Even if you’re just using a simple MIDI keyboard, MIDI insert effects inside your DAW can help to process simple input into something much more complex such as chorded or arpeggiated parts and also post-process existing MIDI parts just like you would with audio tracks.
The conventional keyboard is still the most common, but there are many pad controllers, MIDI drums and advanced tools such as NI’s Komplete Kontrol keyboards with special MIDI modes to help you do more.
1: Explore your Options There are now more ways than ever to input MIDI into your software.