Opinion on MIDI controller?

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I'm looking for a midi controller. peferably under 300$. What do you guys think?
 
Does it have to be a controller? I use an old synth with a nice feeling keyboard.
 
First off, the Mixing Techniques forum isn't the place to solicit advice about gear. ;)

Secondly: where did you get that avatar, you little bastard? :laughings:

I use a Casio FZ-1. It's a sampler and a digital additive synthesizer, not just a controller.
 
First off, the Mixing Techniques forum isn't the place to solicit advice about gear.

Secondly: where did you get that avatar, you little bastard?

I use a Casio FZ-1. It's a sampler and a digital additive synthesizer, not just a controller.
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I looked it up. It looks nice but i need something more... simple? i cant think of the word.

Sorry about postin in the wrong forum :o

And found my avatar on some google thing :confused:
 
♫♪Tyson♫♪;3539046 said:
I looked it up. It looks nice but i need something more... simple? i cant think of the word.
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It's simple enough to plug the MIDI OUT into whatever you intend to use as a sound source. What might that be? Anyhoo?
 
♫♪Tyson♫♪;3539055 said:
What?????:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
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What do you intend to use as a sound source? You know - what will make the instrument sounds?
 
uhhh dont you get some with line 6 or reaper? those are the programs i was planning to use. Will I need something like frooty loops?:confused::confused:
 
My advice would be to get a simple USB controller like a Alesis Q49. Then download some free vst instruments, you can find tons on a site like KVR audio. You will need some kind of a VST host. There are free VST hosts on KVR also. Yes, you can use Reaper as a host, but there are no instruments in it, you would need to add them into your VST folder in Reaper.

A simple way to start out is to just download a free VST host from KVR and start playing with the different instruments from there.
 
Thanks for the site suggestion, Dave!

I've looked through it and found a few that apeal to me. Free of course.:cool:
 
Tyson isn't actually here to record anything... he just posts vague threads so he can get his post count up...
 
uh no. i was trollin one night. tired and drunk.:mad::drunk:\k?
 
♫♪Tyson♫♪;3539023 said:
I'm looking for a midi controller. peferably under 300$. What do you guys think?
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Here's a whole slew of them well within your price range.
 
There are lots of them. Thats exactly why i asked if anyone if they had suggestions. So could you give an example of a nice one that you use or have used in the past.:cool:
 
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