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How they are stored/used/played makes more of a difference than their age.
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I did post some time ago about it when I discovered it wasnt working but it mustn't have been on here as I Cannot find it now. Ill have a look this afternoon. Ive not used it for years but a couple of years ago I came to plug it in and the switch flickers on when you power it up but then nothing. I was going to take it to the music shop in Northallerton (which is 20 miles from here) but never got around to it. Im partially disabled so I cant get the fecker down the stairs let alone in the boot of the car so I kept putting it off.
It looks like this one but ill find out. I think its 1970s. Ive had it since I was at college in the 80s and it sounds (when it works) great but ill never use it again sadly I guess. Its just gathering dust in the spare room.
As said its similar to this but ill find out the model number
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I cant quite make them out on a zoom of the photo, maybe you can. Ill have a proper look later. On a positive note I manged to load some orchestra VST files which work in Midi guitar 2. Certainly an improvement on the defaults.
Yes Audacity. I think perhaps Ive outgrown it then. I notice Cakewalk Sonar keeps getting mentioned which is now free and I think I have Cubase lite somewhere but the daunting prospect of learning what looks like something very complex doesnt appeal but maybe I need to do that to move on. I like the idea of a twenty quid keyboard though!
Ive parked Midi Guitar for now. I would have carried on with it but the trial is awful, it just packs up or nags at you after a minute or so all the time so its impossible to test it out properly.
However to reward you all for your excellent contributions and having the patience of Job advising a Muso tecno numpty, ive recorded some Piano and Flute for you from midi guitar. No, dont thank me.
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I thought Reaper was a fortune. I have a pal who I think has used Cakewalk and hes a right clever little sod so maybe Ill recruit him for a session. He's a bit like me with feck all better to do with his time.
I have two Interfaces. my Zoom G3 is an interface and I select the patches from my PC and I also have an M Audio interface. Both to be fair record well in Audacity but I think from what you have told me its time to move on to something better. A lot to take in and learn. I would like to say it will keep me out of trouble over the winter but of course it wont.
any good? Ive put of buying anything as I wanted to see if I could actually get to grips with a DAW first other than Audacity. I did find some rather nice Strings effects in Cakewalk though which presumably if I had that midi keyboard I Could access and play?
I just need to find a solution where I Can lay down a few guitar tracks, bass, vocals and whatever else I Can add with a midi keyboard thats not going require a degree in DAW technology / sound engineering. It would be good to get some decent effects for Vocals as well as the stuff in Audacity is crap.
Any suggestions as to where I go from here? (Dark room with an acoustic guitar perhaps)
Other suggestions are to make sure you are using the ASIO driver for whichever interface you have, also your Casio keyboard may be usable as a MIDI controller if it connects to the PC over USB or alternatively old skool 5 pin din MIDI to your interface.
Personally I prefer Ableton, but I use the normal session window, not the performance one (or whatever it's called) and use it as a completely normal DAW. It's just a bit sleeker.
I'm still a beginner when it comes to production, but I'd say there are some definite "it clicks" moments, so don't give up yet. There's probably some good youtube tutorials. I know there is for Reaper (which is free to DL and trial). Once you get the basics/concepts down, they're largely transferable between DAWS.
That naff Casio Keyboard only has a headphone socket but I can put it through my Audio interface and record it but presumably that would be no good for anything but recording its own sounds? I did put it through my ZoomG3 guitar pedal and into my PC which added some "interesting" effects.