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Voytek_Stitko

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I got two midi keyboards. Which software do you guys use to record music from MIDI keyboard? Is ACID PRO good? Any other reccommendations? Can you record sounds from my MIDI keyboard into Vegas 5.0?
Sorry if those are stupid questions.

Thanks for help,
Voytek
 
Fruity Loops and Reason are the quickest and easiest. I just tried Live and it was good as well.

But I always fall back to good ol' Cubase. When you know what you want to do, it's fast and A LOT more flexible (but I've been using it for close to 15 years now.)

Doing anything reasonably complicated in FL, Reason, or Live is impossible unless you route through a loopback device into a MIDI processor, then back to the main programme, etc. Ick.
 
I've been messing around with Fruity Loops for a little while now and it's extremely easy to get started with. Eventually, I'll probably have to upgrade to something more advanced, but for now, it's great.
 
I have been messing with fruity loops a bit, some cool stuff in it, but very techno simulation sounding..... are there tutorials out there for that program?

I have a pds file that leads you thru it, but it gets boring and frustrating!
 
I always recommend Fruity Loops to people just starting out. Easy to learn, and you can do some cool stuff with it.

Reason is also cool, but FL is cheaper! :)
 
It's not the software- it's the person using it.
I have a friend that uses Giga sampler. It has very good orchestral samples. Sounds very cinematic. There are some similar programs for the Mac. SAmple tank is one (if I remember correctly). I'm a Mac-person, so that tends to be my point of view. If you have a Midi sequencer that will also record audio tracks and sync to beats or Bars and measure- you are in. My point was it will always come down to the person programing or arranging the music. It's a tool.

I have soundtrack pro, and have made some really effective music for video. I also have Protools and Reason, and an old version of Cubase on another old Mac. When I get everything to talk midi- it's pretty cool. To seriously make music for film-type work I would want symphonic samples, i.e. realistic strings, piano, horns, etc.. Again, Sampletank is a software-based sampler I've heard of. You would need a good Midi control program for sequencing.

Jeff Patnaude:violin:
 
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ACID Pro 6 looks to be an awesome package for music composition (I currently use ACID Pro 5). ACID 6 now combines full DAW capabilities with a MIDI sequencer and loop based composition. I would not buy anything until you have a chance to download the ACID 6 demo and check it out. It will be available the end of this month (March 2006)

~jr
 
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I too am very excited for Acid 6 because of it's advance midi capabilities. If you're a Vegas user, Acid is the clear choice. I've been using this software since version 3 and it's so much more fun to use than Sonar or Cubase. It's like Apple's Garageband on steriods.
 
Digi and Ableton Live

Digi and Ableton Live

I use Protools M-powered 7 with my 1010 and Ableton 5 via rewire slave. For mastering my audio I use wavelab 4 via Vegas 6.0. I found wavelab to be much easier to use than soundforge 8. But when I am creating beats I do it in PT and import them in as a BWA (wav) file into the vegas timeline.
 
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