Re: [LAU] taking the hint lol, remains keyboard ideas anyone?

On Sun, 30 Aug 2015, Karen Lewellen wrote: My first question is what kind of feel do you like? weighted keys are probably needed for percusive instruments like piano, but for strings, organ, and such... maybe not. Personally, as a non-piano player, I prefer semi-weighted and use an old DX7. Anyone used to an acoustic piano will want/demand a fully weighted keyboard. Someone who has started on a B3 for example may not. Also many piano players feel they must have 88 keys. Again this is a personal call. Other people who do note at a time composition find a two octave mini-keyboard fits their style just fine, some even just use their computer keyboard running a virtual midi keyboard in software. In general, unweighted keyboards are not velocity sensitive, but semi/fully weighted are. Some chart creation sw is able to change velocity into meaningful notation. As a bass/guitar player, I find it hard to emulate my playing on a keyboard. For composing that may not be an issue. -- Len Ovens www.ovenwerks.net