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It is my contention that if you can play it into the computer as midi data, why do you want to do that instead of playing it 'live'.



I don't use midi (yet), but I think the argument would be: You never know what sampling engines are coming down the road. If you capture the midi out as "live" only, then that will always be your final "sound". However, if you save it as midi and then the Ketron Super-X comes out next year, you can just use that and everything will sound better.

Kevin



As a someone who would not qualify as a even a hack keyboard player, I'm not really looking to record "live" midi, per se. As a songwriter/composer (guitar based), my main goal would be to add certain riffs to a project. Now, last night, I discovered how easy it is to create a custom drum style using the grid editor. That is really cool. (I'm hoping that I can access some of Ketron's better drum sounds with that - please correct me if I'm wrong)

However, when I went to input a bass line, I was lost. (OK it was late and a couple beers later ) As someone who mostly plays by ear on keys, it seems like I could have used a MIDI keyboard to input some bass notes into my custom style. (Right?) And if I want to change the instrument from acoustic bass to fretless bass, I should be able to do that at playback time.

As for playing "live" - I would see this as adding a color track to a recording, whether that be a backing track or a demo.

So that would be my workflow. It sounds like this is all possible with the Ketron...

Ray
Singer / Songwriter