont know how to play instruments, know what sounds good just by ear, and its the same with a keyboard. you’ll soon learn which shapes and notes sound good together, and its not as if having a keyboard stops from drawing the notes if you get stuck. definitley worth while.
i just use my microKorg with a MIDI/USB interface connection and its grand. i didnt find any latency problems and i only have a little C-Media piece o’ crap. and even if you’re really broke, just eBay for a cheap keyboard.[/quote:256g7ihj]

That was me that…I learnt how to play the keyboard myself when I was a kid. i never had piano lessons in my life but a I basically learnt how to find what notes matched by listening to other tunes and playing over them…not im a fully functioning keyboard player!

I use a great Midi Controller called M-Audio Radium 49…Agreat USB Midi Controller!