Members hedron Posted January 2, 2011 Members Share Posted January 2, 2011 I'm just a beginner player and just bought an M-Audio KeyRig 49 to learn on. Anyway, I get home and after installing the software that comes with it, nothing comes out of my speaker. I load up the Live 6 program, but I'm not really sure what it's supposed to do. I certainly don't need a mixing sweet when I can't even play chopsticks. My mp3 player works fine, so there isn't anything wrong with my sound card. I'm wondering if anyone knows an easy to use program that can simply allow me to use my keyboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted January 2, 2011 Members Share Posted January 2, 2011 It sounds like you are just getting started. The KeyRig is a controller and has no built in sounds. You need to set up a MIDI track in Live with a plugin instrument and set up Live to listen to the MIDI messages generated by the KeyRig. I would suggest going over to the forums at KVRaudio.com and read read read. Also watch the video tutorials on Ableton's web site and maybe read Tweakheadz web page. Live comes with some basic instruments plus you can find lots of good free ones (again read at KVRaudio.com) and commercial plugins, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted January 3, 2011 Members Share Posted January 3, 2011 It's probably just an assignment of the audio / MIDI issue. Read the manual that comes with it and make sure that your soundcard is selected in your virtual instruments, and also that the MIDI interface is selected (since you probably are connected from the keyboard to the computer via USB, you should see something that says MIDI - USB or similar) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hedron Posted January 9, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hmm.. Well, I think I asked the question wrong or something. Thanks for all the replies though. I got Live to work properly, I had some compatibility problems with 6 but 8 works fine, but there isn't a large amount of voices or whatever you call them. I don't need all the arranging and composing and mixing capabilities that Ableton Live has, because I just want to play the piano. I really want a software program that mimics the functionality in a traditional keyboard, since keyboard controllers lack that. Like, something that has basically a wide array of voices. It just seems to me that 400$ is a bit much to spend on what it is that I want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mister natural Posted January 9, 2011 Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 I don't need all the arranging and composing and mixing capabilities that Ableton Live has, because I just want to play the piano. I really want a software program that mimics the functionality in a traditional keyboard, since keyboard controllers lack that. Like, something that has basically a wide array of voices welcome to the forum I'll find a couple free plugs here for ya : basic piano - http://www.kvraudio.com/get/597.htmlelectric piano - http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1338.htmlbad-ass organ - http://www.kvraudio.com/get/4173.htmlexcellent basic synth - http://www.kvraudio.com/get/128.html or http://www.kvraudio.com/get/708.htmlclassic bass synth - http://www.kvraudio.com/get/3119.html best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gribs Posted January 9, 2011 Members Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hmm.. Well, I think I asked the question wrong or something. Thanks for all the replies though. I got Live to work properly, I had some compatibility problems with 6 but 8 works fine, but there isn't a large amount of voices or whatever you call them. I don't need all the arranging and composing and mixing capabilities that Ableton Live has, because I just want to play the piano. I really want a software program that mimics the functionality in a traditional keyboard, since keyboard controllers lack that. Like, something that has basically a wide array of voices.It just seems to me that 400$ is a bit much to spend on what it is that I want to do. Well if you take a look at the commercial software market, then $400 is probably above average for a commercial software instrument but definitely not outta hand. There are a lot of excellent free software synths out there but I have not personally payed any attention to free plugins that make traditional piano sound. Also I would hazard a guess that most of the freebies are not stand-alone. E-MU Proteus VX is afreebie rompler that has a lot of nice sounds built in and does have a stand-alone version. The base software was once a high end commercial sampler (now discontinued AFAIK). The freebie has a large library, ability to control and mangle built-in samples and resave, but doesn't allow importing new samples. I think Paolo has some sound examples on his synthmania site, or at least I remember him posting some in a thread here a while ago. For standalone commercial instruments that are more affordable, you might want to look at some of Native Instruments' stuff that use their free Kore or Kontakt player. Edit - Here is a link to Paolo's demos of E-MU Proteus VX. Based on sampling just a few of them, I would say this program would be a good bet for you. Very nice Paolo - wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Conbrio Posted January 10, 2011 Members Share Posted January 10, 2011 You could always just buy a regular synthesizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members johnnydr Posted January 10, 2011 Members Share Posted January 10, 2011 You could always just buy a regular synthesizer. mmmmmmm so sweet;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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