m audio question

[starfox]

I just bought a m audio 44 key midi controller and am learning to play keyboard. when I play chords on the lower octives they sound terrible and almost out of key. I know I'm playing them right because I use a chord chart. Any explination on why this is happening. and does anyone know of some GOOD sites to learn to play jazzy funky stuff

[ssscientist]

If you're using your computers built-in GM sound card the sounds are bad because the manufacturer had a limited amout of memory space to work with and had to make compromises. Like bending a single sample WAY out of it's range.

Almost any sound module, even super-budget models like the Alesis 'Pico-' series will give you much better sounding voices than your internal sound card can.

[starfox]

sorry for multiple posts, I'm using tascam us 122 for sound card sound quality is amazing! Does a 44 key controller skip a whole octive between the existing octives. Piano has 88 keys ive got 44 on keyboard

[brzilian]

Originally Posted by starfox

sorry for multiple posts, I'm using tascam us 122 for sound card sound quality is amazing! Does a 44 key controller skip a whole octive between the existing octives. Piano has 88 keys ive got 44 on keyboard

The 122 is not a sound card and makes no sound of its own. It is just a digital to analog audio converter.

What softsynth are you using?

[starfox]

reason 3, Wait, so my on board sound card is still processing the signal? That sucks! What do people do when they have a laptop and an external convertor. Do they still need to upgrade thier internal sound card.

[brzilian]

Originally Posted by starfox

reason 3, Wait, so my on board sound card is still processing the signal? That sucks! What do people do when they have a laptop and an external convertor. Do they still need to upgrade thier internal sound card.

You're not understanding how all this stuff works.

ALL soundcards are simply D/A converters. Only Sound Blaster type cards had internal hardware synths with a GM soundset built into ROM.

Reason is responsible for creating the sounds you are using - the soundcard is simply converting the 1's and 0's to an audio signal you can hear.