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Midi Keyboards

Discussion in 'MASCHINE Area' started by LDKitz, Oct 25, 2018.

  1. LDKitz

    LDKitz NI Product Owner

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    Whassup y'all , I am about to buy a midi keyboard to work with maschine and I was wondering if there is a list with the compatible keyboards.
    Im open for advices ( budget 150-250 $ ).
     
    LDKitz, Oct 25, 2018
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  2. ALDREAD

    ALDREAD NI Product Owner

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  3. LDKitz

    LDKitz NI Product Owner

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    As i was looking between the a61 and s61 i noticed that the A-series is missing Aftertouch.
    What is that about? is like when u press a note and keep pressure on it the sound stops instead of keep going?
    The keyboard looks great tho ( like all Native Instruments stuff )

    Thanks
     
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  4. ALDREAD

    ALDREAD NI Product Owner

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    No

    Aftertouch is MIDI data sent when pressure is applied to a keyboard after the key has been struck, and while it is being held down or sustained. Aftertouch is often routed to control vibrato, volume, and other parameters. There are two types: The most common is Channel Aftertouch (also known as Channel Pressure, Mono Aftertouch, and Mono Pressure) which looks at the keys being held, and transmits only the highest aftertouch value among them. Less common is Polyphonic Aftertouch, which allows each key being held to transmit a separate, independent aftertouch value. While polyphonic aftertouch can be extremely expressive, it can also be difficult for the unskilled to control, and can result in the transmission a great deal of unnecessary MIDI data, eating bandwidth and slowing MIDI response time.

    Maschine doesn’t support aftertouch
     
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  5. ALDREAD

    ALDREAD NI Product Owner

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    They are the most integrated into maschine , the a series Is definitely worth a shot at the price compared to other keyboards
     
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  6. LDKitz

    LDKitz NI Product Owner

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    Thanks for the response i guess i can live without that feature since i produce hiphop using samples.
    The keyboard has 2 "wheels" ( or whatever are called ) to the left , usually used for bending notes , do those work like Aftertouch as well?
    Like can i route them to control volume , filters or whatever?
     
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  7. ALDREAD

    ALDREAD NI Product Owner

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    Pitchbend wheel and modulation wheel
    Yes you can assign things to the mod wheel depending on the instrument
     
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  8. LDKitz

    LDKitz NI Product Owner

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    Alright , i guess i could go for the a61 .. shame for that little screen tho.
     
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  9. ALDREAD

    ALDREAD NI Product Owner

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    What maschine you got ?
     
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  10. LDKitz

    LDKitz NI Product Owner

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    Im using Mikro mk2
     
    LDKitz, Oct 25, 2018
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