I am currently looking into getting a keyboard to use in jamming sessions. I have so far been partial to Roland GO:KEYS 5 (this over the 3 due to the additional inputs and an acceptable imo price difference). This (around 500 EUR) is around the max I want to give for it.

But, as far as I can tell, it does not have a proper loop function. It has a layered recording-function, but this would require me to play through the full song.

So I have two questions:

  1. Are there any keyboards anyone of you would recommend in roughly the same price range that has a looper?

  2. Could I use my Boss RC-5 for this, plug the keyboard into input A and plug it back into the keyboard from output A? I would like to avoid buying a new speaker for this, and tge loop pedal would also be connected to my guitar and to the amp.

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOP
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    3 months ago

    Maybe I’ll try Bitwig at some point, but this is (so far) not something I would want to spend a lot of money on. Maybe I can get some time in during the end of year holidays to try to get Ardour working again. I mostly want to be able to interface my instruments and run them through some nice plugins (I have not invested in some big suite already that would be difficult to play nicely, so I can start with whatever is easiest to get working - from before I’ve only ever briefly tried out Spitfire Audio through Garageband).

    I recently discovered that I would not be able to do hook up the keyboard I was looking at in the way I had planned. The output sends all audio, including whatever comes in through the input, so I would just cause a feedback loop. So I would need a new speaker, or have to run it through my DI box (and then I might as well use a DAW for this).

    • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksM
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      3 months ago

      I went for Rent-To-Own on Splice. It ended up being the best deal because I received all software and version updates for two years while I paid it off and now I own the software. That was a big selling point for me after Reason went subscription. I can stop paying now that’s its paid off and keep that version of Bitwig forever while on Reason if I stopped paying I would lose access entirely.

      That and Bitwig’s stock devices and modules have made a lot of VSTs I used redundant.

      Tbh I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t get an older version through means and fell in love with it.