MIDI keyboards

i was looking at an maudio keyboard online yesterday and it says it has midi but really, in the fine print, the thing only has a usb connection. and then i find out there are more and more of these keyboards that don't actually have a proper midi out.

this is fucking retarded

so i'm going to have to buy a cheap used synth when i save up and not only will it have the midi capabilities bu it will probably be nicer than plain midi controllers. midi keyboards nowadays are super expensive, i don't get it, and i certainly will NOT get it.

i'm going to buy me a synth that has better aftertouch and a synth inside for the same price.

fuck you modern audio companies!

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What stops you from plugging the midikeyboard into a free usb port? The data then gets to the Computer, no matter how the cable and port looks, midi or usb, why care? Just curious....

The audio companies build what the people buy

  On 2/5/2011 at 8:54 PM, tonfarben said:

What stops you from plugging the midikeyboard into a free usb port? The data then gets to the Computer, no matter how the cable and port looks, midi or usb, why care? Just curious....

because i want to control a module

  On 2/5/2011 at 11:23 PM, yek said:

  On 2/5/2011 at 8:54 PM, tonfarben said:

What stops you from plugging the midikeyboard into a free usb port? The data then gets to the Computer, no matter how the cable and port looks, midi or usb, why care? Just curious....

because i want to control a module

just look up for an adapter like that one, but with the usb port that you'd like don't know if it exists though, been searching and looks like they're only intended to transform the midi ports into usb port and not the other way around .

hey yek

when are you gonna just make a track and quit hemming an hawing about equipment?

its the musician not the gear

  On 2/6/2011 at 12:32 AM, yikes said:

hey yek

when are you gonna just make a track and quit hemming an hawing about equipment?

its the musician not the gear

i don't like posting tracks

oh please

grow some sac son

man up and expose yourself like a freaky flasher

yeah, makes totally sense. As I don´t have any hardware synth modules or rackthings or whatever, I totally forgot the possibility that a midikeyboard could be needed for direct control of hardware. Stupid me. :)

Does your audio interface have midi out? That would be a possibility.

Happy producing anyway. Don´t let the equipment control you, control the equipment! :)

if you use the computer in your chain you'll be able to control all you want.

ex: m-audio usb ------> computer ------> module

  On 2/11/2011 at 5:25 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

if you use the computer in your chain you'll be able to control all you want.

 

ex: m-audio usb ------> computer ------> module

blah., i'm going to buy a cheap yamaha keyboard that has midi out but is not necessarily a "controller keyboard". it's actually cheap that way.

( i just won't have a pitch or mod wheel, i guess i can live with that)

older midi keyboards should still will have functioning potentially super cheesy pitch and delightfully expressive mod wheels with the m audio midi to usb converter (which I use)

well the keyboard i'm getting has 61 keys, supposedly better touch to the keys than older m-audios and also has it's own cheesy sounds i can use/ i've already made up my mind. as a piano player i think it will add to my creativity because it has more keys than my maudio oxygen 8 that has only 2 octaves.

I've said it once, I will say it again, quality fully weighted keys are teh bomb diggity. dig?

  On 2/11/2011 at 9:14 PM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

I've said it once, I will say it again, quality fully weighted keys are teh bomb diggity. dig?

plus they cost alot and i'm broke asss broke. one day i will though, as i said i'm a pianist and i'd love to be able to play piano wherever i am

but yeah, on the subject of keys. .. io'm oxygen 8 's keys are fucking horrid so i'm hoping this yamaha i'm buying will be a breath of fresh air.

i don't use the pitch wheel alot, or can live without it, i'm a bit bummed on not having a mod wheel but i'm only paying 100 dollars

blah blah

going to buy an oxygen 49

blah blah

dude get an old midi controller used with fully weighted keys spend 40 bucks on midi to usb you will LOVE the fucking feel 10 times more than that

wow I never realized how they have all dropped the actual midi ports. WTF.

Fucking capitalism driving shit in the wrong direction. It's like every new piece of music gear is aimed at krunk rap and trance producers who use fruityloops. (no offense).

well i found out the new oxygen's don't have real midi out's either. so i'm looking at another option. this thread has become a bit self indulgent, delete