 Simple Set Up?, Own ibook800+microkorg... what software? |
 mar. 11 nov. 2003, 16:35
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I presently own the ibook G3 800Mhz with 640 ram. I am about to buy the korg microkorg which is a mini digital/anologue synth with midi capabilities.
I will eventually be upgrading to either an Imac or a powerbook sometime in the next 8 months. I am mostly interested in making experimental electronica, ambient, future lounge, jazzy beats, drum and bass, trance, ect, ect... I basically want to start with the bare minimum for a desk top computer based music studio. I would like to star out with one software solution for my needs. I would like to buy a software package that can make drums, effects, samples, layers?, and sequencing. Is Reason 2.5 my best bet for getting started. I also want the program to be able to run on my current G3 ibook, and on my next upgrade which will be a G4. I know Trent Reznors made his first NIN album with an anologue keyboard synth, and an old Mac. I want to see what I can do with the most basic set up for electronica type music. Any advice and help is extremely appreciated. Thanks. -Jason |
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mer. 12 nov. 2003, 15:14
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You might want to look into something more like Logic's Big Box rather than Reason. Reason is really cool app for all that it does but unless you get another app of some type to record your Korg then you will never be able to use its audio outs and it would be merely a midi controller.
Reason to me is another sound tool to add to my compositions since I want to add things from external audio sources as well. If you don't care about using the sound of the Korg and don't think you will ever record vocals or anything to add to your music then Reason is a great do it all app. The alternative is to get Reason and then get one of the cheap audio apps that allows you to record incoming audio from either the mic in or better yet... and audio interface and save the files as aiff to pull into one of Reason's samplers for use. It can be done but Logic would make this all a little more convenient and maybe more flexible too. That's my 2¢ 
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rosiedog Simple Set Up? mar. 11 nov. 2003, 16:35
rickenbacker Reason 2.5 will do everything you seem to want. Yo... mer. 12 nov. 2003, 13:07 rosiedog So if I want to use my minikorg to play live over ... mer. 12 nov. 2003, 16:35 xingu Big Box/Reason owner here. Yeah, it's a power... mer. 12 nov. 2003, 18:24 Synthetic yep... I agree with xingu totally... Reason and Lo... mer. 12 nov. 2003, 18:43 rosiedog Wow! that really hepls guys. Thanks a lot for ... jeu. 13 nov. 2003, 06:36 rosiedog Also, How about getting the prtools Mbox? Is that ... jeu. 13 nov. 2003, 08:29 xingu You'll get the hang of everything eventually. ... jeu. 13 nov. 2003, 13:46 rosiedog Yeah. Thats sound like what I am going to do. I... jeu. 13 nov. 2003, 17:39 xingu The BigBox was initially supposed to be a time lim... jeu. 13 nov. 2003, 19:32 rosiedog Cool, looks like thats what would be good for me.
... jeu. 13 nov. 2003, 21:09 xingu Yeah, you'll need a midi interface for Reason ... ven. 14 nov. 2003, 05:36 rosiedog Cool, I ll look into it. I need something I can pl... ven. 14 nov. 2003, 08:13 Synthetic not to add any more confusion to the subject but M... ven. 14 nov. 2003, 14:40 rosiedog Thanks for the advise synthetic. So that waht I wa... ven. 14 nov. 2003, 19:32 Synthetic yep... you can use mbox with Logic... I have Digi0... ven. 14 nov. 2003, 23:34 rosiedog well to star off all i want is to use reason, with... sam. 15 nov. 2003, 00:24 rosiedog Haha. now I am starting to sound like a broken rec... sam. 15 nov. 2003, 10:34 rosiedog Hi again. lol this thread is getting old I know.
I... sam. 15 nov. 2003, 12:45 Synthetic hey... just remember that you don't need anoth... sam. 15 nov. 2003, 16:01 rickenbacker I don't think you can upgrade to Reason 2.5 fr... sam. 15 nov. 2003, 21:25 rosiedog Synthetic-
So I can have audio and midi hooked up ... sam. 15 nov. 2003, 22:46 rosiedog Okay....
I am about to purchase some stuff now, an... jeu. 27 nov. 2003, 01:12 Synthetic yep... it should all work just as you said and it ... jeu. 27 nov. 2003, 04:54
rosiedog Cool. I'll do that. Thanks synthetic.
-J jeu. 27 nov. 2003, 05:30 |
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