Dr. C, you needed an extra keyboard for two songs.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
electricsound, is it easy to sort out on cubase? i just want to be able to mess about with diff sounds on the soft synth, maybe record them and use the loops in acid or something
― s.rose, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 14:13 (sixteen years ago) link
yep, it should be easy to use it as a virtual instrument in cubase.
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
You need an ASIO soundcard otherwise the delay between pressing the keyboard key and sound coming out will be to great for live play.
― Jarlrmai, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Yup, and if it's still a problem you can try messing with the latency settings in Cubase or whatever.
― Jordan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
the keyboard comes with a program called sound studio ii but the delay between hitting a key and the sound coming out, is ridiculous, like 0.5 secs.
This is a latency issue and as Jarl said you really need an ASIO soundcard - a workaround however is to install something like ASIO4ALL which is a software asio emulator. I have NO idea how it works, but it does work! Not perfectly mind you - I find in FL I still have to run the quick quantizer over my doodles on the kbd. Live it'd be pretty unnoticeable though I reckon.
Related note: soundcards, I need an ext one, whats good? (I have an ASUS P4 1.8ghz with 1mb ram but the sound card is poop)
― Trayce, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link
what sort of inputs do you need it to have? usb/fw?
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
are asio soundcards massively expensive? im trying desperately to find an idiots guide to setting up and playing away in cubase, why oh why are these things like a NASA nightmare
― s.rose, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Who me Jim? USB I guess... not sure if I have FW, but I imagine thats faster. Isnt there an external soundblaster live! or something thats good?
― Trayce, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
trayce, is the asio emulator simple to set up? ive got it here but im completely and utterly stuck
― s.rose, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
please don't purchase any creative labs products trayce they suck balls!! i recommend an edirol or m-audio interface
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
speaking of m-audio, do you need an actual bass guitar (and uh drum kit) to use this: http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/DrumBassRig-main.html or does it recreate those for you? using a midi keyboard? (this is the v basic one im using: http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR170545 )
and this is the softsynth im grappling with at the moment http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/GForceimpOSCar-main.html
― s.rose, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:54 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah you would trigger the drum/bass stuff with a midi keyboard. note that (i have found) playing drums (well) on a midi keyboard is pretty difficult
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
but not impossible by any means.
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
or you can just use their sounds/samples and sequence shit manually (ie not in real time)
― Jordan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:00 (sixteen years ago) link
which i generally prefer for most drums.. but i am also a shit programmer
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
does playing bass on a midi keyboard sound anything like the real thing though? or is it like how a 303 bassline sounds?
― s.rose, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:06 (sixteen years ago) link
it will not sound like a real bass guitar, no. but that's not to say it won't sound cool in context
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:07 (sixteen years ago) link
has anyone tried to play bass on a midi keyboard through a guitar amp??
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:08 (sixteen years ago) link
get one sampler
― DG, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:10 (sixteen years ago) link
how would that be possible?
― s.rose, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
haha
― Jordan, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:14 (sixteen years ago) link
srose: Im afraid I cant be much help with the ASIO sw setup, my bf did all that for me, he tweaked it lots I seem to recall. I'll ask him tonight.
Jim: ah yeah, I couldnt remember the pro brand names, thanx. I still just write songs in fruity loops, it sounds poop but its good for "sketches". We can always record things properly later on the guitars/bass using a SW multitrack recorder like Reaper.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Or like, a real one, if we HAD one (we dont).
― Trayce, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i've never used reaper but it definitely has a loyal fanbase
― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 December 2007 23:20 (sixteen years ago) link
"Has anyone tried to play bass on a midi keyboard through a guitar amp??"
I've played Hammond organ on a bass guitar hooked up to a computer with a wave to midi converter running live.
Guitar->PC->Wave to MIDI->B2 soft synth
Latency was appalling.
Trayce, sequencers sound as good as the samples you use, I know Lynskey here does a lot of his stuff with FL, i guess its easier for sample driven stuff, if you are doing old fashioned Rawk then it's better to multi track your instruments.
― Jarlrmai, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah you're right on that point. I must admit some of the 3rd party FL plugins (lie Slayer) have made a big difference.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
lie=like
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