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How to recreate a sound on a synth
Is is possible to recreate any sound you hear in a synth? Think of it like ear training, but with a synth. Being able to deconstruct a sound with your ear, know what type of waveform is being used, ...
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Keyboard or midi controller for learning to play? [duplicate]
I am an adult looking to learn to play music. I would like to learn to play a synthesizer but they are a bit expensive to try a new hobby on. I'm looking around the $100 range for my starter ...
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Find LSB/MSB values for voices in Yamaha CP5's MIDI implementation
I got Yamaha CP5 and I try to define banks so that I can use its instruments from the computer (using the Rosegarden sequencer). Each bank should be specified by a MSB/LSB combination. The data list ...
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Are some synthesizers and keyboards able to interchange sounds?
Synthesizers create new sounds, and many keyboards have thousands of tones to choose from; sometimes a musician may want a sound heard in a recorded song - but it is difficult to find. This may be ...
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How does a “Talk-Box” differ from a Vocoder?
Both the Talk-Box and Vocoder combine instrumental sounds with vocal sounds to create a Singing Instrument (or a more precisely-controlled Singer). How are they different, beyond "One's for guitar and ...
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Completely computer music: good or bad? [closed]
Are computers playing digitized notes good musicians compared with professional musician people?
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wet/moist sounding effect, replicating effects or sound. electronic music
I was listening to the group Terravita's song and heard a awesome sounding synthesizer with what sounds like it has heavy effects. It sort of sounds like a flanger, but with an almost wetness or moist ...
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How do you actually practice playing an electronic keyboard?
Certain electronic keyboards look like pianos, but their keys are weighted totally differently.
For someone who has never learnt playing the piano, what would be the best method of taking the most ...
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Would it be possible to use the sounds stored in a Novation UltraNova by plugging a Yahama V50 to it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Driving a Novation UltraNova synth via a Yahama synth guitar (G10 ?)
So I have this one :
http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/v50.php
and that one :
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Which synth guitar (MIDI or not) are suited for a classical guitarist? [closed]
The goal is for a classical guitarist to feel at ease when playing the synth instrument.
I know about Yamaha and Roland models, but have no idea about their respective advantages...
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Driving a Novation UltraNova synth via a Yahama synth guitar (G10 ?)
Would it be possible to play on a Yahama syntheziser guitar, and get the sounds and instruments to actually come out of the sound bank of the Novation UltraNovation synthesizer ?
(please feel free to ...
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How could you make instrumental sounds come out of a computer?
I've been working on some music generating software, and have laid out the basic algorithms, now all I need are actual instrumental sounds. By instrumental sounds, I mean the sound that comes out of a ...
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Stage Piano with custom samples [closed]
Is there any model from Yamaha/Roland/... which enables user to load custom sample anyway and use it on keyboard (pref. stage piano)?
My goal is to have ability to copy on pendrive/keyboard memory ...
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Music hardware needed to be able to produce the sounds & style in the following video [closed]
I would like to know what hardware to buy to generate the sounds and style of music in the following video :
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How to obtain Franz Ferdinand - Bite Hard synth solo sound
I am trying to obtain this synth solo sound:
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Electronic keyboard terms: Aftertouch vs Pressure-sensitive
I was reading a review of the Akai Miniak which said
The 37 half-weighted keys are velocity and aftertouch but not pressure sensitive.
I thought aftertouch was MIDI signals of continuing ...
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Before Vocaloid — Early history of voice synthesis?
Vocaloid is a modern musical voice synthesiser package from Japan. It's getting pretty close to a human voice: Compare GUMI (Vocaloid) and Megumi Nakajima (GUMI's voice sample provider; human) singing ...
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How can I reproduce the choppy synth in “Come on Home” by Franz Ferdinand?
I want to prepare a base so we can play with my band a cover of this song:
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Are lead synthesizer notes in trance typically single notes or chords?
Sorry, I am a n00b and don't know anything about music theory. Are typical lead synthesizer notes in trance played as single notes or as chords?
