May be a strange question, but need your help...

Dewdew · Joined: Aug 05, 2012 Posts: 4 Location: London

Hello there! I know my question may sound very ignorant, but I need your help. I tried to find it on Internet, but it seems like the topic is pretty huge and there wasn't any straight answers. Right now I have Roland RD 500, which probably has not this option, as well as korg dx5 which sounds pretty bad.

Well... I need a 61key keyboard for live performances. The most important thing for me is to TRANSFER [by USB? Or FireWire?] my sounds (recorded, or f.e. made in fruityloops) on it being able to save it and then play with great quality. I guess it might be a MIDI controler, but is it? And I don't want to take my laptop for live performances, so it should have some kind of memory. And I don't mean to play the song live from playback, but to have every note imported, just like notes of piano or something.

Could you PLEASE give me a link for something like this? I saw how the band called Foster the people have the keyboard along with these 16 "big buttons", pads. He recorded notes of his voice and he can play it.

Thank you in advance!

audiodef · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:26 am Post subject:

I'm not sure what you're looking for, but since I have one, I can tell you that the Korg Triton Extreme (I have the 61-key version) has a reasonably full-featured sequencer. I've never used this feature, but I would imagine you could import sequences. I know from reading the manual that you can use the sequencer to control other synths, not just the Korg's internal sounds.

Keysandslots · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:09 pm Post subject:

There are a few ways to do this, depending on the length of the samples that you want triggered from each key. An old sampler, like an Ensoniq EPS-16+ would do this, and an Akai MPC1000 would work too. You could also use an iPad and trigger it via MIDI.

Randy

Keysandslots · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 4:20 pm Post subject:

I had a look at "Pumped Up Kicks" from SXSW. There's a Nord, not sure which one, and an Akai MPK49. The MPK49 is the keyboard with the sliders and pads. I don't know much about it, but it's just a controller, so he must be using it to trigger a sampler. If you're not playing keys, an MPC1000 might be easier.

Randy

Dewdew · Joined: Aug 05, 2012 Posts: 4 Location: London

thank you so much for your response! Actually this mpc1000 should be good, but, the problem is that I need a standard keyboard. I don't need a long samples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZXLyeatI0s

In 2nd min you can see what he does. He records this instrument and then transfer it into keyboard. If I could do exactly the same, but actually writing in on the build in memory, without need of takin' laptop with me live, I would be amazingly happy.

MusicMan11712 · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 5:12 am Post subject:

hurolura · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:10 am Post subject:

As you want to be able to produce sound it cannot be a midi controller.
As already mentioned sampler keyboards could do the trick but as you want to play sounds from softwares, the best would be to use a keyboard embedding a powerful PC like these:
http://www.lionstracs.com/groove/keyboards/

This would be probably the most straightforward.

robsol · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:47 am Post subject:

There will be as many ways to do this as there are people in the universe!

...and just to confirm that, here is an other alternative:

http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/fusion.php

These are fairly cheap second hand and have a lot of features in one keyboard. You may not love the keyboard that Alesis uses on the smaller 6HD, but the larger, weighted keyboard could be worth looking at. Read the comments!

MusicMan11712 · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:49 am Post subject:

Dewdew · Joined: Aug 05, 2012 Posts: 4 Location: London

One thing for the beginning: YOU GUYS RULE! Thank you very much.

I think of all propositions the best one was this with built in computer. I guess I'd be able to simply copy VST into it, then create the sound and play. The only problem is that the Lionstracs thing costs around 2500 pounds, which is SO MUCH. So I still don't know what to do. Is there any other keyboard similar to this one, but a little bit cheaper? I guess I can pay up to 1000 pounds/1400$~ if I'll be sure what I'm buyin'.

Alesis Fusion seems to be great too, but I wonder why is it so unpopular. And I guess it might be pretty hard to find.

And to you mr. Steve; my knowledge is very low in this kind of stuff, so I didn't understand all of the options you gave. I remind you that I don't need it for my studio, but mostly for live performances so all I want to do is to make sounds in FL and then import them somehow to my keyboard, so they can be played live. Exactly like Gotye in this video, but not with live laptop involved.

HUGE thanks to all of you good people. Have a nice day!

Dewdew · Joined: Aug 05, 2012 Posts: 4 Location: London

Ok! That's how it goes! I decided to buy macbook (or do you suggest anything else?) and a normal 61 key midi keyboard, and I'll use macbook for live performances. Could you please give me some suggestions in what should I buy? To be honest I totally don't know what macbook is about, but I heard that this is the best option for music stuff, and I want this laptop to be just for music. I'm also not sure about 61 key option, tell me if I'd buy 49 key keyboard I could use lower octaves? I heard that there is an option to change octaves, so I can have lowest and highest wherever I want, so it's basically shorter version with all seven octaves in it able to set up.

My budget is around 600pounds for all. :- )

Thanks in advance!

MusicMan11712 · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 5:17 am Post subject: