synths, soft variety

fantomco · Messages: 7 Registration: 31.12.2005

hello everyone: one of the synth related questions have made me write this one as i didn't want to hijack io's thread. maybe you can help. i have always just dealt with organic type intruments, guitars, drums etc, but have become very interested in electronica recently. i'm new to digital and i don't know squat about midi. nothing except that i can record the info, not the sounds, and it will play back the controller. right? but i own a clavinova (yamaha studio electric piano) that has midi out, in and thru. can i, with my ptle, 001 an outboard mixer and my old joanna make synthesizer noises? if i can, how do i do it and what do i need. how do i get it into the sequencer? i have read some stuff about soft synths in the magazines but they always assume you know how to /buy/install/use these items. i don't trust music store salesmen, not in this burg anyway, so i turn to you guys. even if this question is so newbie it makes you cry, can you at least point me towards a web site that might offer some basic help. this will open up a world of creativity that my band alone can't provide. thanks in advance... banjax.

ArtLife · Messages: 15 Registration: 03.10.2009

" don't know squat about midi. nothing except that i can record the info, not the sounds, and it will play back the controller. right?" --Right / wrong. You can recorded midi-data into a midi-track, which can then be sent from 001 > your midi instrument, OR you can record the audio data that your midi intrument produces onto an audio track. Or both. Depending on what you want. "but i own a clavinova (yamaha studio electric piano) and it has midi . . . " --No, you will *not* be able to make "synth sounds" from this. You need a synth. You've got the 001? Do some advert reading and go buy a synth. Whatever one you get these days will work fine with 001. Best way to learn: dig in. Happy music!

Interceptor · Messages: 41934 Registration: 25.09.2006

dang. thought i was gonna get off cheap there....

Pokupaika · Messages: 8 Registration: 12.12.2011

Can't you use the Quicktime Musical Instruments with PTLE? I think they're General Midi, aren't they? I haven't tried it myself, but that might be a way to at least get your feet wet without spending any money. If they work, they certainly won't sound as good as even a $500 synth module, but it would give you the idea of how it works. ------------------ LW