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Ok... Let me try to be as quick as poosible..
This is what i'm thinking about..
I've been trying to piece a studio together in my mind... I think I understand midi.. at least a little... the concepts of channels.. polyphony.. multitimbral...etc..
This is what I don't get and excuse me If I sound like an idiot but... I get a midi synth keyboard 16 channels.. 16 timb.. 64 polyphony.. and maybe another synth module.. 16 channels same as the keyboard... I can make hypothetically 32 tracks of different sounds... A computer sequencer can make them play and record...and change etc... A sound card and midi interface can have so many in's and out's.(but that's midi right.. not audio) And everything gets ran into the computer edited.. recorded vocals and etc..
the sound card plays a big part.. I know!
Anyway ,
My question is : If I can do all of this with computer where does the track board come in...? I originally thought that these "pro" synths and sound modules..(for some naiive,odd reason) Had sixteen audio outs,If they were sixteen channel midi.. I'm lost... I want to be able to use a 20 track mixing board... But how do I assign let's 16 tracks.. one for snare one for kick.. one for strings.. one for another set of string.. one for.. etc.. These keyboards have two audio outs.. Left and Right...
Like I said, maybe I am an idiot, or just ignorant to the procedures of having my own studio... It isn't as easy as paying to use a proffesional one with an engineer to wire and adjust.. All I know.. is.. In the studio Sounds came from the same module, or the keyboard or sampler... or whatever.. the were seqeunced by a sequencer and ran into the board... A patch bay? yes I understand that ties in there somewhere... but where.. do my tracks come from the computer or the instruments.. I don't know... I'm assuming I don't need 16 keyboards to do 16 tracks on a mixing board.. and a 300 dollar sequencer..
I'm pretty sure one of you will answer this with a few words, wondering why my question was so long... I'm lost..
This is what i'm thinking about..
I've been trying to piece a studio together in my mind... I think I understand midi.. at least a little... the concepts of channels.. polyphony.. multitimbral...etc..
This is what I don't get and excuse me If I sound like an idiot but... I get a midi synth keyboard 16 channels.. 16 timb.. 64 polyphony.. and maybe another synth module.. 16 channels same as the keyboard... I can make hypothetically 32 tracks of different sounds... A computer sequencer can make them play and record...and change etc... A sound card and midi interface can have so many in's and out's.(but that's midi right.. not audio) And everything gets ran into the computer edited.. recorded vocals and etc..
the sound card plays a big part.. I know!
Anyway ,
My question is : If I can do all of this with computer where does the track board come in...? I originally thought that these "pro" synths and sound modules..(for some naiive,odd reason) Had sixteen audio outs,If they were sixteen channel midi.. I'm lost... I want to be able to use a 20 track mixing board... But how do I assign let's 16 tracks.. one for snare one for kick.. one for strings.. one for another set of string.. one for.. etc.. These keyboards have two audio outs.. Left and Right...
Like I said, maybe I am an idiot, or just ignorant to the procedures of having my own studio... It isn't as easy as paying to use a proffesional one with an engineer to wire and adjust.. All I know.. is.. In the studio Sounds came from the same module, or the keyboard or sampler... or whatever.. the were seqeunced by a sequencer and ran into the board... A patch bay? yes I understand that ties in there somewhere... but where.. do my tracks come from the computer or the instruments.. I don't know... I'm assuming I don't need 16 keyboards to do 16 tracks on a mixing board.. and a 300 dollar sequencer..
I'm pretty sure one of you will answer this with a few words, wondering why my question was so long... I'm lost..