Machine & Midi Keyboard?

[djpanic]

Hey fellow DJ's got a question? Who out there isusing Maschine and a midi keyboard and what brand? I'm have trouble deciding on wanting to get a Roland X8 keyboard or just a simple midi keyboard? Here is my set up: Berhringer djm-4000, (2) CDJ-100mkIII, Maschine, Kontrol X1, all running on Traktor Pro Scratch, & I will be getting the S4 This weekend, I also have a Akai MPS 5000 that i'm not really using that much but I like to make my own beats in which I can do that on my Maschine as well... so i think i'm going to sell my Akai MPC 5000 to get some other equipment, Midi Keyboard? Help

Thanks to All my fellow DJ's and keep Spinning,Mixing & keeping people dancing!!!!!!!!!

DJ Panic

[photojojo]

IMO getting a simple keyboard with out a lot of extra bells and whistles is better. You already have plenty of knobs, buttons and pads elsewhere if you need them for producing.

[AxWELL]

old thread but my questions fit to the title

1)if you get a midi keyboard with aftertouch,maschine's software can read/record the aftertouch action of the keyboard?

2)axiom's directlink/hypercontrol and novation's automap can be disabled when you use the keyboard with maschine and run them only in a daw?

3)if you use the keyboard and maschine in a daw can you map maschine to control some parameters that keyboard's knobs and faders would control so to "avoid" a keyboard with extra knobs and pads?

4)some keyboards include ableton live lite,with this version can you still save and export your audio after 30 days of activation?

5)for house/electro music what kind of keys would help me more?synth style?semi-weighted?both?i am not a piano player,i want just to try to create some melodies

thanks

[boarderbas]

4)

Look at the ableton site, they have a comparison chart for all ableton versions. You can use it indefinitely, but are restricted in numbers of tracks and extras.