snowleopard
Senior Member
Hi friends, my old Kurzweil K2600 I mainly use as a MIDI controller is about dead (motherboard) and perhaps not worth the cost to repair ($700). I may pay to repair it anyway, but it's got me thinking about the market for a new MIDI keyboard controller. Here is what I desire, but it's hard to find:
88 keys - I want them semi-weighted. I'm really a synthesist, and hammer action piano keys aren't what I'm looking for. It's not the weight of the keys (I studied piano years ago like others), but the response, so if someone has a great argument for a weighted action keyboard that handles synth sounds really well, I'm all ears.
Aftertouch - I notice a lot of the 88 key controllers omit this for some reason.
I'd like to have the mod and pitch wheels to the left and not above the keyboard, but I can't seem to find too many that do this.
I don't need a lot of sliders or knobs.
I can't say money is no object, but I don't try to earn a living from music. I have a very good day job, so it's not like I'm a starving musician trying to budget something cheap in. Throw anything at me, regardless of cost. Let me worry about the budget.
The only controller I've found that seems to fit this is the older StudioLogic VMK 88 (and +), but they are very hard to find, and the newer versions all have hammer action keys.
88 keys - I want them semi-weighted. I'm really a synthesist, and hammer action piano keys aren't what I'm looking for. It's not the weight of the keys (I studied piano years ago like others), but the response, so if someone has a great argument for a weighted action keyboard that handles synth sounds really well, I'm all ears.
Aftertouch - I notice a lot of the 88 key controllers omit this for some reason.
I'd like to have the mod and pitch wheels to the left and not above the keyboard, but I can't seem to find too many that do this.
I don't need a lot of sliders or knobs.
I can't say money is no object, but I don't try to earn a living from music. I have a very good day job, so it's not like I'm a starving musician trying to budget something cheap in. Throw anything at me, regardless of cost. Let me worry about the budget.
The only controller I've found that seems to fit this is the older StudioLogic VMK 88 (and +), but they are very hard to find, and the newer versions all have hammer action keys.