Joe if you want an Controller keyboard look at Arturia KeyLab series. Extremely
accessible and works well with Logic on Mac. I don’t have experience with any
Windows DAWs. They are making strides making their soft synths accessible. Look
for this in YouTube using criteria Arturia Keylab accessibility and find the
demo of Jason Dasent using KeyLab with Analog Lab V. Very enlightening and
sold me. I have both the 61 and 88 key versions. They also have the less
expensive Escential range which works samemgood luck
Vince
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On Mar 11, 2024, at 2:37 AM, joestephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,
I’m looking at getting a fully weighted keyboard.
I’m wondering if anyone has experience with any of the following and how easy
they are to use by a totally blind user, e.g. selecting instruments, etc.
Roland rd-88, rd-300g (used),
Yamaha cp-73 or ck-73/88,
Any other which people are currently using in a similar price bracket.
One thing I noted about the Yamaha cp-88, it sounded at least from the demo
that it had actual toggle switches for turning on up to four layers. That
sounded to me like it was quite accessible.
My goal is recording but I’m not a midi person yet. I would like realistic
pianos, nice synth pads, realistic strings and guitar sounds mainly. I’m
leaning toward the Roland rd-88 because it has builtin speakers as well as
connectivity to mixer etc, but also seems to have a good collection of
quality sounds. I’d be interested in peoples’ opinions.
Eventually once the Kontact s88 mk3 are accessible I may get one but until
then, I’d rather get a keyboard I don’t have to connect to a computer to
play. Its ok to record but playing I’d like it to be able to be played
independently of a computer.
Thanks for any opinions/options/advice.
Thanks
Joseph