Hi, --- Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hallo, > James Cameron hat gesagt: // James Cameron wrote: > > > I'd like to record my Roland RD-150 piano at the > MIDI protocol level, > > adjust the tempo, maybe fix a few mistakes, and > then play it back and > > capture to audio to CD-R ... all to save having to > take my piano with > > me on gigs. It doesn't like the dirt roads. The piano parts will dictate what the band plays live. I'll give the overall picture of how I'd do this sort of thing. Anyone else can provide better suggestions for the tools to accomplish your goal. This assumes a good drummer that can follow a click because the piano parts alone aren't going to be enough information. For any song that has prerecorded parts, the drummer must play the song from start to finish with a click. The drummer will require a damned good amplifier and monitor or they'd have to use good headphones. And the band _must_ follow the drummer. Record every instrument to a digital audio workstation (DAW) or Hard Disk Recording (HDR) system and click track everything. I'd probably prefer a cheap HDR, something like the Yamaha 4416. With all songs produced, your output to the house public address system is one stereo pair. You no longer need a house sound man and your mix will kick the crap out of every other bands live sound. You mix the entire band from stage. If a band member isn't present for the gig simply unmute his prerecorded track and distribute that nites paycheck amongst the group minus the missing player--sound better, make more money. :) With this aproach you can premix everything. Consider mixing scenes where the snare reverb is changed from a small tight reverse gate during a quick tempo to a large sustained room for a reggae dub. Because the drummer is playing to a click, he's on cue for every vital nuance. Nice! Or multipart vocal harmonies, etc, etc, etc. You can customize this aproach endlessly. Example, no prerecorded drums but the drum mix for panning, eq, compression, effects, etc can all be predetermined. Sound checks become a tweaking game. But what about spontanaity? So, the drummer has a foot pedal to control the AW 4416 transport; disengage transport for all parts where the band intends to jam. The mix settings are retained when the transport is stopped and the drummer simply cues the band in and out of those parts. ron > Those are actually two different tasks: > > 1. you want to record and edit midi data/files, and > 2. you want to record audio data, either coming from > a softsynth > played via midi or from your keyboard controlled > via midi. > > So for 1. you need a midi sequencer software, that > can record from > your midi-in. Rosegarden and Muse are the best > choices. I'm a Muse > user and would just follow the directions on: > http://linux-sound.org/quick-toots/2-muse/quick-toot-muse.html > > Feel free to use another midi sequencer instead. > > 2. is another beast. First we need to know, if a) > you want to capture > your piano's output or if b) you want to create > sound with any kind of > internal software synthesizer? > > If we're talking about a) here, then you can use the > sequencer of your > choice to play to your midi-out device (usually > "/dev/midi" or > "/dev/snd/midiC0D0"). Connect the audio-out of your > piano to your > soundcard's input and record with for example > ecasound. Or you might > use a mic if your piano doesn't have audio-out. > > b) just involves playing back a midi file and > rendering it to disk. > Both fluidsynth and timidity should be able to do > that, if not, use > Jack and its capture client or again ecasound in > Jack-mode. > > ciao > -- > Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
