Re: Midi Keyboard Advice
Thanks for the advice James. Reg On 8 Jul 2004, at 10:39pm, James / Hans Kunz wrote: check with kosmic in osborne park or music park in victoria park, both in our perth metro, they have webpages if you can get hold of an x-press (free music newspaper) there you may find more i'm using a kaway kc20 for the last 7 years and connect it to the power book through a edirol um1-sx usb to midi interface (around$99.-) (with this midi interface you can connect virtally any keyboard that has the standard midi in out (5 way din plugs), there are now keyboards with usb port available (make sure they are macos x compatible, (eg the keyspan usb to serial interface is useless because it's not supported in most mac applications, on top of it macos x is very limited as well) cheers James On 08/07/2004, at 19:20, Reg Whitely wrote: Dear WAMUGgers I'm looking at buying a midi/USB keyboard to use with Garageband at school, on an eMac or G4 iBook with plenty of RAM (~768). Any suggestions for a good quality beginner instrument? One I've looked at is the the Edirol PCR-30. Any advice for a total music mug is welcomed. Also, who is a good supplier of this sort of equipment, preferrably closer to Augusta WA than somewhere in the central desert? Regards Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Midi Keyboard Advice
Kosmic Sound in Osborne Park Music Park in Vic Park -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: tom samson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 21:10:43 +0800 To: John Winters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Midi Keyboard Advice I was just looking at your email on midi keyboards . Where did you go for information on them. I , also, am looking into it. tom samson On 08/07/2004, at 8:03 PM, John Winters wrote:
Midi Keyboard Advice
Dear WAMUGgers I'm looking at buying a midi/USB keyboard to use with Garageband at school, on an eMac or G4 iBook with plenty of RAM (~768). Any suggestions for a good quality beginner instrument? One I've looked at is the the Edirol PCR-30. Any advice for a total music mug is welcomed. Also, who is a good supplier of this sort of equipment, preferrably closer to Augusta WA than somewhere in the central desert? Regards Reg
Re: Midi Keyboard Advice
Reg, I have purchased the EDIROL PCR-80 which is the big brother of the PCR-30, and I'm really happy with it. The keys have a good feel, and the unit has a quality finish. Mind you, I've come nowhere near using its full capabilities. HTH John -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:20:03 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Midi Keyboard Advice Dear WAMUGgers I'm looking at buying a midi/USB keyboard to use with Garageband at school, on an eMac or G4 iBook with plenty of RAM (~768). Any suggestions for a good quality beginner instrument? One I've looked at is the the Edirol PCR-30. Any advice for a total music mug is welcomed. Also, who is a good supplier of this sort of equipment, preferrably closer to Augusta WA than somewhere in the central desert? Regards Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
