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| DjSimonB |
I'm (hopefully) gonna be getting Reason soon, and at the moment I've not got a keyboard or a Midi-soundcard of any kind, so I was wondering how important it is to have a keyboard, I know it's not 100% necessary but is it gonna be really annoying?
And another question, a more stupid one this time. I've used the Reason demo to try and learn it a little bit, but how do I actually input my own melody (by using a keyboard, or clicking on some kind of software keyboard, or otherwise)? Which machine do I use? |
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| Tranc3 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjSimonB
I'm (hopefully) gonna be getting Reason soon, and at the moment I've not got a keyboard or a Midi-soundcard of any kind, so I was wondering how important it is to have a keyboard, I know it's not 100% necessary but is it gonna be really annoying?
And another question, a more stupid one this time. I've used the Reason demo to try and learn it a little bit, but how do I actually input my own melody (by using a keyboard, or clicking on some kind of software keyboard, or otherwise)? Which machine do I use? |
It's not necessary but certainly helpful.
You open the piano roll and draw the notes in there...on the sequencer there's a button to the upper-left side. Click on that and you'll be taken to the details screen which has, amongst other things, the piano roll. |
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| alanzo |
| It depends on your previous level of musical experience. If you know music theory, it's mostly not required (but still helpful) But if you have 0 musical background, it's practically required because a piano roll is rather hard to get a good melody out of by just placing notes (unless you know theory and chord progressions) |
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| Bondor |
| when i started out with reason i got the m-audio audio quattro card, its ok, there is much better cards out there. i also got the oxegen 8 midi keyboard. its also ok but there are better things out there. that is the system that i have now. it works for what i need it to do and i dont feel as though my skillz(cus im a sheltered white kid, aka bawler 4 sheezy) have exceeded my equipment yet. plus i need to be able to move it readily 4 times a year and it is good for that. start small, but with something you can grow into. |
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| DjSimonB |
Ye I do understand music theory and chord progressions, that kinda stuff's not a problem for me. I can see myself having more trouble just getting the thing to work and sound good.
thanks guys.. |
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