Has anyone bought one of those roll up piano soft keyboard?

[jimiboo]

   Has anyone bought one of those roll up piano soft keyboard?
like this :
https://www.dhgate.com/49-key-portable-roll-up-electronic-piano/p-ff80808127033f9d01271f598d4724df.html

i have get some answer from yahoo . but i want to know more...
the answer is :
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080604120348AAkS57o

[lostinidlewonder]

Personally I think it is a waste of money. If it was a full size keyboard then I might be more interested, if you could also have some pedal function then I would be even more interested. I like the idea of rolling up a keyboard though.

[3htohn]

Goodness gracious, what will they think of next, a fold-up Eigenharp?

Энтони.

[peterjmathis]

Haven't bought one, but I have tried one out before and found it terrible. The feel of the "keys" was totally wrong and I found it actually difficult to play.

[synthex]

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[Bob]

Pst... What's the model on that M-Audio keyboard?

[kookaburra]

See "roll-up piano?" topic under instruments section.

[synthex]

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[Bob]

It's hard to find a little keyboard with full size keys.

[synthex]

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[Bob]

And ones that produce their own sound?

[synthex]

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[Bob]

I was looking for a small keyboard that produced its own tone.  I gave up though.

[synthex]

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[mr j silverman]

attractive sound actually - would have been a good idea for beginners etc. but COMPLETELY and TOTALLY unreliable.  Only one note in five actually plays  and that comes out too late usually

[28lorelei]

My uncle bought one.  It's really hard to play because the touch is so different.  And, like mr j silverman said, completely and totally unreliable, plus the volume just cannot be controlled. 

[Bob]

Volume as in keystrike velocity or there's no volume knob?

I was thinking it might be good for some kind of mental practice.  (No joking there.)

[pianoplayjl]

That reminds me of a rollup computer keyboard I used in m cousin's house.

[jimbo320]

It first was intended to be a travel toy only sold in Cracker Barrels and K-Marts. How'd it get so far?

[oxy60]

It's the same idea as the one that comes up on your computer screen to input notes on a staff or into a recording program. My seat was next to a  guy who brought one up to input some bass notes into a mix. The roll out one is like an external mouse, etc.

I can't imagine anyone thinking it was for actual playing.

[destini]

It's the same idea as the one that comes up on your computer screen to input notes on a staff or into a recording program. My seat was next to a  guy who brought one up to input some bass notes into a mix. The roll out one is like an external mouse, etc.

Honestly though, a two octave USB controller like korg nanokey (or, better, AKAI LPK25) would be more convenient than this for bass notes - at least no hard surface is needed. And quality of roll up (piano or computer) keyboards is doubtful: once I gave one a try in a shop, and despite it being brand new, a whole row of keys wasn't working.

[oxy60]

Since I have midi in/out from my key board I would use it. When I use one of those score writing programs, inputting the notes from a keyboard is a lot easier than clicking on the spot on the staff.