Keyboard recommendations

Chaos · 2 Oct 2007 at 12:57

You could go for a stand alone keyboard and make sure it has midi in/out so that in the future you could use it as a controller keyboard for soft synths.

A good dvd for learning keyboard you might want to check out -

http://www.emediamusic.com/index.html

Kreeeee · 3 Oct 2007 at 00:47

I'm very tempted by the 61 key M-audio Axiom if my Z5500's won't be too much of an issue for a newbie.

Sweetloaf · 3 Oct 2007 at 07:52

Kreeeee said:
I'm very tempted by the 61 key M-audio Axiom if my Z5500's won't be too much of an issue for a newbie.

Nope, I actually used some Creative 6.1s for a while. certainly not ideal but they worked.

Kreeeee · 4 Oct 2007 at 01:30

Sweetloaf said:
Nope, I actually used some Creative 6.1s for a while. certainly not ideal but they worked.

Shouldn't affect me too much as I'm just learning the instrument, not performing

Sweetloaf · 4 Oct 2007 at 08:59

In that case you'll be fine, they will be much better quality than most speakers attatched to any keyboard you will buy for £150.

I'd like to stress again that I would seriously recommend a second hand Yamaha CS1x synth, it doesn't just have synth noises it has a fullset of normal instrument and several drum kits. Oh and proper midi ports and knobs to twiddle.

One went for £75 a few days ago and one for £69 a few days before that.

That my friend is an absolute steal and will blow most keyboards out of the water, fantastic piano sounds some nice analogue style aphex twinish pads and a great Floydy preset called wish"U"here

Dammit, you may just end up bidding against me

Jono · 4 Oct 2007 at 16:03

Gonna ask in this thread... does anyone know what an alesis QS7 might be worth these days? It's a 76 key synth with some quite nice sounds on it...good working order, but must be about 10 years old or so now

Kreeeee · 4 Oct 2007 at 16:52

Sweetloaf said:
In that case you'll be fine, they will be much better quality than most speakers attatched to any keyboard you will buy for £150.

I'd like to stress again that I would seriously recommend a second hand Yamaha CS1x synth, it doesn't just have synth noises it has a fullset of normal instrument and several drum kits. Oh and proper midi ports and knobs to twiddle.

One went for £75 a few days ago and one for £69 a few days before that.

That my friend is an absolute steal and will blow most keyboards out of the water, fantastic piano sounds some nice analogue style aphex twinish pads and a great Floydy preset called wish"U"here

Dammit, you may just end up bidding against me

Not likely as I don't use ebay and would much prefer new equipment.

Kreeeee · 4 Oct 2007 at 18:05

Right... can anyone recommend a place to buy the M-Audio Axiom 61 from?

Sweetloaf · 4 Oct 2007 at 19:55

Places I use are:

Thomann

GAK

iMuso

Dolphin Music

eBay

Kreeeee · 19 Oct 2007 at 14:37

Got the axiom 61 now but ableton live doesn't detect it =/

Sweetloaf · 19 Oct 2007 at 14:59

Which version are you using?

Kreeeee · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:06

Live Lite 6.0.10

I just want to start off playing notes and take it from there.

Chaos · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:55

Theres an axiom setup tutorial on the ableton site not sure if it will work with the lite version but you could give it a try -

http://www.ableton.com/livepacks

Kreeeee · 19 Oct 2007 at 23:19

Thanks mate, go tit working.

This software is the least user friendly thing I've ever come across, anyone have any recommendations for alternatives?

Smiley Man · 19 Oct 2007 at 23:23

Kreeeee said:
Thanks mate, go tit working.

This software is the least user friendly thing I've ever come across, anyone have any recommendations for alternatives?

its seriously dogs danglies, stick with it and try and learn it, its an awesome bit of software

Kreeeee · 20 Oct 2007 at 01:31

Ok, then a few questions to help me on my way:

I've just found out how to assign the drum pads as a separate group of instruments, any idea how I assign individual keys to separate drums?

also I hardly have any choice of "instruments", any idea where I can get more from (such as honky tonk piano, standard piano etc)?

It took me 2 hours just to get the standard keyboard working!

Sweetloaf · 20 Oct 2007 at 08:25

Kreeeee said:
This software is the least user friendly thing I've ever come across, anyone have any recommendations for alternatives?

Cubase or Cubasis VST, any version.

NickK · 20 Oct 2007 at 09:05

Check on the m-Audio website for updated drivers.

In the past my Oxygen8v2 didn't get picked up properly (picked up as the old version). The new version of the drivers recently on there sorted that out for Reason.

Kreeeee · 22 Oct 2007 at 01:34

Any ideas on getting classic/standard piano in ableton live 6?

Neoni · 22 Oct 2007 at 02:04

cubase is a dying daw. stick with ableton