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Start to produce trance music...requiriments?
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| foranAngel4553 |
Hi! i want to start to produce trance music.
- i want to buy a Casio ctk-671 its good for these propouse?
- With my Sb live the latency with Asio drivers are good? or need remplace for other card?
- What software can recommend?
Thankz!
Sorry for my bad english |
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| Etherium |
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| hey cheggy |
| quote: | Originally posted by foranAngel4553
Hi! i want to start to produce trance music.
- i want to buy a Casio ctk-671 its good for these propouse?
- With my Sb live the latency with Asio drivers are good? or need remplace for other card?
- What software can recommend?
Thankz!
Sorry for my bad english |
Casio keyboards are probably not a very good purchase. If you want a keyboard that makes sounds ( a synth), then you are going to have to spend quite a bit of money. Some of the more common keyboards include the Roland JP-8000/JP-8080, Nord Lead 2, Access Virus KB/KC, Waldorf Q.
You might be better off buying a midi controller (a keyboards that doesn't make any sounds, it just plays whatever it is plugged into).
Then use software untill you feel the need to upgrade to hardware. You can save a lot of money this way. Check out the thread at the top of this forum for new people. It has a lot of information in it about the different software sequencers in there. You will need one of them. There is also a great thread about VSTi synths. Read through there and get some information on which synths would be the most useful. A lot of the companies offer trial/demo version of the software.
I don't know exactly what the latency is on a SB live card. Maybe stick with it till you feel the need to upgrade. It might be good enough to start with.
Hope that helps, and don't forget to have a read through all the "sticky" threads. There is some very useful information in them. |
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| foranAngel4553 |
| cheggy thanks for your help :) |
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| foranAngel4553 |
Hi! here is a problem only have US 330 and the Roland JP-8000 is imposible for my. :(
But what is the principal diference between the Roland,Access Virus, etc. and "a normal" Casio keyboard.
Both are Midi output for a Pc connection, then:
no is more important the software of the pc?
the possibilities are equal to create music? where is the difference?
thanks again |
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| foranAngel4553 |
The sounds of roland, access virus etc.
can be emulated with a pc software? |
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| hey cheggy |
Mate, the sounds of the Virus and JP are a lot better than the sounds that a Casio will make. The Virus, JP, etc are VA synths, that stands for Virtual Analog. You can shape the sound you want. They do not work soley off presets. You create the sounds on them so that you get the exact sounds you want. It takes a lot of practise to use them.
If somebody at a store has told you that a casio keyboard is good for making trance, he is either lying to you to make the sale, or he doesn't know what he is talking about.
As I said, I would suggest buying a midi keyboard, like an evolution 449C controller or something. Then you can use this to play soft-synths.
Yes, software can emulate the hardware synths. They don't sound as nice, but there are some very good software synthesizers out there. I would recommend you use these to begin. Examples include Pro-53, Z3ta+, Atmosphere, FM-7, V-Station. |
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| NeoPhono |
I recommend the PCR series of MIDI controller keyboards by Edirol (Roland, actually.) They are relatively inexpensive, have a great touch, have plenty of knobs and sliders, and are very programable to whatever sequencer you wish to choose.
Here's a link to the PCR-50, the middle of the PCR series.
http://www.edirol.com/products/info/pcr50.html
It retails for $230 dollars (US) on zzounds, musiciansfriend, etc.
You'd have $100 left over to go towards a sequencer or a nice VSTi. |
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| MrCowski |
Whether you need a keyboard depends on how comfortable you are with thinking up melodies, basses, etc. I do a pretty good job a thinking these up in my head, so i don't have a keyboard and have no use for one, which let me put my money into a good synth (the Z3ta) instead.
However, I've been taking piano for 10 years, so I have a pretty strong musical background. If you're just starting and don't have much knowledge about this stuff, then a keyboard would be a good buy, as it lets you fiddle around much faster than just a mouse would. This is especially true if you are useing Cubase or Reason - The interface of Fruityloops works well with the mouse, the interface of Reason (and probably Cubase, i don't have it) is better for keyboard playing. |
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