HWork - you posted the same question in the same forum 3 1/2 hours apart. Please don't do that again.
As far as software goes, protools is the last thing you should be looking at if you want to make beats. FL or Reason are the two best places to start.
And you can use any midi keyboard with a midi out as a midi controller. Some are more capable then others but all of them will do the job of sending midi notes.
I don't know what your quarrel is with m-audio products, but if you have the dough, id go with a configuration of pro tools, reason, and a radium 49 keyboard. runs like a dream
my m-audio keyboard wont work within my PT le system. it works fine outside the environment of pt in reason. but when i try to rewire and use reason and pt together my keys wont recognize. I really would like to use PT for my recording i know i could perform my midi the import to PT but i want to play my fl loop and play live midi with it if possible .Should i use cubase or some other prog for this or get m-powered PT ? any insight is appreciated!....Btw great site i lucked out and found this forum. #23
my m-audio keyboard wont work within my PT le system. it works fine outside the environment of pt in reason. but when i try to rewire and use reason and pt together my keys wont recognize. I really would like to use PT for my recording i know i could perform my midi the import to PT but i want to play my fl loop and play live midi with it if possible .Should i use cubase or some other prog for this or get m-powered PT ? any insight is appreciated!....Btw great site i lucked out and found this forum. #23
frankieballless, if you're going to try to answer questions here this is not a good way to start. We try not insult people here unless they ask for it, and the post you're replying to isn't asking for it.
#23 said:
Should i use cubase or some other prog for this or get m-powered PT ?
Does the version of pt you have even support midi? If so, you need to record-enable a midi track and play the Reason instruments one at a time. If not, you will need a different program to do what you want to do.
frankieballless, if you're going to try to answer questions here this is not a good way to start. We try not insult people here unless they ask for it, and the post you're replying to isn't asking for it.
PC my keyboard is usb so no set up in windows. i open a aux track and use reason like a plugin with rewire i was told le systems dont work with m-audio hardware
Protools, Cubase, Logic, Sonar - any MIDI-endowed keyboard will interract in any software's MIDI domain providing the software recognises the MIDI interface.
Even a $200 Casio or Yamaha wallybox keyboard can be used as a note-entry device for MIDI. It might not have pitchbend or modulation functionality though.