Members CockleHocker Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 I hope this is the right place for this. If not, please tell me. If some kind soul out there could explain this to me, I would be so greatful! Basically I have a full-sized keyboard that is midi-enabled. It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 You're looking for a sound module:http://www.musiciansfriend.com/sound-modulesYou can find some older ones cheap on eBay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/PianoBox-General-MIDI-Sound-Module-/330579112885They aren't as popular these days as they used to be as the "all in one" synths are what sells now. You might want to consider buying a low end synth as a second keyboard and just use what you have for piano sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dogoth Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 There is a product (or used to be) called Muse Receptor. It was a hardware answer to VSTi's playing live. It had almost no latency and would operate like a hardware midi module except you could load oyur favorite VSTi's into it. It was VERY EXPENSIVE. The cost of a high end quad core notebook today would be cheaper and quite probably more powerful and nearly as reliable (if you dedicated it to ONLY being a VSTi host machine). None of this is cheap. If you want live reliability on a budget, I'd follow RoadRangers recommendations and get a couple of hardware midi modules. Straight forward, simple, dependable and the right ones can sound just great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twostone Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 There is a product (or used to be) called Muse Receptor. It was a hardware answer to VSTi's playing live. It had almost no latency and would operate like a hardware midi module except you could load oyur favorite VSTi's into it. It was VERY EXPENSIVE. The cost of a high end quad core notebook today would be cheaper and quite probably more powerful and nearly as reliable (if you dedicated it to ONLY being a VSTi host machine). None of this is cheap. If you want live reliability on a budget, I'd follow RoadRangers recommendations and get a couple of hardware midi modules. Straight forward, simple, dependable and the right ones can sound just great. Muse are still around they have a new model called Musebox which is branded under Peavey and also SM Pro make a cheaper version with the V machine that dub as midi synth controller that can host vst plugins. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MuseBoxhttp://www.fullcompass.com/product/400930.html?utm_source=googleps&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=googleps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madjack Posted April 27, 2012 Members Share Posted April 27, 2012 I hope this is the right place for this. If not, please tell me. If some kind soul out there could explain this to me, I would be so greatful! Basically I have a full-sized keyboard that is midi-enabled. It Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CockleHocker Posted May 1, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thanks a million, guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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