| midi / notation software [message #92415] |
Mon, 05 November 2007 12:01  |
Ed
Messages: 199
Registered: February 2006
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Hi Guys and Gals. I am an old school musician and I never ventured into the
electronic realms of midi and all that stuff. The closest I came to this
was running a midi cable from my Roland A-70 to an old Akai synth. The synth
played some nice strings while I played chords. Very simple.
I recently purchased a small 25-key Korg midi keyboard... and I was so upset.
Just like my bundle with the Roland A-70 when I purchased it back in 98,
the instructions are absolutely the pits. The software that came with it
looks nice on my screen, but there is ZERO instruction on how to use it...
except description of knobs and such. It's not that I want to know everything
about midi... I just want to understand it and play... not download a .mid
or .kar file. I tried a few Notation software and I can not find anything
that I really truly need and want.
Here is my question... is there a semi-easy notation software out there that
will easily setup... and record what I am playing. So I can dub anonther
midi track over that? Everything seems to be directed at pre-made midi,
or notation software when you have to manually change the bar, beat, note,
etc. I want to hit freakin "record" and hear a pre-selected tempo, play
chords along with my midi keyboard and it record the darn thing. I don't
want to stop and change things.. I want the software to know what I am changing
and record it...
Perhaps I am asking too much? Surely these midi files were not created note
or staff at a time. Of course, my notebook's soundcard is limited and that
is my only playback... but maybe the sequencer software can enamble me more
sounds?
Is there anything out there that is like that? I tried the Finale freebie...
but that's a no-go. I play to try the Notation Composer which claims to
do this (but so did Finale).
Any midi/Notation gurus out there?
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