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Coffine	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 5:47 PM what do you guys use to create music? I need a new keyboard (and no not the computer kind) also on the lookout for a cheap lap. Could use some tips from fellow electronic artists, what do you use?
Coffine	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 5:47 PM I cant go on a spending spree tho as much as I would like too.
theguppykillers	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 5:51 PM have you ever considered putting you keybourd through a effects peddle. like digital delay or some thing.
Coffine	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 5:55 PM I may've posted this in the wrong forum. I need all new shit and ugg its so expensive. I want to get a nioce setup thats not too costly. I dont have any peddles tho at the moment. just a small little keyboard player. what do u use for a peddle dude?
GrooveTonic	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 6:09 PM I use a keyboard and play all of my stuff, i don't use any prefabricated loops. My keyboard has a sequencer on it which I have done most of my songs with... recently I've gotten into cubase and hooked up my computer and keyboard together with a midi cable.
nintendomaster	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 7:28 PM Same as Groove here (gonna be in DM Picks tomorrow). I use my PC, Casio Magiclight keyboard, and fruityloops. Even though I never read a single musical note, i still reamin two ears . right now, iam investing a great and more powerful digital keyboard
GrooveTonic	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 7:35 PM have any idea which one you are going to get?
nintendomaster	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 7:44 PM I don't know. If i had money, I'll go to u, since u know alot of digital keyboards. In addition, my only choice is to wait for 4 more years to get my masters, so i can get my career and save up
theguppykillers	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 8:19 PM oh shit theres so many to choose from but for a starter I would try a digital delay peddle and a flange peddle is wild. or you could try like a zoom 505 or a 707. they have a shit load of effects in them that would blow your mind. theres so many different things and combinations you can buy that it gives me a head ache thinking about it.
nintendomaster	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 8:33 PM thankz for those awesome tips, gupster
nintendomaster	Date: September 16, 2002 @ 8:40 PM It keep that in thought....for 4 more years
wallyadimeck	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:15 AM Hey Coffine... How is ya babe I am running Fruity Loops, Cool Edit Pro, ACID Pro, along with a nice Peavey Milestone III Bass (for those PHAT AS REAL BASS SOUNDS) and a Stanton STR8-60's DECK. I also use a nice Roland PC-160A Midi Controller Keyboard. Heaps nice shit. If you need any help with software.. note me private
Coffine	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:20 AM I have the softwear just looking for a new keyboard, cheap. The one I have is so old and is ready to die on me makes very little sound lol.
starseven	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:21 AM as far as keyboards go i'll tell you what i have in my studio.. and i did a lot of research and bouht each peice as soon as i got the money too.. and now i finalyl have my whole set-up just how i want it.... first i have the kord d1600 which is a multi track...but i use iit as a midi clock fpr the sequecers,as well as an onstage mixer...that runs into my Korg triton,which i have triggering a Nord lead 2..from there it runs to a korg ea1 then to an er1, then to the GOD of all keyboards.. a roland jx-305 groovesynth... i alo use a theromin which has it;s audi signal being processed by the ea1.... ad i also use a roland Juno 106.. that's abot it for my keybaord set up... most people prefer hitting buttons on a computer to make music, but i like actually using real synths.. not knocking the computer users at all,it;s just i am not taking a laptop on stage with me... i like the live feel
Coffine	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:44 AM wow starseven: me too I like the live sound feel of a real keyboard. damn dude sounds like u got one hell of a setup. I want the lap for recording the songs to. not to just make music.
azhazhellfire	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:45 AM i had a problem with midi links. i had a decent keyboard. old but decent but being an old board it didnt have a midi link, it was fucking annoying. i looked into a dummy but, to fucking expensive. so now im gonna haf buy a new bloody keyboard, fuk.
azhazhellfire	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:46 AM by dummy, i meant dummy keyboard for all you out there who arnt 'with it'
NeoFlash	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:48 AM Well, I am taking required music in hs, so my favorite instrument for me to be tested on is the bell, easiest in the world I say =D !! Seriously though, I am learning to play piano.
