Keep it simple! Just know that the weighted keys usually come at a cost. It has 61 unweighted keys, 8 knobs, 9 sliders, a handful buttons, as well a Drum Pad Controller. The only real problem I have with the features is that the drum pads can be a bit awkward to work with.
I find you need a lot of pressure to get them to respond. For such a compact unit, the MKII comes packed with features that rival even the more expensive models.
Some features include 25 velocity-sensitive keys, eight backlit velocity-sensitive MPC-style pads plus two banks, a brand new four-way thumbstick for dynamic pitch and modulation manipulation and eight assignable control knobs, which is ideal for electronic style music production. To be quite honest, this one might even contain more features than a beginner would need, but because the quality and price are on point, I had to include this. The Hammer 88 has fully-assignable MIDI buttons, pitch-bend, and modulation wheels, sustain pedal, secondary pedal, and expression pedal inputs.
Though all these features might sound impressive, it is designed more for the players who more are concerned with compositional accuracy rather than editing or tweaking. But if your music plans are more geared towards realistic playing and less on envelopes and automation, this just might be the one for you.
But once you get some experience and you want to inflict more of a human touch into your productions, a Midi Keyboard just might be what you need. But not only can it humanize your music, it can also save you a lot of time.
Speaking from experience, I find melodies a lot easier when I can just play them and get instant feedback. Your website is awesome! Wrote alot of songs, but now that I got one, I would never go back! Thank u! Great article! Found it after reading your DAW article. Personally I have an Axiom 25 and I love it! Thanks for sharing this article. Hey Javier and hello to Peru!
Thanks Petri I will take a look on youtube… I liked it very much the axiom 61 … so i think i am gonna try m-audio product and see how it works.. I would recommend it, it is a high quality product, but it all depends on your price point.
As Petri mention he uses the Oxygen This is likely the most helpful article on keyboard controllers i have found yet. I have a simple question that was not covered in this post. Even if you can't play the piano to save your life, we recommend that the first sort of MIDI controller you look at should be a keyboard. Because once you've got one, your computer setup instantly becomes about a hundred times more musical. Software instruments are great, but if you only have your QWERTY keyboard and mouse, you'll have to either 'click' notes in manually or try and play them on the same keys that you use to write your emails not fun.
If you've got a MIDI keyboard, though, things instantly start to get a lot more enjoyable. Even two-note basslines sound better when they've been played properly - most MIDI keyboards are velocity sensitive, so you can play different notes louder and quieter - and you can also use your keyboard to program drum beats and trigger sample loops in real time. MIDI keyboards come in different sizes from 25 to 88 notes and with different feature sets.
MIDI keyboards are the most common type of controller on the market, due to their familiarity and ability to play a large range of notes. If you are looking to create electronic music then there are now many specially designed controllers for music creation and also to help you out if you want to play live. The colored lights allow you to trigger certain sounds or loops to build up beats and create songs in an entirely different way to how you might on a MIDI keyboard.
How much size you want your MIDI controller to occupy will be key depending on how much space you have. But luckily, MIDI controllers come in a huge range of sizes from full size 88 key to tiny 25 key microcontrollers.
But if you want to mimic a piano and use both hands to play more complicated stuff then you can go for a 49, 61 or even full 88 key. I wrote an article going into more detail on how to know which is right for you. Check it out here if you are interested.
I enjoy the luxury of both, I have my larger 49 key controller in the studio which remains there. But I have a mini 32 key controller too which is tiny and lightweight and I can then carry on writing on the sofa or even on the train. As mentioned in point 1, entering music in the computer can feel very uninspiring and crush creativity. But on top of that it can also leave you with uninspiring music that sounds like it was created by a robot.
If you listen to any music created acoustically, such as traditional piano music, you will notice not every note necessarily hits right on the beat every time, perhaps being a split second early or late. The volume and intensity of the notes will also increase and decrease adding to the emotion and feel of the song. It is very hard to create that feeling when manually entering notes into a piano roll and so a MIDI controller will allow you to mimic playing a real instrument and therefore create a more realistic sounding track.
Most MIDI keyboards are very clever and can tell how hard or soft you press a key. This will register as a digital number between 1 and , with 1 being almost silent and being the loudest possible. Using a MIDI controller will have your listeners often completely unaware that you created the sounds digitally and not acoustically, and I think that is what people still crave in a lot of genres.
MIDI controllers can work very well for inputting percussive elements to your music. You can get controllers that are made specifically for this function with large pads or even for hitting with drum sticks to mimic a real drum kit such as the AKAI Professional MPD drum pad below. Some midi controllers that are primarily keyboards come with a small number of pads too which can be very handy, and save you money and space too by only needing one piece of equipment.
Remedy this by using a two finger press. Thirty-two low-profile keys fit easily into this compact package, which weighs less than two pounds and is just 16 inches long. Courtesy Amazon Amazon. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again.
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