# Midi keyboard **URL:** \ **Category:** Music Production\ **Created:** [May 5, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806 "2011-05-05T03:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![supracg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@supracg](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/supracg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/1 "2011-05-05T03:25:40Z")
**Midi keyboard** Any recommendations on a pretty basic (small) midi keyboard in a reasonable price range? Doesn’t really have to have a lot of knobs etc..I’m using logic if that makes a difference but I’m looking for a more keyboard based thing not something with a lot of midi control buttons necessarily ---
**Author:** ![Nephew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/nephew/32/15077_2.png) [@Nephew](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Nephew)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/2 "2011-05-05T03:39:54Z")
How many keys? Does it have to be full size? What’s your budget? ---
**Author:** ![Nephew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/nephew/32/15077_2.png) [@Nephew](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Nephew)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/3 "2011-05-05T03:40:30Z")
Also, do you have any formal training on the keys or are you going ot be using it to just sketch out ideas? ---
**Author:** ![supracg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@supracg](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/supracg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/4 "2011-05-05T04:42:22Z")
I have some formal training but to be honest I plan on using it just to sketch out ideas, after I find a nice loop I’ll probably re-write it into the piano roll. I just thought it could help with sketching ideas quickly so I don’t want to spend a lot on it, maybe 100-150 as a budget (not sure how reasonable that is). And for size maybe 1/3 the size of a regular keyboard, I’m not sure how many keys… I know I’m being vague but thanks for any help mate, or if you can point me to any links I can check them out ---
**Author:** ![Nephew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/nephew/32/15077_2.png) [@Nephew](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Nephew)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/5 "2011-05-05T04:47:47Z")
Check out the MPK Mine by Akai, sounds like it might be perfect for what you need. ---
**Author:** ![WhiteApple](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/whiteapple/32/12319_2.png) [@WhiteApple](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/WhiteApple)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/6 "2011-05-05T17:19:38Z")
M-Audio KeyRig 49 4 oct. under 200$. if you don’t have any knobs i think you should get some its very useful for tweaking and testing your sounds. for some knobs look in Akai’s keyboard i think the MPK or the Oxygen are the best ---
**Author:** ![kilobytekaushik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@kilobytekaushik](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/kilobytekaushik)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/7 "2011-05-10T14:38:08Z")
emu x station, 16 knobs ---
**Author:** ![fullenglishpint](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/fullenglishpint/32/12539_2.png) [@fullenglishpint](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/fullenglishpint)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/8 "2011-05-10T14:44:00Z")
> **[The battle of the budget 25 keys](https://forum.djtechtools.com/showthread.php?t=26405)** > > Hi guys, Just had an interesting question, what do you think is your preferred budget 25 key? M-audio Oxygen 25 (New name oxy 8) Akai MPK, or any other alternative? What do you think is the best on the market right now? ---
**Author:** ![Bunford](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/bunford/32/10711_2.png) [@Bunford](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Bunford)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/9 "2011-05-10T22:10:41Z")
I use the Alesis Q25 and it’s fab for production. Has buttons to easily go up/down octaves and pitch bends. For me, it’s a perfect and cheap MIDI keyboard for production. [http://www.decks.co.uk/products/alesis/Q25](http://www.decks.co.uk/products/alesis/Q25) ---
**Author:** ![calgarc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/calgarc/32/11052_2.png) [@calgarc](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/calgarc)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/midi-keyboard/23806/10 "2011-05-11T14:54:21Z")
i use an original cme uf-5 series 😃 they are epic controllers 😃