Midi Keyboards

General MIDI isn't the issue. General MIDI is a certain agreed-upon set of patch numbers and a couple of effects control paramaters that all GM devices will implement, so that a GM sequence made with one device will sound more-or-less the same on another device. Basically that just means that if you have a sequence with piano, bass, and drums that works on your GM synth, the same sequence will also play the piano, bass, and drums patches on any other GM synth.

The keyboard needs to have a MIDI Out port to be used as a controller. Note that cheap ones will often not offer control over certain things like aftertouch or sometimes even velocity
 
Or, to put it another way, a keyboard doesn't even need to support General MIDI to be used as a controller. Any keyboard with a MIDI out can be used as a MIDI controller. Though there are a variety of reasons why you might prefer one over another.
 
well if I am gonna use a controller with reason 2.0 will any keyboard with midi out do? Or should I concetrate on trying to get one specifically used as a controller
 
If you mean just to be a controller and inserting a note, then yess, any will do...
You don't even have to use "sounding & armed" keyboard like Triton, XP80 etc... many cheaper keyboard MIDI controller available for budget musician...
:D
 
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