MIDI Keyboard for Reason
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- benfal99
Hi.
Wich MIDI keyboard can you suggest to me for less than 200$ ?? I dont need effects and stuff, I will use it in Reason .. so all the fx are in Reason. I only need the keyboard to input the music-sounds.
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- benfal990
thats cool magicpatch, thanks!
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np, i dont have one yet, but is next on my list: you can upgrade to the other sizes but, eight knobs should do the trick, all assignable with reason / reaktor / logic etc
- benfal990
but can we play high and down notes at the same time on this ?
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Stick with Roland (Edirol) http://www.edirol.com their MIDI keyboards are awesome. Most of their products are solid and work well with Reason 2.5. I can point you to tons of loops and songs I've made with it.
- benfal990
cool JazX, point me to your loops
:D
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yo dude, I will E-mail you to some private stock ok? I use Pseduonymes here, etc. I work with a few high-profilers and can't blast that stuff out. Check your mail soon ok? Since you are using my favourite program and since the thing is limitless, I'll give you a shout. ;) Trust me about the Edirols, they are basic but nice, ok?
- cookie0
Go for quality - not name brand - i reckon the oxygen would be unreal - the other one magic patch rec'd looked cool as well tho! Personally tho - I use reason a tonne and while I have a midi keyboard right in front of me as we speak I've never needed to hook it up - tho live would prolly help depending on what you're doing!
And Magic patch! - That song called cyne gabe is UNREAL - i can't stop listening to that sucka - you thinking of putting anything out soon? Would be more than happy to trade tunes (should have one done by end of september)!!
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heya cookie,
thanks a lot for the support,
im desperately trying to finish up some tracks in order to release some stuff
that cyne song was a rough re-mix down, tis much better now and should be able to master it
i would like to hear your stuff too, please forward me some linkage, and if you are wanting to come to canada - im playing a show next friday at the truck gallery, in calgary alberta!
- cookie0
Ha! canada! Next time you're in Melbourne, Australia give me a call! ;)
Yea I have two 'cyne' songs - the one I REALLY dig, is the one that starts out with that 'yo yo yo yo yo di didididigital' IT RULES!! I've had it on my md for ages now!
As for tunes - just checked and I don't have anything online at the mo but will put you on my list of people to give cds to and at the end of september you'll have a cd in your mailbox!
bye!
- benfal990
Ok JazX, cool.
By the way I dont want to make techno music ... I want to make stuff like that:
http://www.benfal.com/folio/3_no…
The song you hear in that flash file, its my creation ... I did it In Reason 1.0 one year ago, but I dont have the synth anymore ... And now i have an electric guitar and I want to add guitar line to my songs. I want to make very atmospheric and experimental stuff.
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Reason 2.5 allows you to do so much more. You know it's basic controls and the new version allows you to put major distortion so that ther is no resemblence to MIDI notation when you are through playing it. To me, it just depends on Tempo (BPM). If you playing something in the 90 to 110 range then it comes out sounding like Trip-Hop and at 120 pop-synth and at 140 or greater either Techno, etc. Always stick with Reverb and Delay efffects, their your best friends. ;) Also, have you seen Ableton Live at: http://www.ableton.com/index.php… it's f'ing incredible. 'Live' transforms rigid audio into elastic matter. In the context of a multitrack recording system, this means you can instantly change your recordings' tempo, pitch and groove at any time after the fact. It's easy to use lik Acid but has soooo much more power.
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Benfal, wow nice! I think you are right track to making nice music, especially if you are playing a guitar and mixing it in with a bit of electro-style backgrounds. Half the battle is knowing how to import your tracks in, without losing the integrity of the sound, and properly align them with your other tracks. Abelton Live might help youin that it takes the chores out of having to learn and use a program like ReCycle! from Propellerheads in turning all your tracks into .rex/.rx2 files and then importing them into Reason for sequencing. That's the way to do it. Reason is a just a tool that adds nice touches to things. Listen to this tune we did about a year ago, using two different acoustics and Reason and Clavia Nord Modular Keyboard. http://www.machnewmedia.com/down…
- benfal990
Hey tanx JazX! :D
I'll look at Ableton Live, thanks for the tips!
Your song is nice too man.
And yeah the song you hear at http://www.benfal.com/folio/3_no… is the kind of music I want to make ... Now I need to put some money in a bowl every week to get the money needed for a damn synth ... In the meantime I'll practise my guitar :P I'll tell you when I got my first song done. thansk again.
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Nice man! You should be able to get some nice experimental style stuff out of even Reason 1.0. I'm not knocking it at all. Just that 2.5 has all these new distortion and vocoder features that you can apply to any instrument within the total rack, you know what I mean. That Ableton Live is sick! Totally scaleable and total f'ing control! BTW, I really like that Flash thing you did. This Loopkit thing I did is not cutting edge or experimental at all, in fact it's more like Bubble-Gum Pop for loop painters. It sells better that way. I'll E-mail you some samples and resources I have. ;)
- benfal990
Cool !
- yarsrevenge0
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- blackspade0
hey, this was really interesting for me to read, ive just started playing around with some Audio stuff with Reson and Live.
I found live to be sooo easy for someone whos learning. For making beats if you dont have a MIDI keyboard, you can use the keyboard and map beats (ie snare, kick drum) then play the keys like a drum machine, record it and layer ontop of your beat, so easy. i thought i would have to invest in an Akai MPC machine to do this. So stoked!!!!
- benfal990
In fact blackspade you only need a cheap synth with MIDI out on it. Exemple: http://www.casio.com/index.cfm?f…
For 99$ you have MIDI/OUT on that Casio and it will do the job with Reason.