My Edirol PC-80 stopped working when I migrated to Mac OS 10.6 (it does not support that OS, and there doesn't seem to be any indication that it will), so I replaced it with an M-Audio Keystation 61es, which is relatively inexpensive and works consistently. The feel of the keys on the M-Audio is stiffer - more tightly sprung that the Edirol - not as nice under the fingers, but it doesn't seem to have any effect on my work flow, as generally inept a keyboard player as I am anyway. Real pianists may want to try better (usually more expensive) keyboards with more piano-like action.
Chuck On Apr 22, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Giz Bowe wrote: > My Edirol PC-50 keyboard is fading out - I could deal with the occasional > missing note, but it's gotten to be too much. I only use this keyboard for > MIDI input for Finale, so I don't care about bells & whistles (or helicopters > or recorders). I do want a 49-key device. I also like the compact footprint > of the PC-50. > > Two I've seen on Amazon are the M-Audio Keystation ($85), M-Audio Keyrig > ($100) and the CME Grey Midi/USB Keyboard Controller (Mkey) ($100). Does > anybody have any experience with these or have other similar keyboards to > recommend? I'd like to keep it under $100, if that's possible for a decent > MIDI keyboard these days. > > Thanks! > > Giz > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
