Bring Me from the 1980s to 2006

[DarkFriend]

Up until now, I've always recorded keyboards using their preset (built-in) sounds.

Correct me if I'm wrong: Now, it seems like the standard is to buy a midi controller, record midi channels into a DAW, and then use computer-based samples to play back the performance.

Is this correct?

Can one buy decent stereo pianos, strings, and organ samples and utilize them for quality results? Is this really the preferred method? Thanks!

 

[dementedchord]

$.02

i dont know if i'ld go so far as its the standard but for in house production its becoming pretty wide spred and yes there are tons of good sounds...

 

[noisewreck]

Up until now, I've always recorded keyboards using their preset (built-in) sounds.

Correct me if I'm wrong: Now, it seems like the standard is to buy a midi controller, record midi channels into a DAW, and then use computer-based samples to play back the performance.

Is this correct?

Can one buy decent stereo pianos, strings, and organ samples and utilize them for quality results? Is this really the preferred method? Thanks!

Depends on the style of music and context. Personally I am much more of a synthesis type of guy than a sampling kind of guy. Even when I use samples, by the time I am done with them they lose any shred of semblance of their original sound.

I'll tell you this though... I almost never use the built-in presets of any instrument, be it hardware or software. Not that I am against them, but they just never quite suite my needs.