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In highschool I used to compse musin in the electonic lab... It had a keyboard, a drum machine, and another keyboard all attached to a Mac. The Mac was running some software that allowed it to see what the keyboard is doing... it then spit out what I played into music notation (real notes onto staves and such). The drum machine was connected and everything could be used at once to make music... I loved it...
Well I've been away from that lab for almost 10 years now... I'm sure lots has changed... What I'm looking for is a way to expand what I have into something similar to what I used to work on...
I think it was all midi connected... not sure how but here is what I have so far:
A VERY fast PC that I built myself... easy to upgrade and add parts to if I need to... Its an Athlon 1000mhz system with a SB Live card...
I have a Korg ES-1 that is fun to play with but I thinkI can get a lot more out of it if I connect it to a system...
I actually have two of the computers above and a smaller Compaq POS...
I don't have experience setting up midi systems but I can learn real fast...
I guess what I need is a midi-controller (keyboard) and some way to interface with the computers and the software to control that interface...
Basically I'm a newbie looking for some info so I can start to research what I want... I'm not looing for someone to tell me what to get.. just some suggestions of a place to start looking... I like to learn everything I can then make decisions myself...
Thanks to anyone who replies... Your help is greatly appreciated!
Well I've been away from that lab for almost 10 years now... I'm sure lots has changed... What I'm looking for is a way to expand what I have into something similar to what I used to work on...
I think it was all midi connected... not sure how but here is what I have so far:
A VERY fast PC that I built myself... easy to upgrade and add parts to if I need to... Its an Athlon 1000mhz system with a SB Live card...
I have a Korg ES-1 that is fun to play with but I thinkI can get a lot more out of it if I connect it to a system...
I actually have two of the computers above and a smaller Compaq POS...
I don't have experience setting up midi systems but I can learn real fast...
I guess what I need is a midi-controller (keyboard) and some way to interface with the computers and the software to control that interface...
Basically I'm a newbie looking for some info so I can start to research what I want... I'm not looing for someone to tell me what to get.. just some suggestions of a place to start looking... I like to learn everything I can then make decisions myself...
Thanks to anyone who replies... Your help is greatly appreciated!