[LAU] Hardware: elektr piano / keyboard
david
gnome at hawaii.rr.com
Sat Jun 28 01:02:03 EDT 2008
Problem with most cheap MIDI keyboards is that they don't have the
"piano key" feel. They have thin, lightweight plastic keys, lacking the
weight of a real piano keyboard. The keyboards that have real
piano-style keys are not cheap.
Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hi Dirk!
> Yamaha is always a good choice. I think they're all called CP-something. But
> I think they are more expensive. For your price, I'd suggest a simple master
> keyboard. Fatar has nice ones, but a little more expensive, for the rest, have
> a look around. For piano sounds, try the big soundfont pianos, there were a
> few posts lately or try one gigasample library from post musical
> instruments/sampletekk. The PMI pianos all cost $50.00 and sound very
> atractive. Take a look at
> www.linuxsampler.org
> In the demo section or for example, mylast posted piece.
> Considering your name, you're from Germany. Take a look at:
> www.thomann.de
> and
> www.musik-produktiv.de
> A very nice catalogue, cheap prices, because they sell that much and the
> Musik Produktiv crowd is rather helpful, if you need them.
> Kindest regards
> Julien
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