Recommend me a keyboard/synth for piano lessons.
Recommend me a keyboard/synth for piano lessons. Posted on: 07.09.2013 by Nereida Jasnoch So I have a years worth of piano lessons lined up starting next friday. I want to do this because I want to get more comfortable with coming up with my own melodies when producing and music theory.The teacher recommends I buy this: http://www.thomann.de/be/yamaha_psr_e243_set.htm It has MIDI out for PC and iOS but not for Mac (is that even possible ?) and I have a MBP But thought it 'd be more fun to get an actual synth like a MicroKorg or MiniBrute (I believe these have aftertouch) But maybe they don't have enough octaves... Or at least get something that 'd be fun to use with ableton or something. What would recommend ? (search on the community wasn't much help) The music school that I go to is pretty alternative and loose, and we are really free in the music we want to play. | |
| Nereida Jasnoch 07.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Doreen Schurle 07.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Nereida Jasnoch 07.09.2013 | So I have a years worth of piano lessons lined up starting next friday. I want to do this because I want to get more comfortable with coming up with my own melodies when producing and music theory. The teacher recommends I buy this: http://www.thomann.de/be/yamaha_psr_e243_set.htm It has MIDI out for PC and iOS but not for Mac (is that even possible ?) and I have a MBP But thought it 'd be more fun to get an actual synth like a MicroKorg or MiniBrute (I believe these have aftertouch) But maybe they don't have enough octaves... Or at least get something that 'd be fun to use with ableton or something. What would recommend ? (search on the community wasn't much help) The music school that I go to is pretty alternative and loose, and we are really free in the music we want to play. |
| Lannie Kutay 09.09.2013 | Im not a fan of fully weighted, but if you wanna do that than get this. It is definitly a powerhouse, and will serve your production needs, for a long time, also weighted, hammer action keys. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Akai-Pro...id^13625727881 |
| Lakeesha Storman 07.09.2013 | The keyboard recommended isn't a full keyboard either. Personally, I'd go with makar recommended. You can always get a small midi controller later for production and midi capabilities. As a piano player myself who took years of lessons and taught for a couple of years, weighted keys are absolutely huge in my book. You want to be able to become expressive with each keypress as you get better and understand the music better. I have a keyboard that I use for production, but when it comes to "just playing" I play on my piano and always felt the keyboard was lacking. Your other option obviously is to go the keyboard route now and get a full weighted key piece later, but I believe learning with the weighted keys from the get go is the better option. |
| Nereida Jasnoch 07.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Nereida Jasnoch 07.09.2013 | Yeah they aren't piano lessons per se. The teacher is a multi-instrumentalist and he asked do you want to go the piano route or the keyboard route or both ? And I said keyboard for the most part. But I'm not entirely sure if I need to bring my instrument to the school all the time. They have digital pianos and keyboards at the school, but I assume it is encouraged to practice on one particular instrument. |
| Doreen Schurle 07.09.2013 |
Originally Posted by makar1
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| Alphonso Deitchman 07.09.2013 | You want something more like this for actual piano lessons: http://www.thomann.de/be/yamaha_p35_b.htm MIDI is not OS specific so any MIDI keyboard will work on Mac as well as Windows. |
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