midi keyboards

jinny h · Post by **jinny h** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:12 pm

im lookin to buy a new midi keyboard but im not quite sure what i should be lookin for. can anyone recomend a good one or necessary features????cheers

.:general three:. · Post by **.:general three:.** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:39 pm

Depends what you want it to do and how much you're willing to pay. I use a Remote LE25, i find it spot on, and thats about £100

mrhope · Post by **mrhope** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:44 am

get something with knobs and sliders as well as keys.

martello · Post by **martello** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:55 am

here is what i use - http://www.musicfarm.org/input/test/t5-CME_UF6.html

i have used it about a year, and works well. 9 sliders, 8 knobs, 61 keys, aftertouch , metalcorpus etc...about 420 $. they offer some intresting stuff - www.cme-pro.com

feasible_weasel · Post by **feasible_weasel** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:22 am

49 keys-61,otherwise ur gonna be pressing buttons just to change a key note.
just get a m-audio one, cheap as chips and lots of knobs to assigns to channels etc.
£60-100

daft cunt · Post by **daft cunt** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:14 am

Frankly if you don't play piano and don't want to you don't need a 49-keys nor a big expensive keyboard.
Just get something with keys and possibly drum pads but I highly recommend to give the knobs job to the BCR2000.
Having 8 knobs for all the software is a pain in the ass.

chunkie · Post by **chunkie** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:46 am

also, try checking em out in person with specific regard to the width and weight of the keys

on a number of the smaller/cheaper kboards they have given you lots of keys in a small space hence thin keys (not good for chubby/clumsy fingers)

osk · Post by **osk** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:16 am

If you don't have a soundcard already, I'd recommend the Roland PCR-1 which has an Edirol card built in. It's excellent value for money and comes complete with knobs etc.

auan · Post by **auan** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:35 am

Chunkie wrote:lots of keys in a small space hence thin keys (not good for chubby/clumsy fingers)

Chunkie by name...

chunkie · Post by **chunkie** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:09 am

Auan wrote:
Chunkie wrote:lots of keys in a small space hence thin keys (not good for chubby/clumsy fingers)
Chunkie by name...

future producer · Post by **future producer** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:09 pm

I got the UMX-25 for £64 - http://www.dv247.com/invt/32890/

But yeah, something with knobs and buttons!

jinny h · Post by **jinny h** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:47 pm

cheers for all the advice and tips. i think im gonna go for the cme uf5. has faders and knobs as well as 49 keys so not to bad.

martello · Post by **martello** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:00 pm

Jinny H wrote:cheers for all the advice and tips. i think im gonna go for the cme uf5. has faders and knobs as well as 49 keys so not to bad.

but...as i understand, cme has finished with UFx series, new product is UFx0 series keyboards, which are developed from UFx. these, i suppose, are much better. UFx officially does not support vista and there has been problems with xp drivers (mine's woks fine so far ). also check cme forum.

forensix (mcr) · Post by **forensix (mcr)** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:12 pm

http://www.dv247.com/invt/45050/

http://www.dv247.com/invt/33183/

I don't normally do caps but: GO NOVATION and NEVER LOOK BACK

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:26 pm

forensix (mcr) wrote: GO NOVATION and NEVER LOOK BACK

best quote ever

chunkie · Post by **chunkie** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:32 pm

forensix (mcr) wrote:I don't normally do caps but: GO NOVATION and NEVER LOOK BACK

havent heard many bad words said about novation

have heard a lot of bad words said about the likes of m-audio and edirol

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