Hi Dave, thanks for the welcome. Yeah I'm on a Mac so Logic seemed to be the logical choice. The keyboard was bought because I got a good deal on it, no other reason. I have no idea about audio interfaces I'm afraid. I'm not even sure I understand why I need one, lol. I also have the Lite version of Ableton Live but I haven't really attempted to use it as yet.
I'm not so much able to make original music but I'm fascinated by the process of laying down tracks & mixing everything together. I'm a Shpongle fan so maybe that explains it, lol.
Gordon.
Ok, listening to a bit of Spongle now....No, thank G but I think I shall stick to Radio 3 and the odd bi of heavy rock!
You don't NEED an audio interface but one would Be A Very Good Idea!
If you plug that kbd into the mac USB port and load up Logic, don a pair of headhones then, with a bit of messing about which could take 5 minutes or 5 hours, you should get to the point where hitting a key gets you a piano note (or a synth, or a snare...whatever). However, two things will probably strike you.
First of all the quality of the sound, especially "clean" stuff like piano might not be first class.
Secondly you might find there is a lag or delay from when you hit the key to when you hear the sound. This delay is called "Latency" and is caused by the poor quality of the internal sound card in the computer which costs about $2.00.....Mind you! Maybe macs have blindingly fast soundcards in them and are of mastering audio quality? I would not know but somehow doubt it.
Dave.