Hi... I am looking to buy a keyboard to plug into my s/b live card...Any advice as to make and model to buy or to avoid appreciated.. -- Regards Ted Wager SuSE Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On January 6, 2002 02:59 pm, Ted wrote:
Hi... I am looking to buy a keyboard to plug into my s/b live card...Any advice as to make and model to buy or to avoid appreciated..
Oh boy, you looking to start a flamewar? Your question is the musical geek equivalent of "Which editor should I use?" That said, it really depends on what you need. Korg (http://www.korg.com ) have a lot of really nice keyboards. I'd suggest visiting your friendly neighborhood music store to see what they have. They'll always let you try out the gear right there. If you're a regular customer they'll often let you take it home for a week or so to try it out with the rest of your equipment. You can also often rent almost everything they sell. - -- James Oakley jfunk@funktronics.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8ONtVKtn0F7+/lLMRAlo/AKC6rRwt0J70mfQK58yHzCcWVCTZ6ACgwUGI yp5c5NpoXo6BfaTVEHTtAFE= =2J7d -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Sunday 06 January 2002 23:18, James Oakley wrote:
On January 6, 2002 02:59 pm, Ted wrote:
Hi... I am looking to buy a keyboard to plug into my s/b live card...Any advice as to make and model to buy or to avoid appreciated..
Oh boy, you looking to start a flamewar? Your question is the musical geek equivalent of "Which editor should I use?"
That said, it really depends on what you need. Korg (http://www.korg.com ) have a lot of really nice keyboards.
I'd suggest visiting your friendly neighborhood music store to see what they have. They'll always let you try out the gear right there. If you're a regular customer they'll often let you take it home for a week or so to try it out with the rest of your equipment. You can also often rent almost everything they sell. Hi.. Thanks for the replies...I have only just setup the midi side of SuSE and am quite in the dark as to what to buy.....Do I go for a normal k/board with no voices and use the s/blaster input or do I go for a usb connection and if so will this use the voices on the k/board.......Will search for a newbie guide to linux music in the meantime... -- Regards Ted Wager SuSE Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On January 7, 2002 05:41 am, Ted wrote:
Thanks for the replies...I have only just setup the midi side of SuSE and am quite in the dark as to what to buy.....Do I go for a normal k/board with no voices and use the s/blaster input or do I go for a usb connection and if so will this use the voices on the k/board.......Will search for a newbie guide to linux music in the meantime...
This book is supposed to be very good: http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm I have no idea about USB keyboards. I didn't know they even existed (the musical kind, not the text input ones). I used to play games on my Gravis Ultrasound hooked up to a Roland XP-50. The sound was absolutely great, even if it was serious overkill (my whole family are musicians, you see). The Gravis MIDI interface works on modern soundcards too (plugs into the game port) and I left it with my brother in another province for his shiny new Korg workstation. I guess it all depends on how serious you are. I still recommend going to a music store and seeing what they have. The music community is generally a lot like the Open Source community in that most people really want to help and the music store people are usually great. You still might want to check the archives of your local newsgroups on http://groups.google.com to see what stores employ cool people and what ones tend to rip off newbies. Really, you have to decide what's right for you, but I can assure you that your average keyboard sounds far better than any consumer-level soundcard you can buy. The fact that many people still use Gravis patches (even though the card was discontinued many years ago) on new sound cards through Timidity rather than the native MIDI should probably tell you something. Hope that helps, - -- James Oakley jfunk@funktronics.ca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8Oj5cKtn0F7+/lLMRAlhdAJwOQkwI7i84yg/WaEaa3WmX2sLuIgCfZE9T KTNQjmBrQ33xVPHPcKwxhP0= =43+C -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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