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>Even non weighted keys are despised by any musician.

Not exactly. Jazz and classically trained musicians, yes. Rock, pop, electronica, etc gigging keyboardists play non-weighted keyboards all the time.

>Even non weighted keys are despised by any musician. Your mind and body have lots of subtle cue sensors to perceive and react accordingly. Anything that contradicts this will fail for refined/industry use.

We have already been over this when the smartphones came out without actual keys.



> Not exactly. Jazz and classically trained musicians, yes. Rock, pop, electronica, etc gigging keyboardists play non-weighted keyboards all the time.

True, but every time I've seen linear keys used, it was for "parody" accompaniment.

> We have already been over this when the smartphones came out without actual keys.

And I miss it every day.


> True, but every time I've seen linear keys used, it was for "parody" accompaniment.

Then you can't have been paying much attention.




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