2, 3 octave keyboard suggestions?

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2 - 3 octave KB suggestions?

Hello all,

Preamble: I feel like starting to play some synth. :) Since I like the classic synths but I can't afford them, I think I'll try out the "soft synth" route. I'm looking for a midi keyboard with nice key feel, mod & pitch wheels, and an overall good quality but doesn't cost too too much. And something that has 3, 2.5 or very worst case 2 octaves.

Question: Am I pretty much stuck with M-Audio? How are their keys like to that of some mid-range synth? What else was I going to ask... hum...

Whatever, blah, I'm tired. Thanks.
 
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Am I pretty much stuck with M-Audio?
Actually, M-Audio make a pretty fair product - this one for example has a key feel that, as you say, compares favorably with those of a midrange synth. Alternatively, Edirol, Evolution and Novation all make keyboard midi controllers that may fill the bill...
 
Those look great! I stopped reading Keybored a few years ago now and this has been the first time I have really missed anything...
 
ssscientist said:
Those look great! I stopped reading Keybored a few years ago now and this has been the first time I have really missed anything...

I didn't see it in Keyboard - I got a heads-up from a buddy on my Kurzweil mailing list.
 
I hear the CME' s are built like tanks too. I own 2 Radiums. The Radium is alright for features, but the action sucks, and the velocity response sucks even worse, and no aftertouch. Hey looks like CME is the first to win the hearts of aftertouch deprived soft-synth users world-wide. Me needs one today :D
 
Atterion said:
I hear the CME' s are built like tanks too. I own 2 Radiums. The Radium is alright for features, but the action sucks, and the velocity response sucks even worse, and no aftertouch. Hey looks like CME is the first to win the hearts of aftertouch deprived soft-synth users world-wide. Me needs one today :D

We should start a buyer's group :)
 
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