[RWP] Midi controller questions

[Ken Downey]

I found the Keystation pro quite accessible, except for not knowing what 
zones/'groups are active lol.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Crystal Dennis" <valkyriecelesyt at gmail.com>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Midi controller questions


> 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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