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Well I'm actually kind of trying to decide whether to use this program or a different one. Tempo changing is high priority for me. I just needed to know if it was possible. So thanks

I have Reason 3 and I'm toying with the idea of upgrading to Reason 4, but I want to make sure my sequencer could handle some orchestral-type stuff... Is Reason 4 capable of doing this passably (with free ReFills?)

Does FL allow you to adjust the tempo or time signature in the middle of a composition?

Well I was planning to track down somebody who knows a bit about recording and sound in general to ask them their opinions, so I'll probably ask them at the same time if they have a mic or two similar to what I might buy and see if I can't make a demo track. It's at least a possibility. Thanks for the suggestion. Oh and the living room is carpeted and medium-sized (by that i mean not a little box, but not like a spacious cavity of a large house) with a normal ~10' ceiling and has wood and upholstered furniture and several openings to the kitchen and adjacent rooms. Walls are plastered, not brick.... anything terrible in that description?

Awesome. I will keep this in mind. That's actually what I was most terrified of ...Oh and another followup question for anyone--My musical training is almost completely limited to performance and musical structure and stuff, so sadly i have no idea what makes for good sound quality. I can track down someone to help me with mic/ke positioning, but I don't wanna shell out money on equipment if the room is hopeless... How important is the room and how will I know if it's hopeless (by OCR standards)? Are there any tricks I can use to get a passable sound out of a hopeless room? Obviously, I can't be lugging around the piano into different rooms, and the only reason I would want to buy my own mic/kes is if I can use my own piano. I'll try and describe the room if it would help you guys answer this, just tell me which characteristics to include. I realize I'm asking for simple fixes to monumental issues, but I mainly just want to know if this is something worth pursuing before spending money. Thanks

Thank you for your replies! Very helpful Yeah, I actually have a 88-key weighted (but very cheap) MIDI keyboard and Reason (which is being woefully underused as of now) and I've thought about going the "live"-keyboard-heavily-edited route, but I don't think I'd be able to capture emotive/tempo things the way I'd like (well at least not without grossly out-of-proportion amounts of tweaking). But some day I would like to try my hand at sequencing other instruments.... not yet though. As it stands, I think a couple mics would fit in the budget. Any other comments/hardware recommendations?

Hi, I'm new here. I wanna start with some solo piano mixes, 'cause that's where i'm most comfortable, but don't know the first thing about recording a piano (except that it's extremely hard to do professionally). I have a 5'8 nice-sounding baby grand accessible to record, but I need to know about the hardware... My questions are: 1) What quality of sound does OCR expect for piano recording? I.E. can I get by with one or two solid mics and a little bit of sound engineering or would I need to track down somebody with 6-8 mics? 2) If I can do this with one or two mics, what are the best budget models? On the other end, what do I need to turn the raw data into a good remix (what hardware do i need besides my computer and what good programs are floating around?) If I sound like I i'm just trying to be cheap, I'm sorry I mainly am just trying to figure out if recording my own piano is something worth investing in, so I don't have to track down people with the REALLY good equipment every time I wanna record.... anything. Thanks for your help! PS I know collaboration might be my best option, but I don't have notation software...

Hey! Glad to hear another person is starting out on the piano! Anyways, I don't work with sheet music a whole lot, so i can't really give input (sorry!) but i would like to suggest heavily that, in addition to learning sheet music, you try to learn stuff by ear. If that sounds incredibly intimidating, don't worry, because there's plenty of videogame music out there that's piano-newbie friendly, and you don't have to learn the whole piece at first, either. just a melody with possibly a bass line is fine to start out with. Anyways, if you try to do this, i think you will quickly find that your musical ear will improve DRAMATICALLY. it's a very rewarding experience, and i just thought i'd suggest it. Best of luck!