[iTunes] Re: Composing Music

[rich northouse]

Hi Guys,

Like Vince, I too am considering doing music on my Mac.  The little 
woman is also interested in playing the piano, again (she took lessons 
in High school).  I don't know shit about keyboards, but I saw a Yamaha 
keyboard ( Sx500 ??), with midi interface ability mounted on a smart 
looking oak frame with a matching bench seat for $550 at Sam's Club. It 
includes a floppy disk. I have found good value at Sam's Club on most 
items. But I am outside my knowledge base on this one.

Can anybody comment on the hardware and price?

thanks,

rich


On Sunday, November 16, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Vincent Cayenne wrote:

> At 12:38 PM +0400 11/16/03, S. Moussly wrote:
>> I have researched the web and found a few software out there such as 
>> Traktor
>> DJ, Cubase and Soundtrack for music composition.
>
> I'm not sure that Traktor DJ or SoundTrack are relevant to 
> composition. See below.
>
>> On the hardware side
>> however, I am not quite sure what I need.
>>
>> I have a Tibook G4 867 running 10.2.8. I am also considering on 
>> upgrading to
>> Panther. Do any of the software I mentioned above support Panther?
>>
>> Any tips or references on where to start would be appreciated.
>
> Since you are just starting out with composing on your computer, I 
> recommend a thorough read of any information you can gather about the 
> basics of digital audio. Try searching on terms such as "digital audio 
> workstation" and "DAW". Magazines such as Keyboard, Future Music, 
> Computer Music, Musician, and Home Recording often dedicate entire 
> sections or issues or, at the very least, a column to the basics.
>
> For starters, try <http://www.computermusic.co.uk/basics/basics.asp>
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