[RWP] Midi controller questions

[Crystal Dennis]

Sorry for the late reply, and thank you for the info!  I installed
Firebird and indeed do love it - it sounds so cool!  I have no clue
how patches work, but whatever you could send to me would be greatly
appreciated, thanks!

Crystal

On 1/4/15, David P Shortland <dragamilov at comcen.com.au> wrote:
> Hi & Greetings from the Land Down Under,
>
> Unfortunately MIDI Controllers do not as a rule come with any synths, as far
>
> as my knowledge extends.
>
> They are simply just a controller that will play either hardware synths &
> modules, and soft synths, found in your DAW.
>
> The M-Audio Keystation in my opinion are good controllers. I have the
> Keystation Pro 88 and the plethora of knobs and control is quite extensive.
>
> However, not very accessable for us types...*smile*
>
> To get your hands on a great free synth go to Tone2.com and look for
> FireBird.
>
> Once you have it installed and you like it, let me know and I can send you
> some other Patch Banks.
>
> Safe Prosperous & Happy New Year
>
> David P Shortland
> DragonScore Productions
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Crystal Dennis
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 7:52 AM
> To: rwp at reaaccess.com
> Subject: [RWP] Midi controller questions
>
> Not really a reaper question - but I figured I'd ask here because
> there are so many audio tech savvy people here.  I'm trying to learn
> about midi  controllers because I want to save to buy one, and I found
> one I am interested in - the m-audio keystation series (the 61 key
> model to be specific)   But my question is, and sorry if this is a
> terribly noobish question, but would that particular controller come
> with ssynths included?  I don't have any synths currently, other than
> the ones built into reaper, so I wanted to get a controller that came
> with enough to start composing with.  Now the M-audio comes with
> ableton light, so would that have synths that would be usable?  I
> suppose this is also a general midi controller question, because every
> controller I look at doesn't say if it has synths included with it or
> not, but I see a lot of youtube demos where they are playing drum kits
> on the controller and stuff and was a bit confused about  whether
> those were built in, or packaged with the controller or not.
> Thank you, and sorry for the noob question!
>
> Crystal
>
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