Guy selling used for 200. Wanted a 61 key but if this is a deal I'll take it. I'm gonna use it to play midi piano, is 49 keys good enough?
I just set up my new desk to be ready to add a good midi keyboard, my workspace was on a very small desk and was going to just use a workbench like Todd suggested, but at Costco they has this perfect wood table for cheap.
IMHO 49 keys is enough if you're just playing one-handed bass or lead lines. But if you intend to play piano parts with 2 hands, you might find that too limiting. The Air49 is ideal if you're playing notes with one hand and twiddling knobs to vary the sound with the other.
I don't recommend friends to buy used midi keyboards, usually people (most being beginners) really bang those keys to write drums or try to get the solo times correct etc. and the keys responses, height and feel degrades very fast.
If you can play the piano (2 hands), try to save and buy something nice which actually feels like a piano. Believe it or not, I have a yamaha clavinova my parents bought me when I was 6!!! (traveled from usa to turkey, changed a few citys here and saw a few stage performances) and still working just fine
Nice!!! That table looks nice and sturdy as well The keyboard opens up a whole new world in logic. I'd say pull up the menu for all the instruments on the left (let me know if you need help) and go through each one to get the feel for what tones are in logic.
You will be amazed. Built right in to logic are an amazing amount of VST instruments. In addition, on the right upper side you can show all the built in midi tracks and built in audio tracks that you can drag and drop in the timeline.
For some real fun, make a software instrument, like piano, and use MIDI that was meant for drums. Mixing and matching them is great fun
Ill make a short demo
I'm agree with Mertay and I also recommend to not buy used midi keyboards. Anyway I'm definitely not a fan of the used instruments. Not many people treat in a good way their instruments.
About how many keys to have, it really depend what you want to play on it. I have a 76 key and I want to buy an 88 key because I play on it some classical piano stuff.
I'm all for used gear as it's about half off But yeah you gotta be smart about it. If you are careless you will get burned. People who are really new to buying gear or just new to the entire scene should probably just buy new and get a warranty. Once you have been around the block a few times, and know what you are looking at and what questions to ask, you can double the amount of bang for your buck by buying used gear
That keyboard is a "shorty" so it's really for bass lines and lead lines. It's not a full size keyboard so it's not designed really for both hands. If you want a cheap but decent keyboard that is a bit longer to let you use both hands at once, I'd say grab a used version of the same unit you have there just longer. You will already be familiar with the controls But it may be a bit before your ready so this is a great place to start!
Eventually, once you learn a bit more on keys, you may want to grab that nice 61 weighted key job But that's probably a bit further off.
Todd
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