Members mgar64 Posted October 30, 2008 Members Share Posted October 30, 2008 I just bought my daughter a Roland E-09 arranger keyboard and a midi/usb cable to connect to a computer. Its a Sony Vaio VGN-T350P Notebook w/ Pentium M, 1.2 GHz and 500MB RAM, running Windows XP SP2 ... What are the possiblities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mgar64 Posted October 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 31, 2008 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted October 31, 2008 Members Share Posted October 31, 2008 Your question is really vague... not sure what to make of it. The possibilities are... endless? As with any piece of equipment, your creativity (or her creativity) and capability are the limit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted October 31, 2008 Members Share Posted October 31, 2008 What can anyone make of this? Well, I can make a hat, or a broach or a pterodactyl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mgar64 Posted October 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 31, 2008 Your question is really vague... not sure what to make of it. The possibilities are... endless? As with any piece of equipment, your creativity (or her creativity) and capability are the limit... The question is vague because I'm not a keyboard player. Never owned one etc. etc. Midi, soft syths, DAW is all foreign to me. I just want to know some basic capibilities, not rig it to operate my household appliances and wash my car. Also because this is not a "high end " setup I assume there are some inherent limitations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted October 31, 2008 Members Share Posted October 31, 2008 Well, then you see how that's kind of like me walking into a car dealer, opening up an engine cover without knowing anything about cars, and asking "tell me what each one of these things does and why each one of them is in there". If they even attempt to answer my question, obviously they'll tell me stuff I don't understand.Once she starts playing with it and going along with the manuals and stuff, she'll have a good idea of what she can and what she cannot do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members casper2 Posted November 1, 2008 Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 Based on the three items you listed... Hook the PC up to the keyboard you can get a Audio sequncing program and either trigger sequences on the E-09 (live waork) or use the keyboard to trigger VSTi's and build sequences from there. You could record those sequences to tracks "in the box". To record voice, instrument or your keyboard you would need a audio interface. I would go to the Tweakheadz guide to get more information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mgar64 Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 Based on the three items you listed... Hook the PC up to the keyboard you can get a Audio sequncing program and either trigger sequences on the E-09 (live waork) or use the keyboard to trigger VSTi's and build sequences from there. You could record those sequences to tracks "in the box". To record voice, instrument or your keyboard you would need a audio interface. I would go to the Tweakheadz guide to get more information. Thanks for the link...looks like alot of of good info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mgar64 Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2008 Well, then you see how that's kind of like me walking into a car dealer, opening up an engine cover without knowing anything about cars, and asking "tell me what each one of these things does and why each one of them is in there". If they even attempt to answer my question, obviously they'll tell me stuff I don't understand.Once she starts playing with it and going along with the manuals and stuff, she'll have a good idea of what she can and what she cannot do. I see it more like taking a car and asking what can this thing do? As it is I can drive to work or whereever and I have an idea of where the signals and other controls are and how fast it will go. You may say "well you can add tires with a softer compound and it will hold the road better in curves. Add turbo charger and you'll make it faster, a shift kit will make shifting gears quicker and smoother. See where I'm going? I have the keyboard and the computer. What software can I add and what do they do? Is most software "plug n play stuff" or do I have to add other things. A simple answer might be .."you can do X and to do that you need Y and Z". You're asking me what X is and I don't know. What "X" is is part of what I am trying to figure out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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