Re: Seeking sampler and keyboard advice

["joe rut" <joerut@lycos.com>]

Jeff & Other Fellow Loopers (OFL?)

Thanks for the reply.   I guess another part of the equation is that I'm 
looking to do this with "stand alone" equipment (not through my 
computer)

Thanks again

Joe.----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Shirkey" <jcshirke@midway.uchicago.edu>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Seeking sampler and keyboard advice
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:23:05 -0500

> 
> >
> > SO:  Here's what I want to be able to do.
> >
> > Are there keyboards that can do this all internally?  Do I need a 
> > sampler and a separate keyboard to trigger.  Do I also need 
> > something to
> > store the samples in for access?  Or would the keyboard access 
> > the sampler directly?
> >
> > Anyone have any advice to point me in the right direction?
> 
> I'm quite sure there are others here who will be able to give you 
> very specific advice, but I'm thinking you can do what you want 
> with a MIDI keyboard controller (relatively cheap, as opposed to 
> buying a nice hardware synth) and an application like Ableton Live 
> or Reason. I'm just getting started with all of this stuff myself, 
> but all you'd have to do is have your samples loaded up in your 
> software application and assign them to a key on your MIDI 
> keyboard. Press middle "C" and you've got your sneeze, etc. That 
> *may* be the cheapest way to go, but others can probably help you 
> more, as I said.
> 
> Maybe that's a start?
> 
> Jeff

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