How to use my Keytar for Midi?

[Piyush]

Hello People. I'm new to this forum. I own a Roland Ax synth. And I've been using only its inbuilt sound engine. I think its time i exploit its true potential. But I've never used midi.. So how do i start? Will i be able to use any tone i like online and play through my keytar?

P.S. - I have a midi cable and Usb connector for my keytar. Whatever is required..

 

[happyrat1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology

http://www.looperman.com/blog/detail/55/what-is-a-vst-or-vsti-audio-plugin

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/use-vst-beginners-63099.html

Welcome aboard

Read thru those links and if you still have any questions ask them

Gary

 

[Piyush]

Thanks a lot pal.. I'll read em through and get back..

 

[happyrat1]

BTW, you're not only limited to computer based soft synths.

You can also use hardware based synth modules or even MIDI enabled synth keyboards as your sound sources as well.

Here's a couple worth looking at.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=korg triton rack&clk_rvr_id=837647619102&mfe=search

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=yamaha motif rack&clk_rvr_id=837617279329&mfe=search

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=peavey musebox&clk_rvr_id=837610391885&mfe=search

Just plug in one of these to your MIDI output and you'll have thousands of sounds at your disposal.

Gary