 Newbie Question: Improving My Gm Sounds |
 Mon 9 Dec 2002, 14:13
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 09-Dec 02 From: Colmar - FR Member No.: 9,950  |
I'm absolutely new to this so forgive me for going over old ground.
I've just bought a midiman 2x2 interface to hook my Yamaha P200 electric piano up to my G4 TiBook. I downloaded Pro Tools FREE as something to get started playing on and after a couple of hours I started to understand the basic functions of recording, playback, etc.. What has disappointed me is the quality of my mac's built-in GM sounds  they're awful! I know I can use my P200's piano sounds for midi playback, but what if I want realistic sounding drumkit, saxophone, and digeridoo all playing at the same time!?I've read various web info and I think I need either a hardware expander or a soft synth, but I don't really know where to start. Software sounds a better choice for me as I might be able to try out a few demos rather than buying the wrong piece of hardware! What I want to do at the moment is be able to write multi-track music and listen to a more realistic playback than my mac's midi sounds currently give me. any help appreciated. paul |
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Mon 9 Dec 2002, 17:35
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 09-Dec 02 From: Colmar - FR Member No.: 9,950 |
Thanks for the reply. Maybe that gives me something to aim for. But in the mean time, is there a software solution I can get that is cheaper (read "free"!) that will improve the instrument sounds my computer allocates to midi tracks? I can't proclaim to know where the sounds are coming from now—I think they're part of Apple's Quicktime(?) Are there any cheap/free alternatives?
If I'm not making sense, let me know and I'll try again!  thanks paul |
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macmonkey Newbie Question: Improving My Gm Sounds Mon 9 Dec 2002, 14:13
Synthetic I would look into something like Logic's Big B... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 14:38 Synthetic I understand what you are saying... unfortunately,... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 18:13 BagHun You can probably to get the "UglyVSTi" t... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 18:37 ryosode For OS 9, I actually like Virtual SoundCanvas, whi... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 21:57 BagHun I left out another good VSTi link:
http://www.kvr... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 22:08 Synthetic QUOTE (BagHun @ Dec 9 2002, 15:08)I left out ... Tue 10 Dec 2002, 17:04 BagHun Synthetic:
For your own knowledge I suggest you d... Tue 10 Dec 2002, 20:22
Synthetic hmm, that's a new one to me... will have to lo... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 14:32 |
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