Larsen B Posted May 20, 2004 Report Share Posted May 20, 2004 Can anyone recommend a good but not too pricey synth or keyboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 Casio Wk-3500, keyboard & synth in one only 350 roughly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 Not sure about Synths, but PC World do good keyboards.The Logitech Cordless and optical mouse all in one package for 79.99 looked especially good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted May 21, 2004 Report Share Posted May 21, 2004 The MicroKorg is really good. I use one live and for recording. Lots of really good sounding presets which can all be edited. As well as synth sounds there's also a cool Fender Rhodes piano sound and some organ sounds. I got it online here for 269.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted May 22, 2004 Report Share Posted May 22, 2004 I want a MicroKorg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted May 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 That microkorg looks good, thanks. I think there might be one of them in Bruce Millers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted May 23, 2004 Report Share Posted May 23, 2004 Originally posted by Dan Atom:Not sure about Synths, but PC World do good keyboards.The Logitech Cordless and optical mouse all in one package for 79.99 looked especially good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 Originally posted by Jimmy Jazz:That microkorg looks good, thanks. I think there might be one of them in Bruce Millers. Go to R&B and just in the door on the right they got oneJust noticed Dan's joke there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer_eldritch Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 yeah there is one in bruce millers. They ordered two and i got one. It's totally awesome. Great sounds and its relatively easy to use too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Yeah, the Microkorg is pretty easy to use. I've not even read the instructions properly yet as I was pretty much able to switch it on and get good sounds straight away. You can edit the patches on it but I haven't tried to as its got all the sounds I want already. Its also got a vocoder which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 I have a microkorg, its great, but i don't like too many of the presets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Presets are usually not too great anyways.But yes, the microkorg is a nice piece of stuff and not too pricey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain44s Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 ive got a novation k station. its in the same price range as the microkorg and its rather amazing...has full size keys too which is one of the reasons i didnt get a microkorg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 the mini keys are rad, rad rad rad rad rad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.A.R.T Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 i think the microkorg is a piece of shit! pretty limited and plastic for the price. the vocoder is shit too....really takes away the freedom of the possabilities in a vocoder.better to get a nord micro modular and a master keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betamax Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Originally posted by iain44s:ive got a novation k station. its in the same price range as the microkorg and its rather amazing...has full size keys too which is one of the reasons i didnt get a microkorg. yup k station is a much better synth than the micro korgmicro korg is a fairly limited synth......generic-ish sounds, limited programming, fairly crap vocoder (but all vocoders are crap and over used) but its got a good appregiatori had one for a few months and put it on ebay as soon as i sussed its limitations and got my money back basicallyseems to a popular item though and tres good fer beginners kinda thing who dont wanna get bogged down witha load of programming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stripey Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 Yeah K-station is a good synth, I use the VST software version of it (v-station) and its pretty usefull for pads/sweeps and bass. The arpeggiator isn't the best though. I haven't tried the microkorg myself, but it seems a bit gimmicky and I guess you get what you pay for. Access Virus synths are very highly respected http://www.access-music.de/products.php4 and might be worth checking out...it all depends on what kind of sounds you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 if you are just wanting it for recording, and not for live performance, then any old midi controller will do. midi controllers can be had second hand on ebay for much cheapness. you will need a midi interface to stick it into your computer too, they can be had for around 40-50 quid. then the world is your oyster. you will need some software to generate the sounds for the controller, but that can be had for free easily (legally or otherwise).i use linux for all my audio stuff now, and have found some great softsynths. some are real twiddly nob basically program it yourself type of things (with lots of honestly good sounding presets), others simply load sf2 files, which are in plentiful supply on the internet (sf2 files provide instrument sounds), e.g. at sf2midi.com. in case anyone will ever be interested, here's some linux software i've found really useful in the last couple of weeks for recording with my midi stuff:zynaddsubfx (soft synth/synth generator)fluidsynth (soft synth)qsynth (UI for above softsynth)ardour (multi track HDR system - quite pro tools like)hydrogen (great drum machine)qjackctl i've finally managed to get audio stuff working properly on linux, hopefully i'll get a chance to document some of it soon so that others can benefit. almost all of the software on linux is free, which is obviously an advantage, but some of the software actually works a lot better too. much of it is still stabilising though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stripey Posted June 6, 2004 Report Share Posted June 6, 2004 ...i've finally managed to get audio stuff working properly on linux' date=' ....