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  Wed 24 Sep 2003, 19:27
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I'm on the verge of purchasing a MIDI keyboard to learn how to play the piano. My question is, how many keys do I need to learn? A piano has 88, so I lean towards that. But there are 76 key, 61 key and 49 key controllers. Which would be a good one to learn on for someone who has never played before? I found this software for OS X that will be available soon: http://www.floridamusicco.com/pianokeyboard.htmWhat other hardware will I need to connect the MIDI keyboard to my computer. I have(or will have as soon as it delivers) a dual 2Ghz G5 with 2GB of RAM Thanks in advance for the help with this. -Kirk 
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Wed 24 Sep 2003, 22:59
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I don't think the G5 has midi in/out. It does have the digital in/out, but that is it as far as audio inputs are concerned. Some synths out there have a midi interface built in so all you have to do is hook the synth directly to the G5's USB port. The coolest new standard is the "mlan" which can be found on the KORG Triton series as well as Yamaha's sythns. This new standard allows all of your midi data and audio data to be sent over one firewire cable from your synth to your computer. To make this work you have to use software that is ASIO based; unfortunately ProTools isn't. On the bright side, Logic and Digital Performer are. I hope this info helps. Good luck.
James III
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 xparrot 88 Keys? 61? Wed 24 Sep 2003, 19:27 Synthetic well a 61 note keyboard will probably be fine to l... Wed 24 Sep 2003, 21:11 formatj You may want to consider a weighted keyboard
i.e. ... Thu 25 Sep 2003, 00:13 xparrot Thanks for the help. I know that the 61 key keyboa... Thu 25 Sep 2003, 21:54 Synthetic dual 23" monitors too? uhhhggg you are killin... Thu 25 Sep 2003, 22:11 xparrot Knowing absolutley nothing about keyboards, do you... Thu 25 Sep 2003, 22:24 xparrot Actually, the more I look at the StudioLogic and t... Thu 25 Sep 2003, 22:41 lync4495 First I would tend to believe that if you are only... Fri 26 Sep 2003, 03:34 xparrot Both the Fatar and the StudioLogic have "full... Fri 26 Sep 2003, 04:44 Synthetic weighted keys is nice... fully weighted is like pl... Fri 26 Sep 2003, 14:49 xparrot Thanks, Synthetic. That's a good idea.
I... Fri 26 Sep 2003, 17:01 Synthetic cool... yes we like to see a run down of your fina... Fri 26 Sep 2003, 20:50 lync4495 As far as I know semi-weighted keys don't use ... Sat 27 Sep 2003, 00:18 xparrot I ordered the teaching software but haven't pu... Tue 30 Sep 2003, 17:43 xparrot Here's the photo I promised:
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-K... Thu 16 Oct 2003, 07:09 Synthetic sweet... you finally got your G5 eh and now your c... Thu 16 Oct 2003, 14:02 xparrot Still need to learn to play the piano keyboard, bu... Thu 16 Oct 2003, 15:02
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