[linux-audio-user] keyboard recommendations ?
Steve Harris
S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Aug 15 09:19:24 EDT 2005
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 08:35:13 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> I'd like to buy a MIDI keyboard, not a synth, just a keyboard. I'm
> looking for something with at least these capabilities:
>
> 2 to 3 octave key span (small is good)
> octave up/down transposition
> velocity-sensitive
> mod and pitch bend wheels
> sends program change
> aftertouch sensitive (channel AT is fine)
> sends MIDI volume (cc #7)
>
> Of course I'd also like to spend not very much money. So, is there
> something out there that fits my needs ? Which inexpensive MIDI
> keyboards are popular with LA* people ?
I use one of these: http://www.edirol.com/products/info/pcr50.html
I'm not a fan of the roland push modulators, but it has plenty of other
controls to make up for it.
Its USB/serial MIDI, and if you use it as a USB device the serial MIDI
holes appear as interfaces to the PC, which is handy.
- Steve
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