Editing MIDI controller (section)

===Keyboards===
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[[Musical keyboard|Keyboard]]s are by far the most common type of MIDI controller.<ref name="Cakewalk">{{cite web |url=http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/reader.aspx/2007013074 |title=Desktop Music Handbook&nbsp;– MIDI |website=cakewalk.com |publisher=Cakewalk, Inc |date=26 November 2010 |access-date=7 August 2012 |archive-date=14 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814222211/http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/reader.aspx/2007013074 |url-status=dead }}</ref> These are available in sizes that range from 25-key, 2-octave models, to full-sized 88-key instruments. Some are keyboard-only controllers, though many include other real-time controllers such as sliders, knobs, and wheels.<ref>{{cite web|title=The beginner's guide to: MIDI controllers|date=29 October 2008|url=http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/the-beginners-guide-to-midi-controllers-179018|publisher=Computer Music Specials|access-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> Commonly, there are also connections for [[Sustain pedal|sustain]] and [[expression pedal]]s. Most keyboard controllers offer the ability to split the playing area into ''zones'', which can be of any desired size and can overlap with each other. Each zone can be assigned to a different MIDI channel and can be set to play any desired range of notes. This allows a single playing surface to control a number of different devices.<ref name="Huber">Huber, David Miles. "The MIDI Manual". Carmel, Indiana: SAMS, 1991.</ref>{{rp|79–80|date=November 2012}} MIDI capabilities can also be built into traditional keyboard instruments, such as [[grand piano]]s<ref name="Huber" />{{rp|82|date=November 2012}} and [[Rhodes piano]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/Rhodes-Mark-7/1896 |title=Rhodes Mark 7 |website=keyboardmag.com |publisher=New Bay Media |access-date=7 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713034839/http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/Rhodes-Mark-7/1896 |archive-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Pedal keyboard]]s can operate the pedal tones of a MIDI organ, or can drive a [[bass synthesizer]].

[[File:Onyx The Digital Pied Piper.jpg|thumb|left|alt=A performer playing a MIDI wind controller|Onyx Ashanti playing a MIDI wind controller, which can produce expressive, natural-sounding performances.]]