daveman
Diamond Member
Synthaholic, we're derailing the Members' Photos thread something awful.
I give you a lot of grief over politics -- and you return it -- but we do have something in common: We're both keyboardists. Well, I used to be, at any rate, but I'd like to get into writing and recording again. I don't know how much of your living you make off playing music, but I'm thinking you do make money at it, so that's cool (barbs about the Tiki Room notwithstanding -- and I'm not prying for personal details).
Before I joined the Air Force and sold all my gear, I had:
Roland RD-300S digital piano
Roland Jupiter-8 analog synth
Korg CX-3 organ
Roland SH-101 monophonic analog synth (in red!)
Roland D-10 digital synth
Roland S-10 sampler (with all the sample discs!)
Roland TR-808 drum machine
Roland MSQ-700 hardware sequencer
Peavey 12-channel mixer, CS 800 stereo power amp, and 15" Black Widow speaker cabinets
Invisible keyboard stands
I didn't use the drum machine or sequencer for performing with the band. We'd alter the songs we were playing on the fly too often to be chained to a sequence. We played classic and Southern rock, so I didn't really have to cover any parts I couldn't play with two hands.
I'd like to start recording again, but I can't justify the cost of that much hardware, or the room it'd take, so I want to go completely digital. I've been researching some DAWs, and downloaded DarkWind Studio for my laptop, which isn't very powerful, so I don't know how well it'll run DW. I picked up a Casio keyboard for $15 at a yard sale last year. It sounds awful, but I'll just be using it as a MIDI controller.
You mentioned the Korg app you run on your iPad. What other hardware and software do you use, if I may ask?
I give you a lot of grief over politics -- and you return it -- but we do have something in common: We're both keyboardists. Well, I used to be, at any rate, but I'd like to get into writing and recording again. I don't know how much of your living you make off playing music, but I'm thinking you do make money at it, so that's cool (barbs about the Tiki Room notwithstanding -- and I'm not prying for personal details).
Before I joined the Air Force and sold all my gear, I had:
Roland RD-300S digital piano
Roland Jupiter-8 analog synth
Korg CX-3 organ
Roland SH-101 monophonic analog synth (in red!)
Roland D-10 digital synth
Roland S-10 sampler (with all the sample discs!)
Roland TR-808 drum machine
Roland MSQ-700 hardware sequencer
Peavey 12-channel mixer, CS 800 stereo power amp, and 15" Black Widow speaker cabinets
Invisible keyboard stands
I didn't use the drum machine or sequencer for performing with the band. We'd alter the songs we were playing on the fly too often to be chained to a sequence. We played classic and Southern rock, so I didn't really have to cover any parts I couldn't play with two hands.
I'd like to start recording again, but I can't justify the cost of that much hardware, or the room it'd take, so I want to go completely digital. I've been researching some DAWs, and downloaded DarkWind Studio for my laptop, which isn't very powerful, so I don't know how well it'll run DW. I picked up a Casio keyboard for $15 at a yard sale last year. It sounds awful, but I'll just be using it as a MIDI controller.
You mentioned the Korg app you run on your iPad. What other hardware and software do you use, if I may ask?