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Posted by The Don on Jul-19-2010 21:25:

The Best Midi Keyboard Solution?

Just looking for a few opinions on this.

I've recently bought Logic Studio, and its bawz out, but Im looking for a midi Keyboard, and Im wanting to know if its worthwhile spending quite a bit, or is the basic funtions pretty much the same.

Also Im making more techy deeper stuff, so I want have much use for lots of strings and melody so is there much point in buying 49-61 key units, or will a25 or so key unit do the trick?

Posted by Subtle on Jul-19-2010 21:31:

I would say dont go for anything under 49 keys.

Posted by cryophonik on Jul-19-2010 21:34:

How much experience do you have playing keys/piano? That will probably weigh heavily into what size keyboard and which features you'll be happy because, if you're a somewhat accomplished keyboardist, you'll probably hate using anything with less than 61 keys, cheap keys, etc. OTOH, if you have little/no keyboard playing experience and just want something to make inputting notes go quicker, a smaller/cheaper keyboard is probably fine.

Posted by The Don on Jul-19-2010 21:44:

Ive got keyboard basics, through classic piano training. Using a proper piano, so no keyboard use as such..

Posted by chrisspob on Jul-19-2010 22:18:

I would consider getting one with at least some knobs on and id stick to 49 keys at least, one that springs to mind is this
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Oxygen49.html

hope this helps

Posted by floyd741 on Jul-19-2010 22:27:

quote:
Originally posted by chrisspob
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Oxygen49.html

This is a great option for the price but the keys are a bit hard to get used to if you play the piano. I have the older version so maybe they changed them but I doubt it. Besides being a good size (not too big but not too small) it has plenty of assignable controls that I've found to be extremely useful.

Posted by chrisspob on Jul-19-2010 22:31:

quote:
Originally posted by floyd741
This is a great option for the price but the keys are a bit hard to get used to if you play the piano. I have the older version so maybe they changed them but I doubt it. Besides being a good size (not too big but not too small) it has plenty of assignable controls that I've found to be extremely useful.
good point ive only ever played the keyboard so no idea how it would be to convert from a piano, maybe they do a semi wieghted version tho not sure

Posted by Lolo on Jul-20-2010 06:38:

oxygen 61 v3 here, and it's solid for what it is. The keyboard feel isn't great but it's easy to play on that thing and hit the right velocity. It's my opinion, but I found the oxygen keyboard better than the keys on my (now sold) fantom G that cost me 2500$. If I ever need more, I'll go get a digital piano, I think.

I also got a yamaha 61 key keyboard for free here. I don't like it much but I got it for free. It's always good to have a replacement just in case.

So what about jumping to the nearest shop and trying it out yourself after all? Is it possible you think?

You might end up going for a mini-keyboard from akai and be happy with it after all. Google for akai lpk25

I strongly suggest you to get one at a local shop if possible and not to order it online.

Posted by tehlord on Jul-20-2010 08:15:

The latest gen Oxygens are excellent for the money. I agree that the keyboards action isn't that great but for bassline, chords and leads it's almost irrelevant. There are plenty of knobs and sliders, it's very well built, the drivers are solid and it doesn't have any stupid automap/hypercontrol nonsence to get in the way of using it quickly.