midi keyboards?

[Daniel956]

All the MIDI keyboards I seem to find are usb.
I just bought a Maschine and I need a midi to midi keyboard, any suggestions?

[wongaling]

why do you need midi to midi???

[Daniel956]

To connect it to my Maschine?

[Nesquigs]

i take it youre just using the maschine software at the moment? (not running it as a VST in a DAW)

why not just get a USB keyboard and either

a) run machine as a vst plugin through another DAW and use a keyboard with that

or

b) i would imagine that you could use a usb keyboard with the maschine software

(EDIT - http://www.native-instruments.com/fo...d.php?t=116670 -- pretty sure thats exactly what you need to do, and was just a quick google search away)

[wongaling]

^ exactly from what I'm gathering OP was wanting to run his keyboard through the maschine hardware??? I don't see the point of that.

[Nesquigs]

i would imagine to be kinda like the imaschine app (has the pads, and 2 keyboards for melodies)

i mean the moar buttonz the bettah ammiright?

[wongaling]

I dont get why he needs a Midi to midi keyboard though? does the maschine have it's own HDD of samples and what not? I thought the maschine hardware worked with the software as one.

[Daniel956]

Midi in/out

I wanted a Midi cable keyboard because after i plug in my Maschine, I have 0 USB ports to spare for a USB Midi keyboard.
So the easiest thing to do would be to connect a midi keyboard directly to the Maschine, right?

[Deejaesnafu]

pretty sure the axiom series, the oxygen series ,amongst others have midi out.

[towifer]

I'm pretty sure you can only do that if it has a thru port as well as midi in/out