hey folks...if anyone can answer ANY of the following questions, i'd be grateful!
to begin, I'll explain where i'm at...
i've been composing music in garageband on my ibook and am about to make the plunge to buy some additional equipment...at present i'm planning on getting:
a) m-audio firewire solo: for guitar and microphone inputs
b) i was thinking about getting these alesis studio monitors: http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=23 (i need to get some speakers for my computer anyway and my thinking was that i'd just buy these monitors and connect them to my computer...this is question #1: how does one connect studio monitors to a computer? will i need a pre-amp between the computer and the speakers? am i confusing apples and oranges here? should i just get computer speakers?)
c) i definitely need either a keyboard or a keyboard controller, but i don't know which...this is question #2: i would like to be able to compose and perform (live) on the keyboard, but i don't necessarily need the synth sounds to come out of the keyboard, as i'm going to be running everything through garageband...should i look for a keyboard/controller that has memory and can thus work without being connected to garageband? or am i totally off here? i have been considering the edirol pcr-a30:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/700718/
the alesis photon x-25:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/search/detail/base_id/118287
the korg microkontrol:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_id/110272
and these from m-audio:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/701542/
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/701367/
there's such a bewildering array of keyboards/controllers out there, i don't really know where to begin...
it may help to mention that i'd like to create the kind of lush music that enya has made, with a certain amount of guitar and vocals added in the background...
i suppose these are the main questions in my mind at present...
to begin, I'll explain where i'm at...
i've been composing music in garageband on my ibook and am about to make the plunge to buy some additional equipment...at present i'm planning on getting:
a) m-audio firewire solo: for guitar and microphone inputs
b) i was thinking about getting these alesis studio monitors: http://www.alesis.com/product.php?id=23 (i need to get some speakers for my computer anyway and my thinking was that i'd just buy these monitors and connect them to my computer...this is question #1: how does one connect studio monitors to a computer? will i need a pre-amp between the computer and the speakers? am i confusing apples and oranges here? should i just get computer speakers?)
c) i definitely need either a keyboard or a keyboard controller, but i don't know which...this is question #2: i would like to be able to compose and perform (live) on the keyboard, but i don't necessarily need the synth sounds to come out of the keyboard, as i'm going to be running everything through garageband...should i look for a keyboard/controller that has memory and can thus work without being connected to garageband? or am i totally off here? i have been considering the edirol pcr-a30:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/700718/
the alesis photon x-25:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/search/detail/base_id/118287
the korg microkontrol:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_id/110272
and these from m-audio:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/701542/
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search/detail/base_pid/701367/
there's such a bewildering array of keyboards/controllers out there, i don't really know where to begin...
it may help to mention that i'd like to create the kind of lush music that enya has made, with a certain amount of guitar and vocals added in the background...
i suppose these are the main questions in my mind at present...