Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

Hey Brad,

     I've been using an old Ensoniq ASR-10 as my keyboard controller.   The reason I think 
it's worth noting is that this is a sampler, and so with a good used sampler you also get a 
sample library (probably included).   The samples can be a great help for the 
programming.  I end up using a lot of the brass sounds, or double up something like 
strings or organ sounds.   

     Using outboard sounds also lightens the CPU load of your computer.

     Just a thought/idea.

     Here's an ASR on eBay (California).    

http://cgi.ebay.com/ENSONIQ-ASR-10-Keyboard-Sampler-Music-Synth-ASR10-
NR_W0QQitemZ7417820267QQcategoryZ64426QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

     I doubt you can get an ASR for under $400.  That's the downside, might be more than 
you were hoping to spend?  Maybe other sampler keyboards you could get for the price 
range you're talking about??   If you are a piano player, there is an 88 key, weighted key 
version of the ASR.

     Remember that on eBay you can search for items closest to you.  So I would do a search 
for "keyboard, Yamaha" and then "sort by location, closest."   Avoiding the shipping cost 
can help save $100 bucks or so.  Also, if there are problems with the instrument you can 
hunt down the punk that sold it to you.

        Gotta go to work,

            Pete

--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, BRAD CHAPMAN <advanced2@...> wrote:
>
> hey whats up everyone, need some help.. looking to purchase a midi  
> keyboard, not looking to break the bank but at the same time I am  
> willing to spend more if the product at the second level price range  
> is a smarter purchase. Does anyone have advice, I have looked at them  
> all, read countless conflicting internet reviews and looked at some  
> with my own eyes and hands. I was wondering about the Edirol's around  
> 220$ the e-mu around the same price, or the m-audio oxygen 8 @ 150 
> $.... just starting out writing in logic and the program is complex 4  
> me already so I don't really want to add to the confusion, I simple  
> want to start writing beats more efficiently and with as little  
> growing pains as possible. Thank you so much, from a beat junkie to  
> the rest.. Also is the ozonic that much more dope than the less  
> expensive midi keyboards the offer, or does the price reflect the  
> express version of reason it comes with?
> PEACE and thanks again
> On May 22, 2006, at 5:12 PM, Gregory Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Serato's is easier because it doesn't have the weird control window  
> > thingy.  But all that does is offer extra functionality, so feature  
> > by feature, they're pretty much the same because they use the pre- 
> > existing logic interface.
> >
> > However, Izotrope's is way slower to render.
> >
> >  I've got to figure out the harmonic correction though.  It would  
> > be hard to believe that Pitch in Time lacks that feature, and I  
> > would hope that Radius works better than my experience last night  
> > showed.  Without harmonic correction, neither would be of any use  
> > to me.
> >
> >
> > Gregory
> >
> > On May 22, 2006, at 5:08 PM, GAmoore@... wrote:
> >
> >> What do you think about the ease of use of the two programs?
> >
>