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Category: Instruments
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I received the (paid link) Midiplus AKM320 Mini Keyboard as a gift from my son a few years ago to use when I was experimenting with Garageband before I decided to get back into music seriously. This works surprisingly well, and I am considering taking it with me on trips to have something to use…
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My main MIDI keyboard that I have had for a while is an (paid link) Arturia Keylab Essential mk3. There are several different formats to provide 41 key, 61 key, or 88 key keyboards. I have the 61 key version, any more than that would have taken up my entire desk. It has a 61…
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I recently purchased the (paid link) AKAI MPK Mini mk 2 as an additional MIDI keyboard to use with my laptop, mainly as a means of adding a degree of portability to composing. That being said, I have since been using it with my iMac and Dorico so that I do not have to keep…
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I have been playing around a little with the MIDI guitar I posted about the other day. It has been an experience, both getting things working, and exploring the software. The MIDI Guitar is the (paid link) Jamstik Standard MIDI Guitar (Black) The software is the Jamstik Creator Software and has a variety of different…
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I have been collecting all sorts of random instruments over the last few months and now have a collection that fills totes in the garage, almost raises the bed in the air from the number hidden away there and covers the walls and almost every other space in the house. The problem is I cannot…
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If you read my previous post about the issues I was having regarding being able to use the Spitfire Symphony Orchestra Discover Edition from Spitfire Audio, you will know of the untold difficulties I encountered trying to use Native Access to install this. Amazingly I have finally managed to get Native Access to work long…
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Some time again I purchased a MIDI guitar and had started to try it out, but shortly after that I had computer issues and had to reinstall my entire PC. I have only now found time to start to explore the MIDI guitar and begin using it again. The midi guitar is a Jamstik standard…
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I received an email this morning from Spitfire Audio to tell me that I could download the Spitfire Symphony Orchestra (SSO) Discover edition for free, and that there was an associated mini course Introduction to Writing for Orchestra with SSO Discover from ThinkSpace Education that was also free. Needless to say, I went immediately to…
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This is my main guitar. I have had it for a few years now and I am incredibly happy with it. It is a (paid link) Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. It is a fantastic blue color called Dark Night. It plays like a dream and sounds great. It has 3 V-Mod II single-coil pickups…