Comments on: What is a MIDI Keyboard Controller and Do I Need One?

By: ray

ray — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 01:18:52 +0000

so I have a casio keyboard with just quarter inch jacks and a usb outlet. is there any way to connect it to pc and use it with a DAW? thanks

By: Chinmay

Chinmay — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 03:31:18 +0000

Hey.. thank you so much for our information… cause of this, i bought a graphite 49 n i love it!!

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 21:49:14 +0000

Is a midi controller useful if I already have a full sized keyboard?

By: Gery Revandra

Gery Revandra — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 06:24:00 +0000

hi Petri, i’m new to music production … my current DAW is FL Studio & Ableton Live 9 , i planned to buy Novation SL MK II & Ableton Push to connect into my MacBook Pro …

as far as i know, both Novation SL Mk II & Ableton is USB powered, if i need to connect both Novation & Push together into MacBook / PC at once , did i need USB Audio Interface like Focusrite Scarlett or not ??! …

if yes, what specific type of Focusrite Scarlett do i need ??! …

i hope i can get clear answer regarding my question …

have a good day…

regards.

Gery

By: Petri Suhonen

Petri Suhonen — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:53:34 +0000

In reply to John.

Hey John!

By “entirely different melody”, do you mean it doesn’t stay in tempo? If that’s the case, try recording your melodies with the metronome.

Also, there’s a quantization tool in FL. Try that too.

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:04:40 +0000

Hi. this blog has been really helpful . I try recording from my computer’s keyboard to piano roll but it gives me an entirely different melody when I playback. The notes also must fit to a particular space when I write directly to the piano roll, it doesn’t leave the spaces, making it impossible to achieve a desired sound. I need help please.

By: Kartik

Kartik — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 03:49:00 +0000

Can I use 2 midi controllers at the same time? I am going to buy a novation launchkey 49 and it has 8 knobs and 8 faders, are these enough? because in soft synths i see a lot more than 8 knobs so should i buy another midi (korg nanokontrol 2) for extra knobs and faders? (if we can use 2 midi controllers together) or a single midi is more than enough to make music?

By: Hofni

Hofni — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 04:09:59 +0000

Thank you for such a well detailed article. This is very useful for Upcomoning producers like me.

By: Bloodugar

Bloodugar — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:10:56 +0000

Heyho.
I just wanted to thank you for all the articles / tutorials and all the knowledge you share.
You’re helping me a lot with my music 🙂
Keep up this awesome work!

By: GratuiTous

GratuiTous — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 07:52:53 +0000

In reply to Javier.

Heyy Javier,

I’ve been using the Axiom 49 2nd Generation for quite awhile now. I would recommend it, it is a high quality product, but it all depends on your price point.

As Petri mention he uses the Oxygen 61.. and that might be the better route. A lot of MIDI Keyboards are loaded with a lot of features, which you probably won’t use all of them.. but you’ll be paying for them 😉

Feel free to ask me more questions about the Axiom if you’d like!