CompuServe Messages

Velocity sensing is indeed a major feature. A keyboard without it is like playing an organ instead of a piano. With a piano, you get different volume by hitting the keys harder or softer, whereas with an organ, you only have a master volume control. It's also a great deal harder to implement in an electronic device. If you're used to playing a piano, you'll prefer the keyboards with velocity sensitivity hands down. (If not, it might not matter to you, but if you are used to a piano, you'll go crazy without it…) Beyond that, I'm sure you can get dozens of recommendations on keyboards from people here and over in the MIDI forum especially. There's an awful lot of good ones out there… –>Steve Bennett