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Can anyone recommend a midi keyboard?

  • 04-07-2009 11:05PM
    #1
    luke999
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Hey all, so the story is im getting in on producing as a hobby and have been learning to use reason 4 for the past few months. Now i think its time i got a half decent keyboard as the virtual keyboard just isnt cutting it for me...heres the problem, i know nothing about keyboards at all. So can anyone recommend a keyboard for me, with regards to brand and amount of keys? Not looking for anything fancy like one with a built in controller or pads or anything. All advice is welcome and much appreciated, thanks a mil.


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  • #2
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    How much do you want to spend Luke?

    That's 3/4 of the decision right there ...


  • #3
    11811
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭11811


    I think the M-audio Oxygen (or something similar) is a fairly cheap and cheerful place to start - its basic enough and not too dear and comes in either 25 key or 49 keys, I personally prefer the 49 key ones as obviously you've more octaves at hand - really handy for playing live.


  • #4
    luke999
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭luke999


    oh yeah sorry, i forgot to say my budget is about 300 quid. ill have a look into the m audio now thx


  • #5
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    The M-audio stuff is grand and with local representation in the unlikely event of failure things can be sorted quickly.


  • #6
    pinksoir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,737 ✭✭✭pinksoir


    Have the older model of this myself. Very good keyboard. Proper solid loike.
    http://www.thomann.de/ie/cme_uf60.htm

    Here's the 50 key version, but for the extra 34 quid 'd go with the 60 key:
    http://www.thomann.de/ie/cme_uf50.htm

    Semi weighted keys too.

    Alternatively, the m-audio ones are quite cheap for the simpler keyboards...


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