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What is a good keyboard for making electronic music?
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Lately I've been wanting to experiment and put together several different combinations of music, and I'm interested to see what kind of keyboards are available specifically for recording music, putting drumbeats to it, or mashing it up together.

My max price is somewhere around $500-$1,000, I don't want to spend that much on a keyboard I won't use that much.

Also what software do you recommend? My goal is to try something easy first like trap or dubstep, before moving on to harder stuff.

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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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Without knowing anythig I would guess something like a mini Korg and MPC set up.


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: jewunit]
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jewunit said:
Without knowing anythig I would guess something like a mini Korg and MPC set up.


I just looked at a few pictures. That looks like it's going to take a lot of time and effort, and I'm already deterred. :lol:

And the mini-Korg looks too small. There's not enough scales for what I'm planning to do with it… Is there something like that but larger?

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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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This is what I've been using lately. Only downside to this keyboard is the drum pads, but I don't really use em anyway. I was able to find mine at a pawn store for $150, but they sell for around 250 used, 400 new or refurbished.




Another good one I've used is M-Audio keyboards. They aren't amazing by any means, but they are nice cheap keyboards that get the job done pretty well for the price.



Definitely hit up some used music stores, you'd be surprised what you might find as far as working keyboards go, might be able to save a few hundred. I understand you're a piano player though, so these ones I've mentioned don't have the same feel of a real piano by any means, they do not have weighted keys.

As far as software goes, I had a conversation with another member in this thread going over a lot of software choices:

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/20713830/fpart/1/vc/1

Might be an interesting read. Beyond what's mentioned in there, I'd definitely get Native Instruments Massive, Reveal Sound Spire, and Izotope Iris (more of a novelty toy, but makes for some really crazy sounds) for a lot of trap and dubstep type sounds. Massive in particular has so many user presets out there that you have a virtually unlimited set of sounds to work with, but whats really cool with it is that there are really in depth tutorials out there for it that teach you complex synthesis with it.

I prefer more sampled sounds myself, but if you're going for synthesis then one of those three vsts will work pretty well for you.

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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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Well yeah you can get bigger ones, but minis are very affordable and tons of musicians manage just fine with them. If you want to play some live stuff and have giant range and tons of options then they aren't gonna be as good as a full sized synth, but for recording they are great from what I understand. Things like King Korgs are going to out of your budget though.

Again, I really don't know what I'm talking about though. Like, I'm pretty sure this entire time what I'm really talking about is micro Korgs, not minis.


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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Crystal G said:
Lately I've been wanting to experiment and put together several different combinations of music, and I'm interested to see what kind of keyboards are available specifically for recording music, putting drumbeats to it, or mashing it up together.

My max price is somewhere around $500-$1,000, I don't want to spend that much on a keyboard I won't use that much.

Also what software do you recommend? My goal is to try something easy first like trap or dubstep, before moving on to harder stuff.


A casio PX-150.  It's $500, if you getr the stand and pedals about $650.  Very good voices, 128 voice polyphony, and the keys feel just like a good acoustic piano.  very stiff and touch sensitive. 

http://www.amazon.com/Casio-CAS-PX150-BK-Tri-Sensor/dp/B0094KNESM/


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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A Dvorak keyboard


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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Get a Korg or a Roland at least.  Casio is crap.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JunoDi?adpos=1o8&creative=55642390801&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=COXkwabNj8ICFcRafgodXI0ADw


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: California]
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what kind of music u trying to make g?


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: California]
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On board sounds/presets aren't enormously important if she's going to using it primarily for it's midi output.

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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: teamkiller]
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I am making a new genre I call "shroom beat".


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: PatrickKn]
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PatrickKn said:
On board sounds/presets aren't enormously important if she's going to using it primarily for it's midi output.


That doesn't mean that Casio is not crap compared to Korg or Roland.


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: California]
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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: California]
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jewunit said:
Well yeah you can get bigger ones, but minis are very affordable and tons of musicians manage just fine with them. If you want to play some live stuff and have giant range and tons of options then they aren't gonna be as good as a full sized synth, but for recording they are great from what I understand. Things like King Korgs are going to out of your budget though.


Well, I'm going to need a full-size keyboard with at least 8 octaves because that's what I'm going to be practicing piano on too in Philly. I found out it's going to cost me $4,000 just to move my piano to the East Coast, which is already almost half the price that it was worth. So it's not even worth it to move it.

California said:
Get a Korg or a Roland at least.  Casio is crap.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/JunoDi?adpos=1o8&creative=55642390801&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=COXkwabNj8ICFcRafgodXI0ADw


Yeah I definitely want one with some synthesizers and electronic beats to it.

As for what type of music I'm making, I want to combine some classical elements and chords with some modern electronic music. Which is why it's essential to have the full-range of keyboard and not a miniature one.

I'm thinking I'll start off with something easy to make like trap or melodic dubstep, and then move on to something harder.

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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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I can second the Akai mpk 49 being good, they make an 88 key version as well. Combine that with a computer and you have everything you're asking for.


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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I know you want a keyboard, but this thing is really cool. 
http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/kaossilator_pro_plus/
A few minutes on that and you are on your way to making music.


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: California]
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California said:
I know you want a keyboard, but this thing is really cool. 
http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/kaossilator_pro_plus/
A few minutes on that and you are on your way to making music.


That is a very interesting machine. Can you insert music samples, like from a MINI card or USB or whatever you call it, into one of those things? Or hook it up to a keyboard itself?

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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: California]
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California said:
I know you want a keyboard, but this thing is really cool. 
http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/kaossilator_pro_plus/
A few minutes on that and you are on your way to making music.


Yeah, I've always wanted one of those. Would be cool to have like a few of them chained together like Beardyman does.


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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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whatever this guy is using, and whatever he is doing - do that



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Re: What is a good keyboard for making electronic music? [Re: Crystal G]
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Crystal G said:
California said:
I know you want a keyboard, but this thing is really cool. 
http://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/kaossilator_pro_plus/
A few minutes on that and you are on your way to making music.


That is a very interesting machine. Can you insert music samples, like from a MINI card or USB or whatever you call it, into one of those things? Or hook it up to a keyboard itself?


Yes you can.  It is very slick and intuitive.  You can record/play through whatever you want into it(lead guitar,keyboard, etc.)
I've been toying around with my friends kaossilator a bit lately and it is an awesome device.  Record, loop, mix, fade on the fly.  It can be played like a keyboard, just without the keys, but it is very intuitive once you are on it.  It is touch controlled and quite sensitive too.

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