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Re: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88

I have had a good experience with my nectar impact 61. My set up is similar to what you envision. The nectar is my light, cheap, thing to move around and tinker. The knobs/faders are occasionally handy but they are not a needed in my workflow (more of a mouse and keyboard guy). I have a Yamaha P60 ...
by MusicIsPeaceWed Dec 29, 2021 4:14 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88 Replies: 9 Views: 1593

Re: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88

Ahh, well I can't speak from experience with the Nektar but I do own a number of Arturia products, both hardware and software, and I'm very happy with all of them. Here is the SoundOnSound review of the Arturia, in case you've not read it already. The only thing that I'd be mindful of is that the v...
by MusicIsPeaceWed Dec 29, 2021 4:13 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88 Replies: 9 Views: 1593

Re: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88

If learning to play piano is an objective then I think you would be better off with a weighted (or at the very least, semi-weighted) keyboard even if it doesn't have as many controllers on it as others. Controllers are nice to have but are not essential for music production, and you can always pick...
by MusicIsPeaceTue Dec 28, 2021 1:07 pm
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88 Replies: 9 Views: 1593

Re: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88

If you’re going to replace in a couple of years, I wouldn’t get either of these. I’d go for something cheap, like the M-Audio 88 semi weighted, you can’t go wrong with these, good value for money, and cheap enough to have kicking around for gigs and stuff, when you upgrade. Thank you for your sugge...
by MusicIsPeaceTue Dec 28, 2021 11:41 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88 Replies: 9 Views: 1593

Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88

Hi Everyone, Hope you all are doing fine :) I'm just new into this but I really want to learn Music Production. I've read a lot over the internet and also here on SOS. Now I want to begin. I really want to learn Piano and also want to learn EDM Production. But because of stupid covid I'm on a very t...
by MusicIsPeaceTue Dec 28, 2021 7:15 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: Which one to buy? Arturia keylab 88 essential or Nektar Impact GXP88 Replies: 9 Views: 1593

Re: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard?

Hi Again :D So after keep searching over internet for couple of hours I ended up with one more option Arturia KeyLab Essential 88 It's even little bit cheaper than Yamaha P-45 and also has got really good review and has more features too and also has aftertouch What do you guys think about it? https...
by MusicIsPeaceWed Dec 01, 2021 4:02 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard? Replies: 9 Views: 1059

Re: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard?

There is a difference between an instrument and a MIDI controller. The M-Audio Keystation 88 is a MIDI controller. It has no onboard sounds of its own and relies completely on soft-synths and/or other hardware synthesizers to provide actual sound. There is a place for MIDI controllers - I have a co...
by MusicIsPeaceWed Dec 01, 2021 2:38 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard? Replies: 9 Views: 1059

Re: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard?

The main disadvantage of just a midi keyboard is that you always need to have a sound source hooked up and there may be latency through a computer. If you just want to sit down and practice it can be a pain. I'd suggest getting the piano and a cheap synth action midi controller or old synth and hav...
by MusicIsPeaceWed Dec 01, 2021 2:19 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard? Replies: 9 Views: 1059

Re: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard?

The main disadvantage of the digital piano when using it as a MIDI controller is that it doesn't have any controllers for pitch bend or expression. If you want a piano feel on a keyboard that includes controllers then take a look at something like the Studiologic SL88 which is about the same price ...
by MusicIsPeaceWed Dec 01, 2021 2:17 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard? Replies: 9 Views: 1059

What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard?

Hi everyone hope all are doing well I'm from India and from very small town so it's becoming hard to find advice about this into my town. Thankfully I know the power of internet. Now I wanna learn music composition and production. I've read some articles so I know that I need PC - DAW - Audio interf...
by MusicIsPeaceTue Nov 30, 2021 5:40 am
Forum: Keyboards & Synthesis Topic: What should I choose Digital Piano or Keyboard? Replies: 9 Views: 1059