Nicole, > Ah, about that cheap MIDI (possibly mute) keyboard, I saw that > [EMAIL PROTECTED] was talking about it too, he was looking > for midi software packages and mainly for software synthesis.
Well, speaking of that, this is what I settled on. I turned out getting a Yamaha PSR-220. It cost about $220US, and considering that was not much more expensive than the keyboard with no sounds of its own, was better to get that one. Including power supply, warrenty, and midi camble, turned out costing about $300US total. It has turned out working very well. It works fine in place of a sound card (sounds MUCH better than FM Synthesis), and doesn't take up the processor like soft. syn. does. (thus making it possible to play games like Doom with it). It also works very well for inputting into a sequencer, as it can sense how hard you hit keys, etc. I'd say that for a midi-comp. keyboard, this is about as low as you'd want to go. Instruments sounded much more realistic (in general) than the Casio I tried. Has no pitch-wheel, but can play pitch-bend commands (so you could always add that later in the sequencer or something). The only "dumb" keyboard with no sounds in it, looked fairly nice, but I don't think it'd be worth it unless you found it for like $100US. Otherwise, might as well pay a bit more for the Yamaha and get a nice built-in synthesizer, and the ability to practice without being tied to the computer... Shawn -------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.the-spa.com/shawn.fumo/ -------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
