Members Kelemvor Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 I know this is the Bass forum, not the keyboard forum, but something odd happened when I went to guitar center today! I was sitting there, playing a Stingray 5, when I got this urge to go to the keyboard section. I have minimal keyboard experience. Ever since quitting piano lessons when I was 10, I've just pecked around with keyboards on occasion. Well I saw a Casio PX-100 (88 weighted keys) for 500 and I just jumped on it. 12 months no payments or interest! I also bought a MIDI interface for my computer, and some transcribing software. The thought of buying a Bass midi pickup and having the computer create sheet music and tab as I play also has entered my mind. Also I thought about how this could be used in a rehearsal situation with a laptop and projector. It would be easy using MIDI to write every part with the Finale software. Then each band member could just watch the notes go by, complete with lyrics and guitar notation.
Members sunburstbasser Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 I've used some MIDI before, but it always irritated me a little.
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 I use midi a bit. I've got a MIDI guitar and like to play it to program basslines for ideas, and when I want synth bass on anything... IT hasn't made it to the stage just yet, I'd rather have a bass for that personally. Wal makes one, and so does Peavey. Then there's the pickups you install. They are okay, but you have to make sure that the string spacing is compatible on alot of them for it to work properly.
Members Zebra Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 So that's what midi does! So you could really plug it into a program and have it spit out sheet music as you play? Now I'm very intrigued.
Members bassguy Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 Originally posted by Zebra So that's what midi does! So you could really plug it into a program and have it spit out sheet music as you play? Now I'm very intrigued. im also interested...saves me time for tabbin out all of my stuff buy hand, or getting fustrated with powertab
Members scarecrowbob Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 Having only a casual experience with Sibelius and a little more experience with Finale, I can say that it is a mas pain in the ass to do simple arrangements in these programs, especally if you aren't super accurate. IF I have to have a printed copy of something, I write it out and transfer it for readibility/copying/transposing, ect. But fo casual use you are better off tabbing/transcribing by hand, IMHO--- unless you are arranging for people getting paid/ it is a job. But I don't get paid, so I write whatever I need to by hand . What I do like, though, is sequencing. I have had a MIDI guitar, and I thought that it was always easier to program stuff by hand--- the interface was slow. (it was a casio MG series) It was fun for playing synths on stage, but I sold it to buy a midi keyboard. I've gotten my keyboard chops to where I can record good sounding sequences quite easily; it is a fun instrument that will teach you a lot about how music is structured. But there is a difference between notating something, where the computer has to figure out how to transcribe what you are playing into something other people can read, and recording a synth.
Members T. Alan Smith Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 My 1st expereince with MIDI was with a Yamaha DX100 synth & an RX17 drum machine. I used the drum machine to trigger the synth. After that, I moved to a Yamaha DX11 synth & an Alesis MT sequencer. Never got much done with that setup either. It wasn't until I moved to an Ensoniq EPS sampler/workstation & a Roland D50 synth that I really got things movin'. Since then, I moved to a Mac running Vision & a controller keyboard and a few synth modules. Right now, I'm working on getting my new PowerMac up-n-runnin' with DPerformer.
Members greenshag Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 I use MIDI quite extensively...probably alot like TNF does....
Members SteveyDevey Posted August 14, 2005 Members Posted August 14, 2005 Originally posted by greenshag I use MIDI quite extensively...probably alot like TNF does.... +1
Members venturawest Posted August 15, 2005 Members Posted August 15, 2005 +1+1 i have a full midi-based studio that alternates between sequencing from the computer and two mmt-8 sequencers...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted August 15, 2005 Members Posted August 15, 2005 Originally posted by venturawest +1+1 i have a full midi-based studio that alternates between sequencing from the computer and two mmt-8 sequencers... So howcome we've never really talked? Got any stuff available online?
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