Musical Keyboard for making.....music

[neko kyouran]

Don\'t know how many of you all like to score your own music out there, but I came across little invention that I can see helping those that like to use a computer to create their masterpieces.

Musical keyboard

I\'m not very talented myself, but I do like looking at nifty gadgets and stuff so I figured someone else might as well.

And to make this topic worth more, for those of you musically inclined?  Care to share how you go about making it?  Computer, Live recordings, beating your younger brother over the head and listening to the thumping sounds, etc.

[Karyuu]

That is so awesome :D Wish I knew about such a thing earlier. I just end up connecting my large keyboard to the computer via this little baby, then goof around in FruityLoops. Which I really miss doing lately, come to think of it.

Nifty!

[Ghostslayer]

That looks pretty cool.  Limiting with only 3 octaves, but still pretty neat nonetheless.

Anyway, I\'ve never really had the patience for composing/transposing music, I just play purely for entertainment.  My brother\'s has a really nice keyboard that apparantly is made to connect to the computer for recording and whatnot.  One of these days I should get off my lazy butt and test it out

[zanzibar]

I\'ve never been a fan of midi, but I am familiar with it.  I\'ve even heard good examples of midi music!  But they\'re the minority...

The stuff I used was all Roland though.  Just play it on keys, the computer picked up what I played, and I was able to go back and select a voice for it.  With what you linked to, it seems like more of a marketting gimmick than anything else.  I don\'t see what the advantage is... it doesn\'t even offer a full range.

I don\'t know the model number of the keyboard I used, but take a look through Roland\'s catalogue if this is a medium that interest you.

I used to use tape decks and four tracks to record, now I do everything digital onto my computer.  It\'s a pentium IV with a Audigy 2 soundcard.  I don\'t know much about computers, but it\'s supposed to be good so I got it.  For recording guitar cabinets, I use SM57s when I have the option.  For vocals, SM58\'s... when I have the option.  For overheads and room micing, I have a Studio Projects \"B1\" condenser microphone.  It\'s functional, but it actually sounds too hi-fi.  It has a slight spike in the higher frequencies which gives a clearer sounding sound, but it\'s just an EQ thing.

[LigH]

I guess for \"real musicians\", a MIDI keyboard needs to support more than just a clavier, they need e.g. dynamic-sensitive keys, effect selectors, octave shifters (due to often limited widths) and a bender wheel.

A model like the Roland PC 200 MK II may be the least.