What's the point of getting a keyboard for producing when there's piano roll?
Does a keyboard actually bring any benefit to the sound or is it a mere peripheral mostly for convenience?
>and i couldn't less about the 'muh real music' meme
only advantage is for improvising / coming up with ideas.
Piano roll is more accurate, but less human than if you record yourself playing MIDI keyboard (if you're good enough to record that is)
>>60271166
There isn't one, not for you. Now go make your boring trap beats in obscurity until dad makes you get a job.
>>60271166
Speeds up workflow a ton. Let's u demo entire melodies instead of trial and error with the piano roll. That's it pretty much.
I personally hate making music with a point and click mouse and computer keys on the screen.
I try to use as much hardware as possible.
>>60271188
Most coherent answer.
In short, yes the sound does benefit in the long run.
Less trial and error = more time to deepen the sound.
>>60271166
More intuitive / pressure sensitive creates a more dynamic sound
>>60271184
Merzbowfag detected.
>>60271235
you can control sensitivity with piano rolls
>>60271239
Shit is grueling though.
>>60271251
its quick as fuck to control volume, panning, filter, fine pitch tuning, etc. with a good piano roll. Maybe you should use FL or something with an excellent and powerful piano roll.
>>60271268
Top hmm.
What about Logic?
The best way to compose is entirely in your head.
Then write it down, for instance on a piano roll.
>>60271238
>Merzbow fans like midi-keyboards
You're a fucking idiot
>>60271393
Not what I was implying, m8
Possibly stupid question incoming:
What about synthesizers?
>>60271437
synthesizers are like mini keyboard/pianos that most likely can fill the place of a midi as well
>>60271472
NOTED
>>60271166
To actually play what you're recording instead of punching in every note one at a time
To be able to improvise
To save time
To be more spontaneous
>>60271166
Saves time. Develops dank skills you can actually show off to people in person. No one cares that you can drag bloops across a screen, everyone will just go "dude I could do that."
And they could. Because it's just clicking and dragging.
So you can physically play it, which allows for a more natural sound and more possibilities for improvisation.
Or even if it's just for a 25-key for basic note input it's far nicer to have tactile feedback than just clicking notes on the roll. Same goes for MIDI controls.
This is a quality thread.
>>60271268
>quick as fuck
Still slower than a keyboard
I always use my 88-key MIDI controller when programming drums or piano, or other highly velocity-sensitive instruments. It gets me a much more "realistic" sound than manually inputting the velocity for each note in the roll like a ninny.
