I've been looking around, because I want to get into the remix community very badly. I have been trying Fruity Loops and Prop-head Reason Demos, but manually putting in notes is driving me insane. I'd rather do it with a midi controller.
I'm on a very tight budget (due to me being a high school student and having a pretty lame job.) but i'm seriously ready to start getting good at arranging/composing. I'm going to buy the software of my choice as soon as I get the money.
I'm already good at recording guitar (and even better at playing it) and I am really itching to bust out a couple final fantasy songs on guitar that i have in mind.
Well, to the questions.
Korg K61? Buy or Keep looking? It seems pretty good to me, and has everything I really need. There are no reviews on it, and i was wondering if anyone got to play on one yet. (They were at the NAMM 2006 show, so they are relatively new.)
Does USB MIDI work as well as the standard MIDI cable connector (when connecting to computers)?
When recording MIDI, is perfect timing an essential?
What I mean, is does it cut stuff off when you go back to look at it (questioning reason/fruityloops), or is it like real-time recording in cakewalk?
I have an SB Live! 24-bit. Will I need to upgrade to an Audigy?
Thanks for answering any of my questions, it is truely appreciated.
My Computer:
2.4Ghz P4 (no HT)
1024MB DDR333 RAM
SB Live! 24-bit
SB PC128 (I was too lazy to take the old one out. I have it disabled.)
Geforce 6200 TD (for playing my PSX games, i know i dont need it)
I have it connected to the internet, but i am thinking about having a second computer with no Internet Access being built.
This is the plan. Tell me what you think:
AMD 64 3000+ (HT)
1024 DDR400 RAM
SB Audigy or Live
Nforce Motherboard Video
Enough Fans to allow 24-7 cooling during hot summers. (my room gets around 85 degrees during summers, and i already leave my computers on all day.)
I work at a computer store, so I can get wholesale prices on all my computer parts, I could probably build this machine for under 400.
Well, thanks for looking at this. Just tell me what you think. I'm curious about all this. =)