Re: Computer for Midi?
- From: "stickyfox@xxxxxxxxx" <stickyfox@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Dec 2005 05:22:16 -0800
Kyle Rondeau wrote:
> I still maintain that sound card
> is NOT the way to go for MIDI. Once you hear something played through a
> sound card and you might say to youself "wow, that sounds really good" then
> play it through a true MIDI instrument. Then play it back through the
> soundcard again and you'll say "Wow, that sounds like crap!"
Oh yeah, MIDI playback definitely requires a real MIDI synth, not
Windows Media Player or any kind of "soft synth" that you get free with
your OS. But now we're not talking about the laptop, we're talking
about the software running on it. There are VST synths out there that
sound every bit as good as hardware ones, but for the price you can buy
one that doesn't require a computer and has its own keyboard.
I know that sooner or later I'll have to make the switch to software,
but I don't have to like it. My big gripe is that while I have plenty
of synthesizers from the 80s that still work, I have no software from
the 80s that works. Maybe some of my old c-64 games if the disks are
still okay. I have a hard time spending hundreds of dollars on a
"synth" that I know will cease to exist when the next version of
windows comes out.
But if you want audio input and output, and you can deal with the 1/8"
jacks on a laptop, the built-in audio on a laptop is plenty good to
start with. There are some very affordable and very nice XLR adaptors
out there if you have to plug in a mic, and if you're considering an
mbox or similar audio interface, you can decide on that later; any
laptop or desktop will work great with it.
.
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