wallyadimeck	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 12:56 AM Me too NeoFlash. I wrote a nice little piece today, nothing complicated. Just nice. in CMaj
starseven	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 1:04 AM i don;t think i am "with it" do you mean like a midi controller?...keyboard with no internal sounds?....
nintendomaster	Date: September 17, 2002 @ 1:13 AM I never did read a musical note in my entire life, but i use my ears to listen by ear and mind to produce music
wallyadimeck	Date: October 22, 2002 @ 3:27 AM My chosen instrument however is BASS
ABG	Date: October 22, 2002 @ 2:20 PM For a first synth, you'll probably want a "workstation" synth, like the GEM Equinox I have. Or maybe a Korg Triton, or a Yamaha CS6x, if they meet your fancy. Something with very high polyphony, and programmable with several different "parts"- the synth needs to be able to play several different timbres at the same time. if you want to hook it up to an effects pedal (like I've been reading here), you'll want to make sure the synth has several programmable "out"s, just to make sure that only the sounds you want FX on are going through the pedal" id="24069">I don't have as much "kit" as I'd like, just a GEM Equinox synth/keyboard, and a MIDI cable to hook up to my warez-full computer. Most of the work is done on the computer itself (I find the sequencing interface easier to use than the one the synth comes with). For a first synth, you'll probably want a "workstation" synth, like the GEM Equinox I have. Or maybe a Korg Triton, or a Yamaha CS6x, if they meet your fancy. Something with very high polyphony, and programmable with several different "parts"- the synth needs to be able to play several different timbres at the same time. if you want to hook it up to an effects pedal (like I've been reading here), you'll want to make sure the synth has several programmable "out"s, just to make sure that only the sounds you want FX on are going through the pedal
billhudson	Date: October 22, 2002 @ 5:16 PM For years its been the guitar to write on but I love having an old beat up keyboads somewhere in the room. Love fooling around with a mandoline too.
Wordsense	Date: October 22, 2002 @ 11:36 PM drums, bass guitar, and mic
azhazhellfire	Date: October 23, 2002 @ 12:13 AM im not sure if starseven's still alive but the with it thing was a joke. piano rules. but if you consider a computer with a decent program on it an instrument then that would win my vote. anyway, i compose simple stuff on my piano all the time, people keep saying that its the best and i should record it. but i think i'll stick to the computer until i can afford decent recording equipment, or make friends with someone who has decent stuff. meep
shoshidge	Date: October 23, 2002 @ 1:30 AM I use a Fender Rhodes piano and a 1963 Farfisa Mini-compact organ running through a Lexicon MPX-110 effects rack and two Line 6 modelling pedals, the echo/delay/sampler and the filter/synth modeller. The combination is so psychedelic it makes heads explode. I generally prefer vintage gear but if if I had the money for a new keyboard it would probably be a Nord.
billhudson	Date: November 26, 2002 @ 1:09 AM Gibson 1967 j-45 , beat to hell, refreted 3 or 4 times, and have taken half way around the world. You can see a picture of it on my web site. Still Pickin' BH
Wordsense	Date: November 26, 2002 @ 2:20 AM Shure SM58 microphone for on stage performances
SoulBeats	Date: November 26, 2002 @ 5:48 AM Drums all the way.
OmegaDaemon	Date: November 26, 2002 @ 11:03 AM Well, for now it has to be lowly pre-created sounds and samples. I don't have any cash to get the equipment I want but eventually I will be able to do live mixed shows that are metal and electronic/classical/trance based.... I'm going to need an arsenal of equipment. But then again, I'll be able to professionally record and master ,my own performances and other like minded individuals.... As for my favorite instrument, it has to be where it all begins and that would be the mind. No matter what instrument you don't know how to play, you can learn. So don't limit yourself to one instrument because that's not where it begins.
billhudson	Date: December 23, 2002 @ 12:02 AM right now it a 1970 J-50 Gibson, very nice sound,smile. Still Pickin' Bill Hudson

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