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TheMusic
12-12-2005, 06:36 AM
hello everyone... I want to make some "Soloist Tracks" of some hyms to sing them at church... to do this Ill buy a keyboard... does a keyboad with an arranger be helpfull? what keyboards and-or computer programs do you recomend??

thanks
The Music
abstractnoize
12-12-2005, 05:31 PM
If you want to have close to the real thing playing then any good Keyboard with "hammeraction" is good. That way you donŽt get too overwhelmed when you have to play on the real piano and the keys/tangets all over sudden seem to heavy. Make sure it has 88 keys.

If itŽs just to make music on the computer and have fun with it well then youŽll be needing MIDI Contoller Keyboards which are cheaper. The list is endless here on what brands. M-Audio, Edirol, Evolution etc. YouŽll have to research on them and see what price range and speficification meets your need.

As for Computer music software, it all depends. How much are you willing to pay? What computer do you have, mac or PC.

In the meantime M-audio has some cool complete packages for the keyboard and software. Check em out here (http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.list&ID=instantmusic)
TheMusic
12-13-2005, 11:32 PM
<SPAN style="COLOR: black">Abstractnoize, thanks for the information. i play little keyboard just a couple of chords. what im looking for is something that will have every thing to make accompanament tracks for singers, and to take keyboard (piano) lessons. I have an IBM PC. GrooveLab by M-Audio looks like it has everything. im new to this. i want something that has everything needed to do accompaniment tracks and learn at the sametime. the Korg Pa-50 Professional Arranger looks like a good one. im looking for something less expensive.
Bizarro
12-14-2005, 01:56 AM
Try out Band in a Box and see how that works for you. I think they have a free demo online you can download and try first. Band in a Box will do a whole arrangement just by picking styles and the chord progression. Very cool and very powerful. And not too expensive either! :)
TheMusic
12-15-2005, 12:06 AM
Bizarro, Band in a Box exellent software. can do every thing. downloaded the demo. Ill try it out. thanks
abstractnoize
12-15-2005, 05:49 AM
Try out Band in a Box and see how that works for you. I think they have a free demo online you can download and try first. Band in a Box will do a whole arrangement just by picking styles and the chord progression. Very cool and very powerful. And not too expensive either! :)

IŽll second that. If you want everything for song arrangements that is. YouŽll learn a few tips along the way too.