M-audio Ozone And Virtual Instruments Options

[Dipp]

Hi guys.

For the meantime, I am getting the Ozone which is audi/midi interface.
I will be using an Ibook g4 for this with Tiger installed got a 1GB RAM and 60GB.

I need some clarifications though before I plunged into the world of virtual studio

I will for sure be limited since the Ozone has 25 keys only.. but having a keyboard with midi capabilities can expand my keyboard playing right? since i can hook it up to the ozone...like midi to midi?

re: virtual instruments.. ableton or other software will have preloaded instruments inside it right? and I can trigger them using the Ozone right? so what I play in ozone.. the sound it will produce out of it will be coming from the virtual instrument selected right? If i plan to record what I just played... lets say using a grand piano... i can save this recording as a 'grand piano' right? to be honest.. i think i know how these things work.. i just need to verify it since i haven't applied it

5 years ago... i would hook up my Korg workstation to the line in of my PC audio card and record it straight... then burn it as audio cd hehe good bye to expensive workstations i guess...

also .. i plan to use the m-audio to produce polyphonic ring tones for mobile phones.. would you know of a good software that will convert what i have just recorded in midi to polyphones? or does anyone here do that ? cause im sure the midi settings and its channel assignments must meet accordingly to have the right sound for polyphonic tones...


thanks so much for reading guys. i really appreciate it for all the help .


Best Regards,

[mortalengines]

I will for sure be limited since the Ozone has 25 keys only.. but having a keyboard with midi capabilities can expand my keyboard playing right? since i can hook it up to the ozone...like midi to midi?

I assume that you mean you can take the midi out from another keyboard & plug it in to the ozone & transmit that way to your computer. Yes, you can do that. Also, of course you can switch up & down octaves with your Ozone which I do more often anyway (my Korg X3 just sits there, gathering dust). Ableton Live comes with Impulse (a drum sampler) & Simpler (a simple sampler with some pretty good sounds) & that's about it. There are a TON of freeware/shareware synths out there in the world (VST & AU) for the mac:

www.kvraudio.com is a great place to start.

Another cool link would be:

www.smartelectronix.com

or

dontcrack.com/freeware/software.php/id/7037/audio/Plug-ins/

You download these & put them in MacHd/Library/Audio/Plug ins & then place the file in either the VST folder or Component folder (for AU).

Good luck: you'll love Ableton (though it takes some getting used to) & their tips & tricks forum is invaluable.