7 Requirements When Purchasing A New Portable Keyboard

by Keyboards Lover on August 25, 2011

1.  Touch-sensitive Keys

By definition all non-electric traditional pianos are touch-sensitive. That is, the harder you strike the key, the louder the sound. If you play a note softly, the tone it creates will be soft. If you hit the key with force, the resulting sound will be loud. Make sure you have this feature on the digital piano you purchase. Somewhere on the box it should say, "touch sensitive" keys. If it does not, do not purchase the instrument.

2.  MIDI IN,OUT,and THRU

The term MIDI, stands for, "Music Information and Digital Interface" or MIDI for short. What is means is that you can plug your keyboard into any other keyboard with the same jack. With a "MIDI Interface" you can also use the MIDI to plug into your personal computer (either IBM, Clone, or MAC) . Then, using that same keyboard, you can play other keyboards or play into your computer at the same time. This is great for composing music on the computer and using the keyboard to play the notes or the song you have written. Or, using one keyboard to play two, three or more keyboards at the same time by "layering" sound on sound.

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Rick is a successful freelance writer who enjoys writing about the casio ctk 2100 portable keyboard and other popular topics.

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