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Hey everyone.
I was a keyboard player, and the keyboard I have is one of those beginner models that children usually have to learn how to play.
But now I'm in a more professional band, and the need for better equipment surfaced.
I don't know if you ever heard of Rammstein, but we are a cover band of them.
Rammstein uses a great ammount of sound effects, starting from standard sinthesizers to random sounds, like police sirens.
My keyboard only have MIDI IN and OUT ports, and the only solution I managed to find to play the music, is using FL Studio. What I do is described below:
The setup consists of my keyboard, a laptop and a MIDI/USB cable.
I create files on FlStudio, one for each song. In the different channels of the files, I put the sounds on the notes of my preference, like "mapping the keyboard". Then I create a Layer channel, to play all the other channels at the same time, like so:
For example, the range of the "Distorto" channel is from C4 to F5, the "intro" I play only using the C3, and sometimes I put more than one channel in the same key, to create complex sounds.
Then I connect my keyboard to the laptop via the MIDI/USB cable, and finally I connect the sound output of the laptop to the amplifiers of the concerts.
It's a newbie setup, but so far is doing the job. But, there are some problems, like the delay, latency, I have to wait about 30s between each song, because the laptop is a little slow and takes time to load the files.
So I wanna hear from you, what could I do to improve my setup and sound quality?
Maybe I should get a faster laptop?
Maybe there are better MIDI/USB cables?
I'm using the sound driver of the laptop, a generic one, could this be a problem too?
And another thing, I never played with a modern keyboard, like a Roland AX-Synth, or AX-9.
Those keyboard have the ability to store sounds and files inside them, so I wouldn't need to connect to the laptop during the shows?
Thanks
I was a keyboard player, and the keyboard I have is one of those beginner models that children usually have to learn how to play.
But now I'm in a more professional band, and the need for better equipment surfaced.
I don't know if you ever heard of Rammstein, but we are a cover band of them.
Rammstein uses a great ammount of sound effects, starting from standard sinthesizers to random sounds, like police sirens.
My keyboard only have MIDI IN and OUT ports, and the only solution I managed to find to play the music, is using FL Studio. What I do is described below:
The setup consists of my keyboard, a laptop and a MIDI/USB cable.
I create files on FlStudio, one for each song. In the different channels of the files, I put the sounds on the notes of my preference, like "mapping the keyboard". Then I create a Layer channel, to play all the other channels at the same time, like so:
For example, the range of the "Distorto" channel is from C4 to F5, the "intro" I play only using the C3, and sometimes I put more than one channel in the same key, to create complex sounds.
Then I connect my keyboard to the laptop via the MIDI/USB cable, and finally I connect the sound output of the laptop to the amplifiers of the concerts.
It's a newbie setup, but so far is doing the job. But, there are some problems, like the delay, latency, I have to wait about 30s between each song, because the laptop is a little slow and takes time to load the files.
So I wanna hear from you, what could I do to improve my setup and sound quality?
Maybe I should get a faster laptop?
Maybe there are better MIDI/USB cables?
I'm using the sound driver of the laptop, a generic one, could this be a problem too?
And another thing, I never played with a modern keyboard, like a Roland AX-Synth, or AX-9.
Those keyboard have the ability to store sounds and files inside them, so I wouldn't need to connect to the laptop during the shows?
Thanks
