MIDI Keyboards and soft synths

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Here's the deal. I have a $300 keyboard. There's $5000 synthesizers (spelling?) that sound just like the actual instruments. I'm thinking there's GOT to be a way to get the same sounds of a $5000 synthesizer out of my $300 peice of shit through much cheaper means by playing it through my computer with MIDI. I got Cakewalk's Sonar Home Studio 6 XL but the synths on there were mediocre.
 
There are lots of soft synths out there that do the same thing that digital synths do. Look around and do some research.
 
Why look around and research when you can just ask someone that already knows the answer to your question?
 
Darktangent said:
Why look around and research when you can just ask someone that already knows the answer to your question?
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Because you'll learn more and most likely stumble upon a few extra things along the way. ;)
 
Alright, well now that I know what soft synths and digital synths are, does anyone know a good soft synth package, or maybe just a piano synth, like a single tone? I'm using Sonar Home Studio 6, so I'm not sure what format I need.
 
The thing is, I already bought Sonar Home Studio 6, which was supposed to have that kind of thing in it. I'm just not very impressed with the quality for the $210 price tag. I was hoping to just get some tones I could add to sonar home studio, without having to buy new software. I mean the point of getting Sonar was to have everything I need in one package. I can't see getting a program that has perfectly realistic synths but not being able to loop and layer the stuff.
 
Well you originally said there's got to be something much cheaper than $5000. Anything with one less zero is much cheaper. But if you want free, then say so up front, and well, ya gets what ya pay for......

As far as looping, Sonar would do that, and host the instruments in Kontakt as VSTIs. This would be the approach with a number of soft samplers and VSTI synths.
 
As you already have Home Studio, keep an eye out for Cakewalk upgrade deals on their synths like Dimension & Rapture.

Or you could get Project 5 for $99 which comes with Dimension LE & one or 2 others
 
Darktangent said:
Why look around and research when you can just ask someone that already knows the answer to your question?
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Jesus. That's the most logical thing I've heard in weeks.

You're right.

To everyone else: If you don't know the answer, don't respond.
 
Logic is my middle name :P
I suppose what I'm really looking for is just a single tone that I can just load from Sonar. I don't need a big package or whatever, all I need is a good piano tone. I'm hoping there's some place you can buy single tones for like 50 bucks or something.
 
You can run pretty much any softsynth from within Sonar...

I have Dimension Pro, Rapture and other Cakewalk softsynths... they do the job for me, but I admit I'd love a couple pure grand piano tones. I think Dim Pro's pianos are ok but not quite there yet. I've heard good things ABOUT East/West products, but haven't heard them yet. I have talked to the owner of that company, a longtime engineer who records million-dollar pianos in top studios to get his samples.

And, you should be able to run any of those sounds from within Sonar.
 
Fab4ever said:
You can run pretty much any softsynth from within Sonar...

I have Dimension Pro, Rapture and other Cakewalk softsynths... they do the job for me, but I admit I'd love a couple pure grand piano tones. I think Dim Pro's pianos are ok but not quite there yet. I've heard good things ABOUT East/West products, but haven't heard them yet. I have talked to the owner of that company, a longtime engineer who records million-dollar pianos in top studios to get his samples.

And, you should be able to run any of those sounds from within Sonar.
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I guess I just realized that the quality of the sound is limited to the quality of the synthesizer, so I can't get a top quality sound and just put it in Sonar. At least I think that's right...
 
Dont forget about samplers . I have emulator X2 and got the classic keyboards and synths samples. These are 24bit samples and it sounds fantastic. If you want to get into virtual synths (VSTi's) then google for Green Oak 's crystal synth, its free!!!!! A graet place to start!
Also go to KVR for boatloads on Virtual instruments

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1


KVR has allot of stuff so go check it out!!!

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Darktangent said:
Alright, well now that I know what soft synths and digital synths are, does anyone know a good soft synth package, or maybe just a piano synth, like a single tone? I'm using Sonar Home Studio 6, so I'm not sure what format I need.
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for piano the favourite that I've used isn't even a sample based one.

Pianoteq...it's bloody marvelous. It's a physical modeled piano and it sounds really realistiic (best I've heard so far). It's not very expensive either

It's 249.00 €...and I'd say compared to sample based alternatives, sounds more realistic and is more bang for the buck (as it's also onl about 8 megs instead of 30 some odd gigs)
 
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