[musictlk] Should I do this?

blake blakentracy at live.com
Wed Aug 21 00:37:14 UTC 2013


On 8/20/2013 7:21 PM, Cameron Strife wrote:
> Hi. if you want to edit sounds and edit notes and timing etc, then
> yes, a midi keyboard with a program like sonar would be the way to go.
> If you just want to record your playing and save it as audio files,
> then an audio cable and a simple free audio recording program should
> be all you need.
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> What is the current keyboard and computer you have? also, did he
> happen to say what kind of cable he sold you?
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> Cameron.
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> On 8/20/13, blake <blakentracy at live.com> wrote:
>> Hello all:
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>> I have been looking for a way to connect a piano keyboard to my computer
>> so I can record it. For some reason, I can't enjoy just playing music
>> for myself. I have to either play for someone, or record it and hear it
>> myself later when I don't have to concentrate hard on the notes. My mom
>> and I asked a worker at guitar center for advice. He sold us a cord that
>> was about $7 and told us to plug it into a jack in my keyboard and I
>> think the microphone jack in my computer. We tried every jack in my
>> keyboard and my headphone and mic jacks in computer. Obviously the cord
>> does not work. I am a senior in highschool, but want to play music on
>> the side as a hobby. My question is, is it worth it to work somewhere
>> this year and save money to buy myself a midi keyboard, which sound
>> tempting, but I know I have to consider whether it's what I want since
>> I've never seen one, and a major thing, accessibility.
>>
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     Wow. You can edit timing with a midi? Hmm. I don't know exactly 
what kind of keyboard. I have a windows 7 computer. If it's any help, my 
keyboard takes very old style headphones, and has a lot of jacks that I 
think are for amps. I believe it's a yamahaw, but not sure. And also, 
correct me if I'm wrong, don't midis have effects like arpegio 
sustaining and such? I hope I can learn what I'm doing before I buy 
anything.





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