emusonacid!

I was looking at getting an ASCI kybd for my E-Synth. Good idea or waste of time. I noticed that most of the asci kybds that I looked at have what looks like a phone jack at the end. Can this be changed to the one that is needed on the back of the sampler?
thanks

Good idea.
You need a ASCII keyboard with a DIN-plug: e.g. Cherry G81-1800, G83-6104, G83-6105
Or look for a used ASCII keyboard with DIN-plug.

Hi I found an elegant and cheap solution was this......
Buy a ps2 keyboard from ebay. I like the mini keyboards (these are laptop size and use less space sitting nicely on top of my master keyboard)

Try this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-PS2-SUPER-SLIM-MINI-MULTIMEDIA-KEYBOARD-PS2-/110506815696?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_KeyboardsMice&hash=item19bab830d0
£10.22 delivered

Or If you prefer a more compact one in black (nice) try this



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FC-ACK-595-PS-2-Mini-Keyboard-Black-Sleek-Modern-Design-/130382884714?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_KeyboardsMice&hash=item1e5b6cef6a
£15.49 delivered

and you will need an adapter like this to connect it into the back of your E-mu.



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360200897465&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I have just done this and it worked a treat.
It is a very cheap mod if you have a ps2 keyboard kicking around as the adaptor is £1.67 delivered

Just found this if your quick £4.00 delivered (this isn't a mini keyboard though)




http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HP-Keyboard-PS-2-KB-0133-/320526559760?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_KeyboardsMice&hash=item4aa0df2a10

with the adapter this works out under £6
Hope this is helpfull

A full size IBM-style keyboard (such as the one Jahfunk posted above) is handy, because the keys you use to navigate EOS are peripheral ones: F1-F6, F10-F12, the arrow keys, page up/down, alt, ctrl, +/-, etc. These keys tend to be reduced in size on smaller keyboards.