musicace17
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All right,
I've been looking for weeks for the exact keyboard I need for a project I've been working on and I've finally joined this website just so I can post my question and hopefully get what I need, so thanks for bearing with me (if you read all of this).
For the environment I play in live, I typically cover bass because I feel I accomplish the most in that field and very much enjoy it, but primarily I am a keyboardist. Due to the lack of keyboard players in our cycling team of band members, I need to cover piano intros to specific songs and maybe throw in some pads when the bass isn't being played (a toned down part of the song, quiet intro, etc.). I recently purchased a double-necked electric bass/electric guitar and plan to remove the pickups/neck of the guitar, which is further from my head on the guitar body than the bass. When that space is open, I will put a small midi keyboard on that area so I can just reach there and play the intros and such without the hassle of having my large 88-key workstation blocking me onstage.
This is where you come in.
The average length of the bass body that will be empty is 14 inches. I need a keyboard that size or smaller with MIDI OUT so I can run it to my larger keyboard offstage, but I really would benefit (cord management wise) from having the keyboard battery powered. Just nice additions would be a pitch bend/mod wheel there, but is not necessary. So much searching has gone on for this on my part, and there's typically just one thing wrong with each keyboard I found online (too long, no battery-power, no midi out, etc.).
If you skimmed that, here's a small summary of must haves:
BATTERY POWERED
SMALLER THAN/EQUAL TO 14 in.
NO COMPUTER INVOLVED, JUST CONTROLLER KEYBOARD TO BIGGER KEYBOARD <<<<this one especially!
Before you ask:
No, the band does not run on a click, otherwise I'd track all the keyboard parts and not worry about it.
No, I don't have the budget for in-ears either.
No, having a smaller keyboard on a mic stand confines me to that space, no matter the amount of wireless tech I use, and it's too awkward for me...I'm sticking with my double neck body plan for now
In this search, I've also come to wonder if there is wireless MIDI and if I could use that to completely eradicate extra cords other than my 1/4 in. for the bass. I found wireless midi to usb transmitters, but I don't want to involve any computer in this process, just straight to my other keyboard, and that's where I got lost in nothingness from what the internet had to offer.
So sorry for the long post, but I know you guys will have a good solution for me!
Thanks so much for your future help!!!
-Musicace17
I've been looking for weeks for the exact keyboard I need for a project I've been working on and I've finally joined this website just so I can post my question and hopefully get what I need, so thanks for bearing with me (if you read all of this).
For the environment I play in live, I typically cover bass because I feel I accomplish the most in that field and very much enjoy it, but primarily I am a keyboardist. Due to the lack of keyboard players in our cycling team of band members, I need to cover piano intros to specific songs and maybe throw in some pads when the bass isn't being played (a toned down part of the song, quiet intro, etc.). I recently purchased a double-necked electric bass/electric guitar and plan to remove the pickups/neck of the guitar, which is further from my head on the guitar body than the bass. When that space is open, I will put a small midi keyboard on that area so I can just reach there and play the intros and such without the hassle of having my large 88-key workstation blocking me onstage.
This is where you come in.
The average length of the bass body that will be empty is 14 inches. I need a keyboard that size or smaller with MIDI OUT so I can run it to my larger keyboard offstage, but I really would benefit (cord management wise) from having the keyboard battery powered. Just nice additions would be a pitch bend/mod wheel there, but is not necessary. So much searching has gone on for this on my part, and there's typically just one thing wrong with each keyboard I found online (too long, no battery-power, no midi out, etc.).
If you skimmed that, here's a small summary of must haves:
BATTERY POWERED
SMALLER THAN/EQUAL TO 14 in.
NO COMPUTER INVOLVED, JUST CONTROLLER KEYBOARD TO BIGGER KEYBOARD <<<<this one especially!
Before you ask:
No, the band does not run on a click, otherwise I'd track all the keyboard parts and not worry about it.
No, I don't have the budget for in-ears either.
No, having a smaller keyboard on a mic stand confines me to that space, no matter the amount of wireless tech I use, and it's too awkward for me...I'm sticking with my double neck body plan for now
In this search, I've also come to wonder if there is wireless MIDI and if I could use that to completely eradicate extra cords other than my 1/4 in. for the bass. I found wireless midi to usb transmitters, but I don't want to involve any computer in this process, just straight to my other keyboard, and that's where I got lost in nothingness from what the internet had to offer.
So sorry for the long post, but I know you guys will have a good solution for me!
Thanks so much for your future help!!!
-Musicace17
