DSJR wrote:Asked this a while ago elsewhere - How do you get started on creating this sort of thing on a shoestring budget?
It's great fun creating sequences on the Arturia MoogV (demo noises notwithstanding), but I need a USB/MIDI keyboard (thanks for the earlier suggestion of an M-Audio Oxygen 61 or similar 24db) so that I can create some sort of "tune" with the pads /leads available - using a mouse for this is damn difficult...
Since then my son wants (needs) to learn piano/keyboard skills (so do I).
What cheap/used synth/keyboards could be used with a PC to create synth sounds with delay and reverb etc and how the heck do I store it to make a sound file? Would the M-Audio one do it all for now?
Sorry to bore you all with this request, but I have musical ideas but can't put them into practise.
There's tons of stuff out there and I daren't go into a music shop until I have some idea. The software route may be cheaper at present.
I feel I should give some answer out of courtesy but to be honest I'm out of touch - whenever I do open a synth magazine it ends in weeping and contemplation of turning to crime to raise some dollar.
My synth is not far off 20 years old so I doubt you could buy anything 2nd hand that couldn't produce enough interesting sounds to be useful. I use it with an obsolete version of Cubase. Although you'd get onboard FX with your synth you'd probably want to generate that when mixing so that'd be on a PC to give you breadth for your buck.
I had an article on open source (ie free!) music software somewhere - I shall dig it out and see what's up - whether you'll even need a synth as opposed to the keyboard.