


MIDI is the language that allows electronic music instruments and computers to communicate and connect. Those include your DAW, VST plugins, and other synths. I’ve used both the Qwerty Keys and Reaper’s GUI Virtual Keyboard and neither are very worthwhile options for any serious work in the long run. A MIDI keyboard controller is a physical interface that allows you to control sounds or functions from devices that work with MIDI.

Just one example, I find the little KORG keypad2 and controller2 (or whatever exactly they are called) to be adorable and no more than $59 each. Don’t start out with M-Audio’s latest $500 ‘everything’ keyboard, if your budget won’t allow it easily there are many cheaper options out there. I think this would help the new people greatly, because there are obviously many items on a new person’s ‘shopping list’ when it comes to getting started with serious home recording.īut the truth of the matter is A CONTROLLER KEYBOARD of some make and model is A MUST, so start looking for a deal, as there are some from time to time. I still maintain a strong feature request of a Virtual Keyboard option be added to Podium ASAP, for benefit of new and impoverished DAW users who come to Podium. The most enjoyable part of the thread linked above is that Frits is given the title ‘Mr Administrator from Denmark’.
