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Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:20 pm
by The Jackson
I've seen in some software a QWERTY keyboard being able to be used as a MIDI controller in the abscence of an actual MIDI keyboard. Maybe you could use them both at the same time?
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:24 pm
by Todd S. Malicoate
http://www.roland.com/products/en/PC-50/index.html
I used to use one of these with my Macintosh in college (actually, it was the very similar older-model PC-100). You can lean it up against a wall when you're not using it and plug it in when you need to do some music data entry. If you're REALLY strapped for space, you can even put it under your QWERTY keyboard. Simple and easy to use.
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:22 pm
by The Jackson
Maybe you should look into something like
this?
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:49 pm
by Carroll
Nano Key.jpg
I use a Korg Nano Key... same width as my MacBook, 3.5 inches deep, 1/2 inch thick.
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:05 am
by David Richoux
Carroll wrote:Nano Key.jpg
I use a Korg Nano Key... same width as my MacBook, 3.5 inches deep, 1/2 inch thick.
Are the keys as "clicky" as I hear in some of the youtube demo videos, or is that an artifact of the particular patch? I have collected a few cheap "mini-keyboards" over the years (some of them are Korgs) and some were great, some were crap. This one looks pretty good, and it being USB powered is a big plus! I was looking for something current and simple for quick MIDI inputs in Finale - looks like a very possible solution...
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:45 am
by David Richoux
OK - I will give it a shot ! Hopefully it will not be relegated to the stack of other "fail" musical electronic hardware I have managed to acquire over the last 40 years
Someday I am going to be dumping a lot of it on eBay as "collector items" from the early days of computer/synthi musical instrument design...
Steiner EVI1000, anyone?
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:44 am
by Tuba Guy
David Richoux wrote:Steiner EVI1000, anyone?
I actually really want one of those...just seems really cool...
Re: Qwerty and piano
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:49 pm
by David Richoux
Tuba Guy wrote:David Richoux wrote:Steiner EVI1000, anyone?
I actually really want one of those...just seems really cool...
Mine is a very early version (pre-MIDI) and the only thing I don't like about it is that the fingering structure somehow seemed "backwards" or "reversed" when going through the scales - having to rotate the big switch to change half octaves up or down was not very logical to me (as a horn player - if I was learning from scratch it probably would have been OK.) I think Yamaha did a bit better with their Sax substitute, but that was much later on in the game.