I've been following the soft synth thread with interest because I've been thinking of getting a decent sound module for my getting-long-in-the-tooth MIDI keyboard. But I gather from the comments here that getting an outboard box is no longer a good way to go -- that even for live performances, I'm better off using the keyboard to trigger a laptop running a soft synth. (I have to say, I'm a little skeptical about that. Also, I don't own a laptop yet, though I'm planning on getting one soon.)
My needs are limited. I just want a really good acoustic piano sample and a really good Rhodes sample. That's it. I don't care about orchestral instruments or anything else (though I suppose a borderline acceptable string ensemble patch would be okay -- not a deal-breaker, though). I don't care about sequencing or any of that stuff. I just want a low-hassle way of triggering the samples from my MIDI keyboard in real time, and it has to work with OS X. I would also want it to work with Finale MIDI playback.
Any suggestions? Is a soft synth really the way to go for this, or would an outboard sound module be less of a hassle? *Are* there any outboard sound modules that match soft synths in terms of quality? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
- Darcy
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