Old55


I'm not sure craigb is looking to sell his lava lamp.  

No way Jose!  (Or Hose B.)
 
Although the white blobs have kinda joined into one big blob from over use (it's white in blue liquid) so I'll probably need to buy a new one (or more).

what has theory and such got to do with a performance keyboard?Yes if you wanted pedagogy and piano that would be one thing, but to make music, didnt we have a raging discussion here recently about reading music and theory .. the Casio XW-P1 for 499 has the bread and butter sounds plus synth section, gets good reviews from the hard noses at keyboard central..

dmbaer


Unless you need something to take to live performance engagements that's totally plug-in-turn-on-and-play, you can save serious money by buying a simple MIDI controller and a soft synth.  If you're running a DAW, you've probably already got one or more of those on hand to begin with.  If not, fifty bucks can get you a decent quality soft synth and several amazing options exist at the ~$120 price point.  I'm assuming you've already got some kind of musical computer setup going with at least a basic sound card.

Actually yes ... but telling that to the folks here is not important, and besides they are more interested in telling someone off than they are in inspiring music and other works. Even with humor! It's all a mirror ... that no one can see, isn't it? Ohh wait ... some dope usually helps I hear and an Alice thing with it!

your best bet is some 37 key or even keyless synthesizer. Korg has many to choose from.
I understand you want to make noise not music, well then you can buy chains saw - very good analogue sound. 

Something's wrong here.

its just pedro being, well, pedro

Moshkiae

Old55


Hi Pedro, 

If you're not interested in music, what is the purpose of it?  

Good luck on your quest, 
Jan

No sense asking you ... meaning "theory" ... and such!

I barely play.  There is no sense in asking me about theory.  


If you're wanting to learn/use the Arturia software, I'm with dmbaer--get a MIDI keyboard.  I have a couple of old M-Audio keyboards.  One is a small one--49 keys, I think.  It cost around $100.  I also have a larger, 88-key, keyboard with weighted keys.  I was planning on learning some piano, before I got distracted with some health problems.  I'm still hoping to get back to that at some point.  

I'm gonna get slammed here, surely, but a decently priced M-Audio Keystation (61 or whatever) hooked into Reason will get everything you want and for less money than a Good stand alone synth.  I imagine, anyway.  I think my Keystation (semi weighted keys, no controls or drum pads... Just... Keys) was less than $250 and Reason will run about the same.  I think.  Don't quote me.

I don't own a stand alone synth, and I likely never will.  I find myself getting into enough trouble with software.

But Reason is cool in that you can insert a synth, choose a sound, record, and then change your mind and change the sound OR the whole synth, and it's all automatically re-routed without a fuss or loss of track or copying and pasting one track to a new synth, blah blah blah...

Then, add effects to the track (of any sort from gating and sequencing and verb and whatEVER) and slice and dice the thing into oblivion.  Hell, pile twelve effects on top of one another, then switch them around until you're happy.  Allow Reason to auto route it all, or TAB to turn the module around and start manipulating the virtual patch cords to reroute it to your own specs.   The interface is pictorially based on a rack system. 

I find myself using Reason more and more and more these days, except for mixing.  I slave Reason to sonar to mix or bounce tracks and import to Sonar for that.  It's just easier for ME to do so.  I know people who are perfectly happy to mix in Reason, though.  

For electronica, I've had a MUCH easier time with Reason.  That's it's forte.  I've learned more in an infinitely shorter time frame as well.  Its just intuitive and simple.  If I were recording guitars and mic'ing drum kits.... Sonar. Absolutely.

I dunno if this helps any....

Hit some yard sales on Saturday morning or look in Craigs list or Ebay locally.  Any cheap keyboard will have midi output on it and if you don't know a lot about midi, or playing a keyboard.... if you get a cheap one.... you don't have a big loss if it all comes to naught. 

At a yard sale, you could probably pick up a workable keyboard easily for under $100... probably half that if you negotiate. 

musicman100


its just pedro being, well, pedro

is that like Bapu Am as Bapu Doofus^TM?