[/quote']Have you got any vst capable stuff working? I am a linux head, and the only reason I run windows on one of my machines is because I cant find a decent vst host for linux...and I can't live without my vst heheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 Have you got any vst capable stuff working? I am a linux head' date=' and the only reason I run windows on one of my machines is because I cant find a decent vst host for linux...and I can't live without my vst heheh[/quote']personally i haven't, but there's some software (using WINE) to hook the VSTs into the LADSPA plugin system. i don't know how well it works, but the code has been around for a couple of years so i will check it out and let you know. it's called vstserver or something. it has mostly been tested with ardour i think. is there a freeverb vst or something i can download to test against?are you doing music on linux already? have you ever had any luck with muse or rosegarden? i desperately want muse to work, and i know it must for some people, but for the life of me i can't get any noise out of the bastard, nor a click track in either of them. and i can't find any metronomes that support JACK. speaking of jack, it's the mutt's nuts, truly. i just loaded up a rhodes keyboard sample, took it out through the soundcard and through a wah wah pedal, then back into ardour to record! it's amazing!edit: http://www.djcj.org/LAU/ladspavst/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stripey Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 personally i haven't' date=' but there's some software (using WINE) to hook the VSTs into the LADSPA plugin system. i don't know how well it works, but the code has been around for a couple of years so i will check it out and let you know. it's called vstserver or something. it has mostly been tested with ardour i think. is there a freeverb vst or something i can download to test against?are you doing music on linux already? have you ever had any luck with muse or rosegarden? i desperately want muse to work, and i know it must for some people, but for the life of me i can't get any noise out of the bastard, nor a click track in either of them. and i can't find any metronomes that support JACK. speaking of jack, it's the mutt's nuts, truly. i just loaded up a rhodes keyboard sample, took it out through the soundcard and through a wah wah pedal, then back into ardour to record! it's amazing!edit: [url']http://www.djcj.org/LAU/ladspavst/You can get free vsts from http://www.kvr-vst.comI haven't done any audio on linux yet, cuz I'm basically happy with my setup on windows and dont have time anymore to get used to a whole new setup again. Most of the stuff I've tried (there was a drum machine thingy and a step sequencer) were a bit cack and homemade seeming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 yeah, i thought everything was really shit until i spent a lot of time and lost patience working it all out. it's certainly not easy, by a long shot; you also have to move away from the paradigm of one-app-for-all-things. Ardour is really a great piece of software, and the latest version is the most stable by far. it's approaching version 1.0. Hydrogen is the drum machine i use, the two best drumkits for me are the synth electro ones and one of the hip hop kits, however, it now takes midi input for drumkits, so if you have a soundfont that has a kit you like, you can pull it from that i think. I'm using version 0.8.2 of hydrogen.i'll post a sample of something i've managed to do with linux later on if i can.do you know of a vst that can do amp simulation for guitars, free or otherwise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stripey Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 yeah' date=' i thought everything was really shit until i spent a lot of time and lost patience working it all out. it's certainly not easy, by a long shot; you also have to move away from the paradigm of one-app-for-all-things. Ardour is really a great piece of software, and the latest version is the most stable by far. it's approaching version 1.0. Hydrogen is the drum machine i use, the two best drumkits for me are the synth electro ones and one of the hip hop kits, however, it now takes midi input for drumkits, so if you have a soundfont that has a kit you like, you can pull it from that i think. I'm using version 0.8.2 of hydrogen.i'll post a sample of something i've managed to do with linux later on if i can.do you know of a vst that can do amp simulation for guitars, free or otherwise?[/quote']Yeah the way you described it sounds quite modular, which is something i've always liked about linux. A really neat amp modelling vst is Amplitube http://www.amplitube.comThey also do a special zero (well close to zero) latency version for live use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spellchecker Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 excellent, thanks. i'll see if i can obtain that. what distribution of linux do you usually use? i use gentoo, and having tried redhat before for audio, i can tell you that gentoo completely takes the hassle out of getting most of the audio stuff to work, straight out of the box. however, there are now music/video specific distributions, e.g. planet ccrma and agnula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stripey Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 excellent' date=' thanks. i'll see if i can obtain that. what distribution of linux do you usually use? i use gentoo, and having tried redhat before for audio, i can tell you that gentoo completely takes the hassle out of getting most of the audio stuff to work, straight out of the box. however, there are now music/video specific distributions, e.g. planet ccrma and agnula.[/quote']I use slackware, and its the only distro I've used since 1996. Stuck in my ways I guess heheh, but I like it for its rawness. The only sound app I use is xmms and mplayer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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