Basically I wanna buy a MIDI keyboard to use it with FL Studio (And probably other programs aswell) but I'm not too savvy in this kind of things so... I wanna know what should I keep in mind while deciding the keyboard to buy?
Firstly you should figure out whether or not the keyboard is capable of usb transfers.I have a casio keyboard right now, but I can't record with it (even though there's a big usb sign with a usb port on it) because it was made before 2011 .
Yes, the idea is to get one with USB connection and with USB transfers. So any keyboard older than a year should be not considered? I mean keyboards older than 2011 can't transfer data to the PC to record the notes? That's really odd
Well I don't know about ANY keyboard, but that is for casio keyboards........wait, I wasn't really sure about the date, but I just remembered where I heard that. This is the video I saw explaining how to record with a casio keyboard. That was from 2009, but the uploader's comment from 2 months ago says: QuoteHi, sorry, I am not familiar with this model Casio. It must be an old one and therefore will not have USB MIDI. Only the privia models from around 2009 onwards have the USB MIDI output and will work out of the box with a mac. Cheers.I tried it a bit for my keyboard anyway, before and after, but I finally gave up since even though I found some drivers for my keyboard and windows was finally able to recognize it, nothing would recognize it as anything sound related.Also, the commenter that the uploader replied to, was also using a mac, so I don't know how this pairs up with windows, but if you're going to get a casio(and I recommend that you do), then just get a new keyboard directly from casio.It also may help to know that my keyboard is maybe from like 2004 as a christmas gift, so I wouldn't know how ordering one would be, but I do know that I like casio keyboards.....I just looked at some of casio's keyboards, and I would say you should get the AT-5 workstation piano, because the PX-3 costs $400 more and it doesn't seem to have anything more that the AT-5 doesn't have.....Then again, the lighted keyboards are cheaper than the workstation keyboards, and I think my keyboard is a lighted keyboard (since the keys can light when I press them).All I can say is that you will have to just browse for what you want vs what you can afford. I also only recommend that you get a casio keyboard.
Nice! The keyboard brand was the thing I was most interested on. So a Casio should be enough. The price is not a problem, I'll just save until I get enough money to buy one of those keyboards (Any of them are really expensive around here anyway so saving one more month wont be that bad, and I lack a credit card).The AT-5 looks really cool and it has the ability to save recordings to SMF format, which is what I care the most in terms of capabilities so that will do it fine (Too bad I have to pay like 4X the price here ). Thanks alot Edtion ^^.
The LK-280 has a "Class Compliant USB MIDI port"....I assume that means you can use the USB port to record Standard MIDI Format (smf), but it doesn't 'specifically' say it like the AT-5 did in it's long description.... but people probably wouldn't care, since the LK is for people learning, while the AT is for experts and professionals.All I'm saying by that is that if you really wanted the best and you don't mind the price, then good luck to you and that price thing, but if you'd actually care about the 40/60 price difference and the only thing you want is to record MIDI, then you should call casio to confirm this first.If you do decide to call and ask about the Lighted-Keys, then let me know what they say.If you decide to just get the AT-5, then good luck to you.
