whats the best midi keyboards to buy max budget £30??

k13 · Post by **k13** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:23 am

whats the best midi keyboards to buy max budget £30??

i also seen this pc keyboard with integerated midi keyboard, will this do the same job as a normal midi keyboard?

http://www.it-shop-online.co.uk/acatalo ... -Midi.html

cynic · Post by **cynic** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:53 am

what's that in USD? like $50????

you ain't gonna get shit for that much money. check a pawn shop or something...maybe you'll get lucky.

barring that, pick up a used oxygen8 on ebay. they look like they're runnin 60-100$ USD.

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:01 am

I think unless you're going secondhand, you'd be talking at least £80 for something with some controllers. However, that hybrid keyboard in the link is probably a much better bet if that's all you can spend, as at least you'll be able to play notes in even though the midi capabliity will probably be a little lacking. Certainly better than not having a keyboard.

I think in all honesty, you'd be better off saving some money and looking at something nearer the £100 mark. I think that you'll want to graduate from that keyboard pretty sharpish when you need various midi controllers to adjust sounds in real time. I use an M-Audio O2 that I picked up for £90, only 2 octaves, but it does what I need it to.

narcossist · Post by **narcossist** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:31 am

you can prob buy a really old casio or something for a tenner that will have midi capabilities, it won't be usb and prob won't have any pots but if you disable the sound on it at least you'll be able to play into yr sequencer..

blk plague · Post by **blk plague** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:35 pm

narcossist wrote:you can prob buy a really old casio or something for a tenner that will have midi capabilities, it won't be usb and prob won't have any pots but if you disable the sound on it at least you'll be able to play into yr sequencer..

i love it when mans knowledgable on gear!

k13 · Post by **k13** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:11 am

is this worth getting??
and whats the max i should go up to ??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KORG-MicroKontrol ... dZViewItem

or

is this worth getting??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EMU-Xboard-25-Pro ... dZViewItem

or

is this worth getting??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M-Audio-O2-25-Key ... dZViewItem

or

this??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Music-Oxygen8-Mid ... dZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ALESIS-PHOTON-X25 ... dZViewItem

which 5 would you choose? and how much will you purchase them for??

sorry about the long list. just a early xmas pressy for moi. lolz.

eskay · Post by **eskay** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:40 pm

I got an old Casio off of ebay for about £20, I then bought a USB to midi convertor from Maplin - works great with Reason.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?Mod ... &doy=10m11

d-miz3 · Post by **d-miz3** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 9:55 pm

wait til ya got more spondoolies and get a edirol pcr midi keyboard i think you can get one for bout 100 nicker and there good to

cynic · Post by **cynic** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:10 am

don't get that microcontrol korg thing unless you're a midget. those keys are a joke...made for children and hobbits.

sgtpilko · Post by **sgtpilko** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:27 pm

haha Hobbit Dub Vip HOB001

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:29 pm

Don't get the Emu - was told that they're not particularly solid construction and seem cheap. The Alesis Photon looks good (I was gonna get one of these, but my local shop was out of stock and I was impatient and bought the M Audio 02. The Oxygen 8 is pretty good and been about for quite a few years so would reckon it's tried and tested by now.

I would say check Turnkey and Digital Village - think you should be able to get the majority of these for 80 notes with free shipping if you're lucky - the buy it now price on the Alesis plus postage would be a rip-off if that's still the case. And you'd get at least a years warranty too

rich flux (filthy rich) · Post by **rich flux (filthy rich)** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:40 pm

Check out secomd hand Evolutoin controller keyboards, u can get em quite cheap. Look on Ebay and Sound on Sound magazine

rusko · Post by **rusko** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:28 pm

evolution ekeys 37 USB keys thirty odd quid at digital village

whats the best midi keyboards to buy max budget £30??

whats the best midi keyboards to buy max budget £30??

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