Need help choosing a MIDI keyboard

I am about to go on the road with my band, was wondering if any of you guys could help me choose a MIDI keyboard.
I need a keyboard to trigger my samples and synths which are set up in Logic, which has about 88 keys, and quite a few controllers, it also needs to have semi-wieghted keys.
I have at the moment an M-Audio Keystation Pro 88. Im not to keen on it.
I have my eyes on a few keyboards but just wondered what you guys recommended.
Thanks

the current midi controllers that are being offered right now such as from m-audio do seem a little cheap.
a little while ago i had to get a midi controller for my studio and i did not feel comfortable with most of the current controllers when i checked them out. i ended up getting a used roland a-90 and i did not regret this decision!
however, the roland a-90 is heavy. i think for use onstage it boils down to the question how much more weight do you want to carry in exchange for more potential reliability and sturdiness? a nice little detail about the a-90 is that it comes not only with the usual mod/pitch wheel but also with a joystick, which for live playing can be a bonus if you want to apply e.g. vibrato and pitch bend at the same time with one hand.
out of the newer controllers it looked to me that the ones by cme seem to be interesting, at least for the money. at least they have aftertouch...
i am sure there are other good options out there - this is just my little piece of experience.
G5 dual 1.8 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Hey there, I would like to connect two midi keyboards to Logic Pro and enable each keyboard to trigger separate software instruments each. For example, one keyboard has guitar and the other has strings.
I realise this must have something to do with midi channels or ports, however my knowledge is limited.
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Hey Brad,
yes you need also to change the out midi of the keyboards.
in my case I have the Keysation 61 es, it's done this way:
"Channel
MIDI data from the keyboard can be sent on any of 16 MIDI Channels. However, certain MIDI devices and MIDI software applications require
the keyboard to send data on a speciﬁed channel. If this is the case, you can change the channel the data is sent using the following
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“+” and “-” buttons together will recall Channel 1."
Can you please tell me what keyboards do you have?
this is for two players having a go on completely 2 different parts.
In case you want to record 2 tracks with the same content say a piano and a pad,
all you need to do is open the tracks and rec enable both and you have piano pad.
Anyway I believe you need to have two separate sounds for two players?
Give us some more input of what you want, there must have one or more solutions to what you need.
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AE).
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Hello , need help urgently regarding MIDI USB cable

hello ,
i recently bought a Midi to usb cable and i tried to connect my keyboard [ psr e303 ] to my macbook pro. When i went to the Midi Audio setup , I saw a USB2.0 icon instead of my keyboard's name. And when i went to garageband , it detected 1 midi input. However when clicked recording and i pressed the keys on my keyboard. Nothing was recorded. Can anyone help me please ? i've googled and been thru so many pages but i'm still stuck..
Thanks,
marc

mozarto wrote:
I saw a USB2.0 icon instead of my keyboard's name.
the computer has no way of retrieving the name of your keyboard through an interface.
Nothing was recorded.
first thing to check:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#controllertointerface
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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