Posts Tagged ‘MIDI controller’
How To Pick A Music Keyboard
For those of you who play piano, it would be really nice to put a concert grand piano in your music room, but unless you have plenty of space and plenty of money, you cannot put a grand piano in your house. Some of you would probably like to have more than one piano. I know I would.
Grand pianos cost tens of thousands of dollars, but alternative keyboards start in the hundreds and some produce remarkably good piano sounds. There are also some very good sampled pianos available for your computer that you can use with your keyboard that will fool all but the most discriminating ear. Read the rest of this entry »
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