Keyboard Recommendation

[serious?]

Beginner here
any keyboard recommedation to go along with a MPC 1000?
only thing that comes to mind is a yamaha DJX haha
not lookin for something fancy
just basic, simple for a starter to use
thanxz

 

[bigdmakintrax]

make sure that you get a fully midi compatible keyboard, some of the cheaper yamaha keyboards like the one you just mentioned are not fully midi (in /out) or can be properly used as a controller....

 

[misscc803]

Check out da E-MU PK-6 itz a hot keyboard and u can sometimes get them a lil cheap if u can find em. If not cop yourself a sound module and use a Casio keyboard as a midi controller or somethin. But good luck.

~1~

 

[Ash Holmz]

^^^ i second the pk-6 i just recently got one with the mo -phatt expansion and am happy with it... the main thing about it is the key action ... the keys got some weight and some spring to them they feel better than ANY other 61key board or midi controller ive ever tried ..

 

[misscc803]

I agree

^^^ i second the pk-6 i just recently got one with the mo -phatt expansion and am happy with it... the main thing about it is the key action ... the keys got some weight and some spring to them they feel better than ANY other 61key board or midi controller ive ever tried ..

Yea i mus agree wit u bout da key action. It iz nice and ima keep promotin da PK-6 cauze its real eazy to uze and now i c alot of peepz wanna cop one which iz a good thing cauze it wont let u down.

~1~

 

[serious?]

hey thanks guys for all the post
i posted this thread awhile ago and i thought it was dead
thanks for bringing it back alive haha
keep'em comin

 

[Agent Smith]

it depends on what you mean by keyboard...

if you just want some keys to control the stuff on your mpc, i would wait until the new m-audio controllers come out...they look sick and they are supposed to have improved key action (which is my main complaint about my radium). realistically, any midi controller will do.

if you want additional sounds, and you want keys to control those as well as those on the mpc, you could either get a synth keyboard like an alesis ion which has keys and the brain, or get a midi controller and a rackmount synth.

like i said it all depends on what you want to do and where you're sequencing from (the mpc or your DAW on your computer.)