I want to get a keyboard to improve my keyboard skills on, and write some music.
As an ex-Maschine user, I was all set on just buying the latest NI keyboard but saw a lot of reviews saying it basically wasn't worth the extra money for the flashing lights, integration with Komplete etc (I don't own Komplete).
So I ended up down the clickhole of reviews and compared pretty much every 49-key controller on the market! And now I don't know what to get. Tempted to just go for a cheapo Oxygen49 as at least it's low commitment! I'm also still really pissed off with M-Audio for their crappy driver support - they failed to keep my Fastrack Ultra updated to work with OSX, total hassle. I was looking at Novation stuff, but I never did like their Automap stuff much and the Incontrol version doesn't sound much better.
Main things I'd like - pitch / mod separate, or at least without a 'spring' in them. Some good faders / pot controllers for synths, that do some kind of 'auto' connection to synths like Diva, so I don't have to muck around MIDI mapping every time I open a VST.
A 'good enough' keyboard (I'm no player, synth / semi-weighted will do fine - but it should at least respond accurately to velocity).
Any tips welcome! Only caveat is I'm in Japan right now so some stuff is not readily available it seems!
As an ex-Maschine user, I was all set on just buying the latest NI keyboard but saw a lot of reviews saying it basically wasn't worth the extra money for the flashing lights, integration with Komplete etc (I don't own Komplete).
So I ended up down the clickhole of reviews and compared pretty much every 49-key controller on the market! And now I don't know what to get. Tempted to just go for a cheapo Oxygen49 as at least it's low commitment! I'm also still really pissed off with M-Audio for their crappy driver support - they failed to keep my Fastrack Ultra updated to work with OSX, total hassle. I was looking at Novation stuff, but I never did like their Automap stuff much and the Incontrol version doesn't sound much better.
Main things I'd like - pitch / mod separate, or at least without a 'spring' in them. Some good faders / pot controllers for synths, that do some kind of 'auto' connection to synths like Diva, so I don't have to muck around MIDI mapping every time I open a VST.
A 'good enough' keyboard (I'm no player, synth / semi-weighted will do fine - but it should at least respond accurately to velocity).
Any tips welcome! Only caveat is I'm in Japan right now so some stuff is not readily available it seems!
Buying a MIDI keyboard / controller
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