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nutbastard
07/17/09

In reply to Tiny Akai USB Keyboard and Drum Pads
for those interested, this is 13" long.
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nutbastard
07/17/09

@nutbastard:

*puts dick away*

oh wow, so is this keyboard!
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VerneyBabcock
07/17/09

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These arent meant for constantly playing and being treated as a real piano, as the statement says 'synth keyboards'. They are meant to be used in conjunction with synthesizer software or DAWs, though generally there is also an octave key so if you need to extra keys they are there virtually.
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Cliff_Dangers
07/17/09

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Delightful? That statement makes it painfully obvious that you don't play piano. This is like cutting 4 strings off of a guitar. Nothing delightful about that.
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Yossarian Threepwood
07/17/09

@Cliff_Dangers: I have to disagree. This is more like having a miniature guitar which, while not being as easy to play sounds just as good as any other guitar, that you can stick in a bag and use anywhere.
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ethanlechcharles
07/17/09

@Yossarian Threepwood:
Precisely.

Maybe if it were a half octave or something stupid like that but as long as you can transpose and aren't looking to perform great piano pieces on this (in that case why are you buying an akai usb keyboard?) then it works quite perfectly.

To bad it's akai which means it will be outrageously expensive.
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slackinfux
07/17/09

@Cliff_Dangers:
Try whipping out 88 keys from your backpack and trying to fit that on a seatback tray table on a long flight when inspiration strikes.
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SysRq
07/17/09

@Cliff_Dangers: If I may enlighten all of you, this is meant to be used in conjunction with a DAW and with other synths. The other octaves are there via buttons you press. This is just designed for inputting notes, not composing a concerto.

Being something of a composer on the go, I can appreciate this because it's something I can throw in my bag and be able to mess with Reason files. Small controllers like this are common; this one is just awesome for including drum pads.
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Cliff_Dangers
07/17/09

@SysRq: Exsqueeze me but i am a producer of music and have been for many years. This may be only an input device but it still fails. Even during input i still use more than 2 octaves at a time and I'm not composing symphony's. You talk of portability but there are (if you wish) keyboards that fold in half. example..

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/10/infinite-response-vax-77-folding-full.html.

and if you're trying to feed me this Bullshit that you are going to whip this keyboard out on a plane because inspiration hit you.... I say fuck you cause that shit isn't real..
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Sword-chucks
07/17/09

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Give me a USB powered accordion and I shall be a happy man.
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Letao
07/17/09

@Sword-chucks: o/~ "Particle Man, Particle Man, doing the things a particle can; what he like? It's not important, Particle Man." o/~
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schpeen
06/15/09

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Subs + glass + all in one unit = rattles
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Nick
06/15/09

@schpeen: tell that to the thugs in my apartment complex. booyyeeeeeee
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bosskev
06/15/09

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It might have been nice if they'd put even the tiniest bit of effort into making it look attractive. Or perhaps they are going for that college dorm room bricks-and-boards look.
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Nick
06/15/09

@bosskev: hahahaha, i had the cinder blocks and boards look in my dorm. stop peekin' in my windows.
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Nick
06/15/09

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i like the fact that there is enough room under there for my receiver to breathe. that will prove helful.
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mantis350
06/15/09

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i think this is hideous! Why does one even need two subs on each side of the screen. I can see this canceling each other out and not sounding pure at all.
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Nick
06/15/09

@mantis350: why would two subs cancel each other out? that was silly mantis.
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Jesus_Jones
06/15/09

@Nick: it was sillier that you didn't reply and instead posted separately. For shame
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Nick
06/15/09

@Jesus_Jones: but is it silly that you replied to his original post and not his reply post? ahhh, the philosophical conundrums of the internet.
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Fantasysage
06/15/09

@mantis350: It is actually the opposite. Dual subs help reduce standing waves and 'dead zones' in your room. This all depends on placement, but 2 subs are almost always better then one.
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robinandtami
06/15/09

@Fantasysage: It HEAVILY depends upon placement. I would think that having two subs that closely together would sound awful. Of course they don't look so much like real subs... but rather like Boselike "bass modules" to me....so it's probably a moot point.
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