MIDI controllers with control surfaces are quite common and affordable these days. They can control just about any aspect of your DAW, but their strength is in allowing you to control the DAW while at the keyboard as opposed to being used for a mixing session after tracking is finished. Since the Axiom doesn’t come with any Logic presets, let’s take a look at how to configure all those buttons, faders and knobs from withing Logic.
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Some of us are piano players, synth players or keyboard players. The rest of us most likely use a keyboard to enter notes into our DAWS – at least some of the time. We can all do with a list of sites that help us buy better keyboards and play them more proficiently. Here are 25 of the best.
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We’ve started to update our lists of recommended websites, and we’d love your input. This week we’ll focus on keyboards. Which websites would you tell every keyboard player to bookmark?
Each week we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.
Which music keyboard do you use most often? Why? Is it weighted, unweighted, or onscreen?
Last year we brought you some great tuts and tips about playing guitar, and plan more for 2011. But why should the guitar players have all the fun? Would you like to see some tuts about playing piano, or keys in general? What would you like to learn?
Each week we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.
I’ve been playing a fair bit of electric piano recently. Well, actually I’ve been playing a standard MIDI keyboard triggering electric piano sounds in Logic Pro, a Yamaha MU-128 module, and a Roland RD-700sx. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard the sound of a real electric piano, so today I visited YouTube to remind myself of the good old days.
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Lots of keyboard players feel trapped behind their instrument when performing on stage, and look with envy at their free guitar-playing band mates. They dream about dropping anchors and sailing out from behind that big barrier. Well, here are ten people brave enough to give it a try. How do you think they went?
You’ll see lots of Roland keyboards, a Casio, a toy from the 80s, and… I give up – what is that thing Jordan Rudess is playing? Combining the right sounds and effects, practicing lots of scales and having a great pitch bend technique seem to be what it takes.
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Judging by the comments on last month’s “Piano for Dummies” competition, a lot of you are learning to play keys – or at least that was your New Year’s resolution. Here are 10 Youtube videos that will give you a jump start.
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What’s your favorite music keyboard? Do you use one? Why did you buy it and what do you like about it? Do you want a new one for Christmas?
Each Tuesday we open our mic to readers and lurkers alike to come out of the woodwork and tell us your thoughts and opinion, your experiences and mistakes, what you love and what you hate. We want to hear from you, and here’s your chance.
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As I stood on the verge of becoming a musician, I argued with myself whether to learn guitar or piano. Guitars were portable, and I was moving around a lot at the time. But keyboards also appealed to me. They seemed so powerful and versatile, and the new electronic keyboards could make so many different sounds.
After seeing a girl in a band playing a tiny Casio keyboard (I didn’t realize how desperate she must have been!), I realized that keyboards can be portable too, and made my choice. Decades later after learning a few other instruments, I’m glad I started learning music on a keyboard.
Here are eight things I love about playing music on a keyboard:
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