Topic: Best Keyboard for Recording Beats?

[Diginovice]

Hi,

I'm new to the site, but I am really looking for some advice on a keyboard.

I am looking to make beats on FL Studio using a keyboard (hobby - nothing professional), connected

to my laptop. So a keyboard with the following would be great:

1) A HipHop/R&B style keyboard, with relevant sounds (not a normal keyboard with a whole load of

sounds which I'd never use)
2) A keyboard which is very good for making beats
3) One which can connect to my laptop and works perfectly on FL Studio
4) Under £100 (~$120 or so I think)
5) One which I can buy in a shop rather than online

And as a quick separate question, when your keyboard has these nice sounds but FL Studio doesn't,

can you record the beat you make (using the keyboard) on FL Studio but with the keyboard sounds

or does it have to be the FL Studio sounds (in which case I guess the sounds the keyboard comes

with is irrelevant)

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

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Love to play games with my laptop Degee

[Rik]

Hi and welcome to Pals.

Unfortunately, I can't help you, it's way outside my area of expertise, but hang around.

[Simon]

... a bit longer.  

I don't actually know of anyone here who could help with this, but we may be surprised.  

[Rik]

I usually am.

[sam]

I've not used FL Studio but have on many occasions connected my old keyboard up to Cubase. I'd say it almost doesn't matter about the inbuilt kit - use the computer as the synthesiser for sounds. I'd actually go into a shop and have a look around / chat to people there. If you aren't looking to buy it online anyway, it doesn't hurt. Birmingham has a great little shop for this sort of thing. Where you based?