61 key or 73 key keyboard with weighted or hammer action?

[les24preludes]

I'm looking for a home use keyboard, either 61 or 73 key, with weighted or hammer action. Weight not an issue. Based London UK.

A keyboard controller would be fine - it's for input to Garageband on a Mac.

I can see the Studiologic VMK-161+ has hammer action. What are the alternatives? Anything close in a weighted action? Used is fine, even older discontinued models.

 

[Biggles]

Yamaha P121, 73 weighted keys.

Semi weighted with aftertouch but with a heavyish feel is an M Audio Oxygen Pro 61

 

[les24preludes]

I looked at the M Audio Oxygen and I don't think it's the kind of thing I need - I don't need chords, arpeggiator or even drum pad. I would be inputting midi into Garageband and doing the arrangements myself. I would like a weighted keyboard.

I'm wondering if what I need is a poly synth with pitch bend and modulation for designing sounds and playing solo lines.

 

[Scradley1960]

Studiologic has some good 73/76 weighted action keyboards.

 

[Pete The Greek]

There are no hammer action 61 key keyboards (to my knowledge).

Keyboards with 73 weighted keys which can serve as a MIDI controller:

- Studiologic SL73 (controller only; no internal sounds). People have mixed opinions about the Fatar TP/100 keybed (some hate it). This is the least expensive option if you don't need a keyboard with its own internal sounds. I have not played on, but I used to own a Nord Electro 3HP which reported used the same keybed. I found it to be somewhat "mushy" (but I gigged with it for years because it was convenient to transport and sounded good).

- Yamaha P121 (home piano with 16 internal sounds). I used to own one. It does send USB midi. Only the original (P121) has a USB audio interface (P121B does not). No pitch bend or mod wheels, and no expression pedal input. The keybed is proprietary to Yamaha. I liked it a lot better than the Nord Electro 3HP (which had better internal sounds however).

- Studiologic Numa X Piano 73 (stage piano). I currently own one. Fatar TP/110 keybed is better than the TP/100. Via USB MIDI or 5-PIN MIDI you can simultaneously control 4 different MIDI channels simultaneously. Also has a USB audio interface. Can send pitch bend and modulation. 3 pedal inputs which are configurable.