 Simple Set Up?, Own ibook800+microkorg... what software? |
 Tue 11 Nov 2003, 16:35
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I presently own the ibook G3 800Mhz with 640 ram. I am about to buy the korg microkorg which is a mini digital/anologue synth with midi capabilities.
I will eventually be upgrading to either an Imac or a powerbook sometime in the next 8 months. I am mostly interested in making experimental electronica, ambient, future lounge, jazzy beats, drum and bass, trance, ect, ect... I basically want to start with the bare minimum for a desk top computer based music studio. I would like to star out with one software solution for my needs. I would like to buy a software package that can make drums, effects, samples, layers?, and sequencing. Is Reason 2.5 my best bet for getting started. I also want the program to be able to run on my current G3 ibook, and on my next upgrade which will be a G4. I know Trent Reznors made his first NIN album with an anologue keyboard synth, and an old Mac. I want to see what I can do with the most basic set up for electronica type music. Any advice and help is extremely appreciated. Thanks. -Jason |
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Fri 14 Nov 2003, 14:40
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not to add any more confusion to the subject but Mbox is pretty cool. ProTools LE can do midi and does great job of it really. I made the "Galactic Thrush" track on the MacMusic CD totally using midi in ProTools LE with my Digi001 and my CS6x. The only thing about the Mbox is it lacks midi input so would need a seperate USB interface for midi. ProTools LE just lacks some of the cool midi featuies that Logic has but its no problem creating and editing midi tracks in it. Actually if you are just learning midi... it may be easier because its not so overwhelming as Logic to understand and learn. That is what I like most about ProTools. Most of its functions are pretty straight forward as the way it operates
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rosiedog Simple Set Up? Tue 11 Nov 2003, 16:35
rickenbacker Reason 2.5 will do everything you seem to want. Yo... Wed 12 Nov 2003, 13:07 Synthetic You might want to look into something more like Lo... Wed 12 Nov 2003, 15:14 rosiedog So if I want to use my minikorg to play live over ... Wed 12 Nov 2003, 16:35 xingu Big Box/Reason owner here. Yeah, it's a power... Wed 12 Nov 2003, 18:24 Synthetic yep... I agree with xingu totally... Reason and Lo... Wed 12 Nov 2003, 18:43 rosiedog Wow! that really hepls guys. Thanks a lot for ... Thu 13 Nov 2003, 06:36 rosiedog Also, How about getting the prtools Mbox? Is that ... Thu 13 Nov 2003, 08:29 xingu You'll get the hang of everything eventually. ... Thu 13 Nov 2003, 13:46 rosiedog Yeah. Thats sound like what I am going to do. I... Thu 13 Nov 2003, 17:39 xingu The BigBox was initially supposed to be a time lim... Thu 13 Nov 2003, 19:32 rosiedog Cool, looks like thats what would be good for me.
... Thu 13 Nov 2003, 21:09 xingu Yeah, you'll need a midi interface for Reason ... Fri 14 Nov 2003, 05:36 rosiedog Cool, I ll look into it. I need something I can pl... Fri 14 Nov 2003, 08:13 rosiedog Thanks for the advise synthetic. So that waht I wa... Fri 14 Nov 2003, 19:32 Synthetic yep... you can use mbox with Logic... I have Digi0... Fri 14 Nov 2003, 23:34 rosiedog well to star off all i want is to use reason, with... Sat 15 Nov 2003, 00:24 rosiedog Haha. now I am starting to sound like a broken rec... Sat 15 Nov 2003, 10:34 rosiedog Hi again. lol this thread is getting old I know.
I... Sat 15 Nov 2003, 12:45 Synthetic hey... just remember that you don't need anoth... Sat 15 Nov 2003, 16:01 rickenbacker I don't think you can upgrade to Reason 2.5 fr... Sat 15 Nov 2003, 21:25 rosiedog Synthetic-
So I can have audio and midi hooked up ... Sat 15 Nov 2003, 22:46 rosiedog Okay....
I am about to purchase some stuff now, an... Thu 27 Nov 2003, 01:12 Synthetic yep... it should all work just as you said and it ... Thu 27 Nov 2003, 04:54
rosiedog Cool. I'll do that. Thanks synthetic.
-J Thu 27 Nov 2003, 05:30 |
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