Finally got myself up and running, and it has taken ages to get all the bits and pieces together! It is satisfying when it all comes together and actually works!
I bought a cheap computer and filled it with a reasonable amount of RAM. Over the years I have amassed some nice instruments (mostly keyboards): digi piano, Roland JP8000, Access Virus TI and most recently a Moog Concertmate (cheers Tom!!), which is currently the most fun instrument to play with. A couple of different mics including one I use for brass instruments. This is all plugged into a Digidesign Mbox and run through Cubase SX3. Recently started using Fruity Loops which I'm finding a lot of fun.
I mainly use the Virus to record using SPIDF connection, sounds fantastic. Virus also has a plug-in that runs through Cubase, Ableton, Reason etc and also has an expensive piece of software called Powercore, that increases its scope. This, I haven't explored yet. I'm pretty satisfied with this set up; as a beginner it is not too complicated yet there is a huge amount of space to grow into it.
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