MIDI KEYBOARDS???Drum Machines???

[p3rt2k8]

what keyboard is best for me i wanna pay 150-300 quid and i want to be able to asine different sounds to different keys.

Also what is an Beat machine?

[deadcode]

Assigning different sounds to different keys is more to do with the software as most midi keyboards purely send midi messages to the PC. Using a soft sampler with a midi keyboard would be the best way to do this. Alternatively you could use a modular system to set up a midi splitter of some sort like I do.

In the keyboards around the 100 - 300 price range there isn't a lot of difference imo, just look at what's on offer and choose the one you like the look of the most.

[p3rt2k8]

Found this looks pretty good.

http://www.prosound-dj.com/maudio-axiom ... f1e0589f1b

Are them sqare buttons for asining sounds to or summat?
BTW ive never been on a Midi keyboard before im abit of a noob to allthis.

[deadcode]

That's a fine choice.

The square buttons are velocity sensitive pads, so they respond differently according to how hard you hit them. You could assign drums in a sampler to be triggered from them for example.

[p3rt2k8]

Thanks for help mate.

I just didnt wanna go buy something that is useless.

Btw you producing or djing?

send me a link...