In general I think a 61 key keyboard will serve to do 99.9% of things most anyone would need to do. Second to Dan's point about "touch" being irrelevant, I don't agree with that unless you are just pecking things out with one or two fingers. If there is a music store you can go play some different keyboards, I would suggest you do that.

If you find you like playing a keyboard, you will most likely be buying more than one as time goes by. There are plenty of Midi controllers out there for $200. M-Audio Keystation 61 MK3 at $200, Alesis V49 MIDI keyboard with 49 keys that Guitar center has on sale for $60. There are dozens of free VSTs to play there keyboards through. Something like this will give you an a chance to experiment without spending any real money.

I also am not a "real" keyboard player. I have five keyboards. Three I use and two that I don't like that did not cost enough to get upset about.

As I don't have any idea what your background is, so it is hard to say what the likely value of a keyboard will be for you. They are great for learning music theory, very visual. It will not take you long before you will be playing chords, bass lines, and simple melodies plus all the midi stuff.

Most new keyboards will be recognized by most new DAWs.

Billy

Last edited by Planobilly; 08/14/21 05:01 AM.
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