Feb 02, 2008 10:06 pm I personally don't use weighted keys. I'm no pianist. i also use my controller to trigger mutes, mix, and so on so I just prefer not to have weighted keys.
those of you who use a midi controller...
Posted on Feb 02, 2008 09:48 pm
fortymile
Member Since: Jan 18, 2003
some of you might use a keyboard with weighted keys. i have been thinking that i want this too, as i'd love to have essentially a portable piano, and playing piano on normal keyboard-type keys is just not the same thing at all.
but i wonder how you guys get along when using the thing to play, say, organ or strings. is it weird? it seems to me like playing an organ on a weighted-key keyboard would be tough or too weird...
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Feb 02, 2008 10:06 pm I personally don't use weighted keys. I'm no pianist. i also use my controller to trigger mutes, mix, and so on so I just prefer not to have weighted keys.
Feb 02, 2008 10:10 pm I've done alot of piano playin, though I don't have any keys at the moment, in the past I've always found that weighted keys are the only comfortable way to play. Then again, I learned on a real piano, so playing without the weight and bounce of the keys just feels weird. I'd say go for it.
Feb 02, 2008 10:18 pm yeah thats how i feel about piano. but i may have to wait and save up and keep the triton, too, cuz i just can't imagine that it would feel normal to be playing an organ through something that feels like a piano.
Feb 04, 2008 02:50 am I'd also recommend sticking with the weighted keys. I also grew up learning to play piano (started 3rd grade, played til 6th, then joined the band on trumpet) Still played the piano at home though, and took a couple applied lessons when I got to college. However I am by no means a concert pianist or anything.
Anyways, yeah, I like weighted keys, but I couldn't afford them at the time I needed a new keyboard (my old one went all old'n'busted on me, as a couple of the keys nolonger work as intended)
I got an EMU Xboard-61 (61-key model) (Full version of Proteus-X was part of the incentive) And while the keys are semi-weighted, and a definite step up from the old keyboard, they're a far cry from hammer-action. I tolerate it okay though.
Feb 04, 2008 11:30 am Hey Jbot, I'm about to pull the trigger on an EMU Xboard 49 (same thing, just fewer keys). It'd be my first MIDI controller and I'm not a pianist at all. I'll be using it mainly for drum sequencing and maybe for some atmospheric kinds of strings and keys.
How do you like that board? I'm going to order one in the next few days and I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it.
Feb 04, 2008 10:12 pm forty, as you know I use a Fatar Studio Logic 88 key controller. I use it for organ and all synths now. The transition wasn't all that bad really. You kind of get used to the feel. And the after touch and velocity on most of those types for keyboard are much better then you will find on any synth weighted keyboard. I am accustomed to the thump of the keys now and it really doesn't hinder me at all when I switch to organ or synth type stuff. I even use it for quick drum parts without any trouble. I do like the quickness of Tuna's Radium for synth lead stuff, but I can switch and use either controller for them without much fuss. I did keep the Roland controller around for a little while though as I made the transition back to piano weighted keys just in case. But got rid of it after about 6 weeks as the difference was minimal.
I think keeping the Triton around for awhile is a good idea. That way you can make that same kind of transition to the fully weighted keys as well and see if you can do it all on the one controller.
Most of the guys I know use the same type of set up. Its only the straight up synth guys that never really got the feel of the piano under their belt that prefer the synth weighted for everything.
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