Pianoteq - Pianoteq 6
Download that ^ Very easy, very safe program and very nice people. What you will have there is a MIDI "engine" that will play very good piano (and other instruments now) You can use the on screen virtual kbd but with a suitable AI and DIN MIDI cables, play it from the Clavolina. The trial is free but limited but gives you a really good idea of what MIDI is about.
You see, Steenamaroo and I are really concerned that you will plump for the 2i2 when for just a little more money you could get the 214 with DIN ports (but DO bear that Tascam in mind!)
Mr S also says he has little experience of the 2i2, neither do I but I agree they are good interfaces and Focusrite have a superb marketing machine!
The "mono/stereo thing with guitar is worth thinking through. Yes, electric guitar is (apart from very rare specials!) a single channel instrument but that does not mean it will produce a mono "effect" when recorded. No, it will come either from the left or from the right speaker (hphone) depending where you plugged it.
"Mono" only comes from a two channel system when IDENTICAL signals are sent to both speakers, called a "phantom mono image"
I know of no interface that does that. You are stuck with a one sided recording. Some DAWs allow you to record a single channel as two mono tracks (which plays as a phantom image) but I only know of one, Samplitude. I guess you can fix it post tracking but I don't know how because I use Samplitude and don't have too! (can't play anyway).
You could use the misnamed "splitter" cable to get two TS jacks from the guitar and record both channels that way. Some recordists use the DI input and a mic on an amp and mix and match later.
Lot to think about I know but we would hate to see the ship buggered for a cent's worth of tar!
Dave.
Download that ^ Very easy, very safe program and very nice people. What you will have there is a MIDI "engine" that will play very good piano (and other instruments now) You can use the on screen virtual kbd but with a suitable AI and DIN MIDI cables, play it from the Clavolina. The trial is free but limited but gives you a really good idea of what MIDI is about.
You see, Steenamaroo and I are really concerned that you will plump for the 2i2 when for just a little more money you could get the 214 with DIN ports (but DO bear that Tascam in mind!)
Mr S also says he has little experience of the 2i2, neither do I but I agree they are good interfaces and Focusrite have a superb marketing machine!
The "mono/stereo thing with guitar is worth thinking through. Yes, electric guitar is (apart from very rare specials!) a single channel instrument but that does not mean it will produce a mono "effect" when recorded. No, it will come either from the left or from the right speaker (hphone) depending where you plugged it.
"Mono" only comes from a two channel system when IDENTICAL signals are sent to both speakers, called a "phantom mono image"
I know of no interface that does that. You are stuck with a one sided recording. Some DAWs allow you to record a single channel as two mono tracks (which plays as a phantom image) but I only know of one, Samplitude. I guess you can fix it post tracking but I don't know how because I use Samplitude and don't have too! (can't play anyway).
You could use the misnamed "splitter" cable to get two TS jacks from the guitar and record both channels that way. Some recordists use the DI input and a mic on an amp and mix and match later.
Lot to think about I know but we would hate to see the ship buggered for a cent's worth of tar!
Dave.