Yes. Another example would be the Linnstrument.
My brain hurts. I guess itās sort of that is to keyboard as Chapman stick is to bass and I could get over it if I tried, maybe.
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The grid layout is actually not unique, thereās several controllers like that. The Linnstrument is different because MPE support.
Yeah, that was my first suggestion also. But, it seems, @Billn is not ready to swap out his DAI just yetā¦
UA Volt and Roland Rubix are other possible choices.
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6 months later and with some Nord GAS in between I decided this is a 2+ phase problem with a total budget tbd but at least up to the $1500 Roland/Yamaha/etc stage pianos now. It might also reside in our living room and have a ācan be played without a computerā requirement which is pushing towards stage keyboard instead of midi controller here.
For the short term I ordered an arturia keylab essentials 61 key for my office and Iāll just suffer with a synth keybed for now 
. I really want enough keys to actually play on a midi controller for learning by ear practice and general music usefulness, and Iām willing to spend $250 now but not my $1500 to absurd budget for weighted keys.
After six months Iām pretty sure this doesnāt count as an impulse purchase though!
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The keylab 61 is an excellent choice though, the Essentials is a good starter controller. I use a KeyLab Mk.II 61 myself.
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Iāll give you absolutely terrible odds for betting on whether I own pigments by the the of the year.
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Itās a really good synth. You could have bought mine on the cheap!
I still think itās one of the best looking synths ever made too.
Since you own the KeyLab you should get Analog Lab for free. Analog Lab is super cool, basically V Collection Lite. Decent piano in there too.
Iāll get someone elseās or a black Friday sale or something probably assuming I like living in the arturia ecosystem.
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Yeah recommend waiting for an Arturia sale. They do them all the time anyway, even outside of Black Friday. You should be able to get it for $99 or less.
Meanwhile, Analog Lab is more than enough to keep you busy, and itās free. Careful though as itās the best advertisement for V Collection imaginable.
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I think I can resist. Iām not doing production enough stuff to really get pulled by V collection Iām pretty sure.
(Famous last words)
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V Collection definitely varies by synth - some (like SQ80-V) are perfect, others less so. Still a very cool collection though.
Analog Lab gives you like 6000 presets from it. More than enough to get started
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Ok this key feel is actually quite tolerable.
Getting it to play nice with reaper was more of an adventure than I expected, but hopefully I only need to figure that out once.
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See? So next GAS is for a Nord then? 
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Can attest - to both points 
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Iām not saying no, but not anytime soon. I think a Roland rd88 or Yamaha ck88 or equivalent will get me to good enough for 1/4 the price, butā¦
Also Nord makes weighted keyboards as an option donāt they?
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For their pianos (Nord Piano 6, Nord Grand, etc) for sure. Not sure for (say) the Nord Lead A1.
@howard @joergkutter itās hard to tell the practical difference between V collection intro and pro. If Iām not looking at any of the missing synths as something Iām looking for is V collection intro a big step up from analog lab?
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Yes, itās confusingā¦ in fact, I got confused as well
I own the Analog Lab Pro plug-in (and I got hooked with the free Analog Lab Play).
It is a bewildering variety of plug-ins that Arturia offers. I am sure Howard has a better overview though 
I guess the V Pro is the BIG one. For example, I can use all the many patches/sounds in Analog Pro (and slightly tweak them), but I donāt own the synths they come from. V Pro might give you access to all the underlying synths!?
Sorry if I only increased the level of confusion! @howard to the rescue!!
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Ah, so itās all confusing, not just me thatās confused!
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