Prodipe 61C

Lightweight, USB connection twelve o'clock, the compact side, the price (before I realized he did not even worth).

UTILIZATION

I did not bother touch before buying because it was just to write (partitions) and I told myself that it would always the case. But it's really the most unpleasant that exists to my knowledge touched.

It suited me just the same for my use. Can not play certain traits with a little technical.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it a year until the keys stop working. No problem, strong 20 years of experience in all kinds of keyboards I took my screwdriver and I dismounted but surprise, rubber rubbers is a crazy fragility level conductive pads! In addition to a faulty key must be changed contacts to third keyboard. Considering the crap that's my favorite abandon all that rotary encoders HS was already just by looking. Yet I think is super careful with my instruments and my equipment. But this keyboard I have no respect.
For writing I have since bought a M-Audio ES88 and it is quite right for my use. Advice do not buy this Prodipe Character sudden I am this brand. If you want parts, mine 2 years of age is not yet to the recycling center ...

I needed a MIDI keyboard to improve my productivity and learn a little more to play live piano music. For what I used, there is 2 wheels: 1 and 1 pitch modulation.

After there is a super convenient slider that can be assigned to all (on the other hand I have still not managed to patch it on ProTools, damage). They say 8 knobs but in fact it is 4 knobs with switch functionality. By against these four knobs are super helpful. It allows in particular to change from one track to another, change the velocity curve of the keyboard and everything ...
It can also be programmed, and the keys themselves are assignable.
I not use it but you can splitter your keyboard in two, one side drums a side strings for example.

This is great when you play with libraries such as 50Gb East West Quantum Leap, because with 61 keys you're still light and forced to change octave to reach KS. Here you can set the software-either on Kontakt for example, directly on the keyboard.

UTILIZATION

In the manual, it is clear, but the suite is nice with software including a 2-3 with a multitude of scores to get used to play (finger and placement).

That's all he can do that, but it is true that it is a plastic feel.
In addition, even if we have 4 velocity curves that can be directly selected on the knob 4, I think it tends to be a bit on the exponential response. You hit a little you have 0 or 1 midi to the limit, you touch a little more you have 10, a little more you got immediately to reach 80 and 128 (max vel) t ' limit are forced to take a hammer on the other hand. A little weird, I do not always.
Suddenly must master for the live, for use against by 'office' computer music like me, I opted to start with a script kontakt processing velocity by compressing a little log. But it was still annoying because many booksellers from multi-layer overwrite the script when I was loading in Kontakt.

OVERALL OPINION

Apart from that, I tried in my school a M-AUDIO keyboard I found it really uncomfortable for me. This Prodipe has inclined upwards, and keys and the keys are rather silent.
This is for sure a first purchase I'm happy, but compared to the competition I would say it has a little less of switches, knobs of, short of controls. In addition to the knobs is knobs with detents a little doubtful it is anything but precise. Even the slider is not accurate.
The modulation wheel by going against it. It is even one of the most comfortable I've found over the competition.
The red LED display is cool but it is not essential.

At the touch it was mostly the velocity response that I did not like at first.
But I recently discovered that you could normally in all software adjust the curve. Which helped in my host (here Fruityloops) to 40 min velocity history to hear something and compress a little log directly to the max.

Since I made this manipe, I use it more often and it is really a pleasure.
In addition I set all MIDI buttons in a template session I open each time to not have to redo all the settings.

In addition, super great, as I do not have an external pedal (midi or usb) with this keyboard as you can assign all the keys you can assign a particular key as "pedal". A pedal operated in all-or-nothing for the key it will return to "supported" or "not supported". It's great that!

Otherwise you can also use the pedals of a wheel kit (for geeks, for car games) to control the pedal and use the steering wheel to control the volume is super funny, but that's another story and other programming ^ ^

I wanted to start in the computer music and so I went to my music store and he recommended me this product. Personally this is a true stew! This is done to fuck with people like me who had a small budget (€ 90 anyway) and wanted to do a little computer music REASON.

UTILIZATION

Master keyboard to the touch ultra rigid plastic board with sharp keys ... very uncomfortable! Many more options and buttons above the keyboard are pure gadgets when using Reason or other soft computer music. Not really need the manual for CD.
Otherwise there are all possible connectors.

OVERALL OPINION

I kept two months time refourguer this crap! personally go your way and try to get back on another master keyboard to the touch rather piano M-AUDIO OR NATIVE OR AKAI in Cygnus.

need a MIDI keyboard.

UTILIZATION

The feel is classic synth guy. I took advantage of a special offer at sonovente. The keyboard is an exhibition model.
The manual should be provided to me by email. I still waiting.
Setup is simple, the MIDI channels of aussis.
For patches is more complicated but in fact I do not use.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had almost a year, I have not tried other models before purchase. what I like most is I think its white color.
For the price, the value for money is good.
With the experience I would repeat that choice, but for the use I made of knobs or additional pads would be a plus.