
Originally Posted by
gecko zzed
Essentially there are two types of midi keyboards: synths and controllers.
Synths are keyboards that have their own sound generating facilities, controllers have no on-board sounds, but are used as a midi input device, and require either computer-based VSTIs or external sound modules.
From your description, it is really a synth you are looking for, rather than a controller.
However, as Rob notes, that may not be the best option for you, given the workflows involved.
There are three broad processes:
A Synth Audio
1 Get a sound you like on the synth.
2 Record the synth's audio
3 Make a mistake
4 go back to 2 and repeat until satisfied.
5 Come back to it a month later to redo, and try to remember what patch you used,
B Synth MIDI
1 Get a sound you like on the synth
2 Record the synth's midi
3 Playback synth's midi through the synth
4 Correct any mistakes by editing the midi
5 Record the synth's audio
6 Come back to it a month later to redo, and try to remember what patch you used,
C Midi VSTi
1 Load a VST onto a track and get a sound you like
2 Record the midi
3 Playback midi
4 Correct any mistakes by editing the midi
5 Come back to it a month later and the VST remembers what patch you used.
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