Home music recording for the beginner

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Hi,

I'm new to this forum and home music recording. I have a decent 10 yr old Yamaha keyboard that I tried to hook up to my Dell PC (running XP) a few years ago, along with some other h/w & s/w, but it never worked out. I got very frustrated and gave it up.

Now I'm ready to try again, but with a different approach: I'm looking for an all-in one package, i.e.: PC; s/w that simulates a keyboard (or can easily interface with a real keyboard); allows a microphone for singing; generates hardcopy output with notes & words; and allows PC-editing of music (plus multiple tracks).

I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive, for starters. Apple has one model PC that appears to come with a music (piano-like) keyboard. Any thoughts?

(I don't necessarily need to re-use my 10 yr old Yamaha keyboard in this mix. It seems that getting it to interface with a PC can be clumsy, and besides, it takes up a lot of room.)

Thanks to anyone who can help.
 
It sounds like you need a few different things.....

You'll need......

a soundcard with multiple inputs.

a midi input (so you can connect the keyboard to the computer)

a multitrack program with added features

an editor

some virtual synths
 
sonar 3?

I'm pretty sure i read cheap in his description. Sonar 3 is at least 600 bucks here in Canada. I don't know much about midi but isn't there anything cheaper?
 
Re: sonar 3?

minofifa said:
....but isn't there anything cheaper?
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Yes, there are cheaper options, but bk9net said they wanted this also...

bk9net said:
......generates hardcopy output with notes & words; and allows PC-editing of music (plus multiple tracks)......
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;)

spin
 
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