Editing Keyboard bass (section)

===1990s-present===
[[Image:Novation BassStation.jpg|thumb|[[Novation Digital Music Systems|Novation]] BassStation (1993)]]

Since the 1990s, [[MIDI]] keyboard controllers, often smaller 25-note models, have been used by some groups to play bass lines with virtual instruments such as [[synthesizer]]s and [[Sampler (musical instrument)|samplers]]. Keyboard bass instruments are frequently used in [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[contemporary R&B]], and [[pop music]], and in [[electronic dance music]] genres such as [[house music]]. MIDI keyboards are used by [[Bedroom production|bedroom producers]] and studio musicians alike, thanks to their affordability, portability, and the fact that they can be used to control multiple virtual instruments, rather than simply bass. As well, bassists from bands such as [[No Doubt]] sometimes perform bass lines on 25-note MIDI keyboards. [[Jack White (musician)|Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]] uses a vintage Rhodes Piano Bass live, particularly on performances of "[[My Doorbell]]". During [[Lady Gaga]]'s [[The Monster Ball Tour]], keyboardist and bassist Lanar "Kern" Brantley played synth bass on the Roland GAIA and [[Roland V-Synth]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Roland Onstage with Lady Gaga and The Monster Ball Tour|url=http://www2.rolandus.com/community/roland_users_group/article/1168|website=Roland Users Group|access-date=7 February 2015}}</ref>