 Speed Of Inputting Music, If you can't play a real-time keyboard, how's the fastest way |
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I am experienced with both computers and music, but not so much with the mix of both. Because of my disability I can't use a regular music keyboard to compose, and putting the notes in one-by-one with the mouse is a bit like pulling teeth! I do have a small keyboard - eKeys 37 - which I use to do note pitches and then use a programmed XKeys Desktop device to specifiy the note length, but it's awkward and slow.
I think what frustrates me most is that music entered like this with a mouse or the XKeys/eKeys combination has no extra "live" midi stuff like note velocity/etc. (I'm not sure of the terminology - sorry). So playing it back is a bit like listening to a robot, and very frustrating. Is there any decent way of getting this information in so the computer can play it back and have it closer to the way it sounds in my head??? At the moment I'm using Sibelius mostly and Garage Band a bit (haven't really mastered that). I started off clasically trained so I'm used to notes and staves and such, not the MIDI type stuff, but I am willing to learn! Best Regards, Ricky ATMac - http://atmac.org/ - Assistive Technology for Mac OS X Users |
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Wed 28 Nov 2007, 11:22
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Hi Asus 32, the Edirol keyboard looks nice but Ricky's after something with mini keys and the Edirol has standard size.
I have one of these little Yamaha keyboard which is exactly what you're after but with midi out not usb! http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMCBXK1 Aha, but the Korg MicroKontrol is what you're looking for these days. More bells and whistles than you may need right now but very tactile, mini keys and velocity sensitive plus drum hit pads - great for inputting percussive sounds even with little physical movement. http://www.thomann.de/gb/search_dir.html?s...amp;x=0&y=0 Not so cheap but a pretty effective bit of kit and really entirely designed for your specific requirements! Good luck Ricky, Kind regards, Midiwife. |
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Ricky Buchanan Speed Of Inputting Music Wed 21 Nov 2007, 07:07
houstonmusic Ricky,
the full version of Finale, and probably o... Wed 21 Nov 2007, 17:48 randyman Hey Ricky -
I really wish you all the best with ... Thu 22 Nov 2007, 05:34 midiwife Hi Ricky,
You say you're using the ekeys 37 w... Thu 22 Nov 2007, 11:35
Ricky Buchanan You're right, midiwife, the keyboard I have do... Mon 26 Nov 2007, 14:05 Asus32 QUOTE (Ricky Buchanan @ Mon 26 Nov 2007, 14... Tue 27 Nov 2007, 13:01 Thea Hardy Ricky, when you find that keyboard, I will be inte... Tue 27 Nov 2007, 06:20 jimdubpram One specific problem with GB is I want to enter a ... Tue 27 Nov 2007, 12:08 jimdubpram Another very useful trick in GB is to select a loo... Thu 29 Nov 2007, 04:17 Thea Hardy Midiwife, the Korg MicroKontrol looks like a cool ... Thu 29 Nov 2007, 07:32 Ricky Buchanan I wish I could afford that Korg - it seems probabl... Thu 29 Nov 2007, 08:43 vertpooomme Hello Ricky,
in Sibelius 5, you can specify the e... Fri 30 Nov 2007, 10:57 midiwife Hi again Ricky,
Well I have the Korg MicroKorg wh... Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:36 DANO10 Hey Ricky,
Check out Band-in-a Box. It uses the ... Fri 30 Nov 2007, 15:31 wheelchair I thought the topic here was about step writing...... Tue 12 Jan 2010, 06:35 |
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