Best small midi keyboard for Live?

SvenH · Post by **SvenH** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:04 am

I want a velocity sensitive MIDI keyboard to fit on my desktop next to my computer keyboard.

It should be reasonably small but I prefer full size keys (I might reconsider this depending on what you recommend).

It would be nice with a dedicated play and record button that works with Live too.

Wireless would be ideal, but I am on Windows so I guess that is not an option.

It should be supported by Live, i.e. work well with Live more or less out of the box.

What do you recommend?

BURN-ADDiCT · Post by **BURN-ADDiCT** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 10:31 am

SvenH wrote:It would be nice with a dedicated play and record button that works with Live too.

I wouldn't recommend the Keystation series. It does have buttons for playing and arrows that would be great for scrolling or switching between session clips but no matter how hard I tried, I could not get them to work as needed.

One of my friends has a Novation Launchkey25, it seems to work perfectly out-of-the-box.

lapieuvre · Post by **lapieuvre** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:46 pm

My favorite one is the AKAI MPK261

SvenH · Post by **SvenH** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:27 pm

BURN-ADDiCT wrote:
SvenH wrote:It would be nice with a dedicated play and record button that works with Live too.
I brought M-audio's Keystation49. it works great for actually midi keys and the pitch bend and modwheel have been great too. Since you're looking for a keyboard with buttons for transport control, I wouldn't recommend the Keystation series.
It does have buttons for playing and arrows that would be great for scrolling or switching between session clips but no matter how hard I tried, I could not get them to work as needed.
They're assignable, so you can keep re-assigning them everytime you open Live up, but that's a pain in the neck. Mackie control is harder to set up than they say on youtube.

One of my friends has a Novation Launchkey25, it seems to work perfectly out-of-the-box.

Thanks, I will look into Launchkey25

SvenH · Post by **SvenH** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:28 pm

lapieuvre wrote:My favorite one is the AKAI MPK261

Not exactly what I would call a small controller

but thanks anyway!

lapieuvre · Post by **lapieuvre** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:12 pm

SvenH wrote:
lapieuvre wrote:My favorite one is the AKAI MPK261
Not exactly what I would call a small controller but thanks anyway!

They have the 25 notes version, the MPK 225

SvenH · Post by **SvenH** » Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:55 pm

lapieuvre wrote:
SvenH wrote:
lapieuvre wrote:My favorite one is the AKAI MPK261
Not exactly what I would call a small controller but thanks anyway!
They have the 25 notes version, the MPK 225

Ahhh, of course

did not realize that. Thanks for the tip, will check!

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