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What would be the best possible way to get those superior midi sounds in your opinion? The Coyote Forte DXi? or...? Forgive the elementary questions...I don't know much about this area....yet!

Ken



Ken, everybody's taste in sounds are different but a $40 piece of software sounding as good as a $2,500 keyboard? You're kidding right? I use and like the Forte DXi, it's good bang for the buck but it's not going to compare to an X8. Not even close. The only software that touches a big keyboard like that are the equally formidable and not cheap software synths like the full version Sampletank $4-600, Kontatk, Emulator X, the Garritan series etc. All those require some serious setting up skills on your part. Good sounding hardware modules are the Ketron SD2 and the Roland Sonic cell $4-600. You don't get true pro quality sounds for $50 or whatever. For that amount you do get decent workable sounds suitable for auditioning songs and styles, convenience, good enough to play around with but not good enough for final production. When you find a tune you're serious about then you switch from the Forte to either your keyboard or one of the above mentioned softsynths and get to work finding that perfect patch for each track.

Bob

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