Hmmm ok, so it seems that a keyboard would help me. Thing is ive been playing around with ableton and reason and i got a bit tired of mouse clicking all the time and creating a pattern clicking in boxes. With ableton, once i started using the computer keyboard to generate sounds I found some of them where actually sounding pretty good. That made me think that with a proper keyboard I could get some nice sounds.
So, any recommendations on a low to mid price range midi keyboard?
How important is a midi keyboard?
i recommend a keyboard thats 61+keys... that ways u can scale octaves easily. more fun for sounds.miniMAL_420 wrote:Hmmm ok, so it seems that a keyboard would help me. Thing is ive been playing around with ableton and reason and i got a bit tired of mouse clicking all the time and creating a pattern clicking in boxes. With ableton, once i started using the computer keyboard to generate sounds I found some of them where actually sounding pretty good. That made me think that with a proper keyboard I could get some nice sounds.
So, any recommendations on a low to mid price range midi keyboard?
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Get a keyboard. Id suggest at least a 49 key. Those small ones you miss alot of sounds due to having to transpose up and down octaves.
It is a pain in the ass testing grooves just by point and click midi. I ussualy build a beat of a sort and just jam out on the midi keyboard till I find something I like. Then play it live while recording the midi and then go back and snap it in time if it sounds off with the mouse. I really cant imagine making music without a midi keyboard..
It is a pain in the ass testing grooves just by point and click midi. I ussualy build a beat of a sort and just jam out on the midi keyboard till I find something I like. Then play it live while recording the midi and then go back and snap it in time if it sounds off with the mouse. I really cant imagine making music without a midi keyboard..
Some people can just make music with step sequencers and the like, I can't. I need a keyboard to input my basic idea, then I break it down into parts. Without going into the debate about being able to play 2-handed keys has any relevance to techno, for me, coming from actually being a keyboardist, I can't compose any other way.
But apart from me, I'd say it's a necessity - at least at some point. It's never an afterthought IMO. It's there on the fundamental checklist for making noises.
But apart from me, I'd say it's a necessity - at least at some point. It's never an afterthought IMO. It's there on the fundamental checklist for making noises.