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whats the best midi keyboards to buy max budget £30??

i also seen this pc keyboard with integerated midi keyboard, will this do the same job as a normal midi keyboard?

http://www.it-shop-online.co.uk/acatalo ... -Midi.html

what's that in USD? like $50????

you ain't gonna get shit for that much money. check a pawn shop or something...maybe you'll get lucky.

barring that, pick up a used oxygen8 on ebay. they look like they're runnin 60-100$ USD.

I think unless you're going secondhand, you'd be talking at least £80 for something with some controllers. However, that hybrid keyboard in the link is probably a much better bet if that's all you can spend, as at least you'll be able to play notes in even though the midi capabliity will probably be a little lacking. Certainly better than not having a keyboard.

I think in all honesty, you'd be better off saving some money and looking at something nearer the £100 mark. I think that you'll want to graduate from that keyboard pretty sharpish when you need various midi controllers to adjust sounds in real time. I use an M-Audio O2 that I picked up for £90, only 2 octaves, but it does what I need it to.

you can prob buy a really old casio or something for a tenner that will have midi capabilities, it won't be usb and prob won't have any pots but if you disable the sound on it at least you'll be able to play into yr sequencer..

narcossist wrote:you can prob buy a really old casio or something for a tenner that will have midi capabilities, it won't be usb and prob won't have any pots but if you disable the sound on it at least you'll be able to play into yr sequencer..

i love it when mans knowledgable on gear!

is this worth getting??
and whats the max i should go up to ??


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KORG-MicroKontrol ... dZViewItem


or


is this worth getting??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EMU-Xboard-25-Pro ... dZViewItem

or

is this worth getting??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M-Audio-O2-25-Key ... dZViewItem


or

this??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Music-Oxygen8-Mid ... dZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALESIS-PHOTON-X25 ... dZViewItem




which 5 would you choose? and how much will you purchase them for??

sorry about the long list. just a early xmas pressy for moi. lolz.

I got an old Casio off of ebay for about £20, I then bought a USB to midi convertor from Maplin - works great with Reason.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &doy=10m11

wait til ya got more spondoolies and get a edirol pcr midi keyboard i think you can get one for bout 100 nicker and there good to

don't get that microcontrol korg thing unless you're a midget. those keys are a joke...made for children and hobbits.

haha Hobbit Dub Vip HOB001

Don't get the Emu - was told that they're not particularly solid construction and seem cheap. The Alesis Photon looks good (I was gonna get one of these, but my local shop was out of stock and I was impatient and bought the M Audio 02. The Oxygen 8 is pretty good and been about for quite a few years so would reckon it's tried and tested by now.

I would say check Turnkey and Digital Village - think you should be able to get the majority of these for 80 notes with free shipping if you're lucky - the buy it now price on the Alesis plus postage would be a rip-off if that's still the case. And you'd get at least a years warranty too

Check out secomd hand Evolutoin controller keyboards, u can get em quite cheap. Look on Ebay and Sound on Sound magazine

evolution ekeys 37 USB keys thirty odd quid at digital village