Disklavier

I think the problem for new owners is not that they don't read the
manual ! It is that there are so many new informations to take in an
unknown field, that even if you read something in the manual
(notwithstanding the fact that one might not have the proper manual
!), one might just not realise the implications of what one reads !


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Carol Beigel" <thecarolb@...> wrote:
>
> Well said, Jorge!  This is a hobby for me, and my goodness those
hobbies can get more expensive the older one gets!!  Where I used to
think $600 was just about the limit I would spend on electric train
setups, or a telescope, suddenly all the new toys that are bigger and
better start costing over $2000 by time you get all the accessories! 
Last year's splurge was a kayak for $600, and  then it cost another
$500 to get a rack that would lift it onto the roof of the car! 
Taking up drinking would probably be cheaper than having hobbies -
C'est la vie.  And if you are out earning the money to pay for all
your toys, then there isn't as much time to play with them! That's
probably why Disklavier owners have so many questions and no time to
read the owner's manuals.
> 
> I still want advice on a good editor, though!
> 
> Carol Beigel
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: JORGE FERNANDEZ 
>   To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:12 PM
>   Subject: Re: [disklavier] editing software
> 
> 
>   Hi carol. 
> 
>   First let us remember I am not a musician, MIDI expert, audio
engineer or something near that. I am just an end user of such
programs that likes music. 
> 
>   My opinion is that there is not such single software package.
> 
>   The more powerful they are, the more complex they become, and
always there is single feature that one has, or does it better, than
others. 
> 
>   So, what I do, is to use them in a chain, one after the other
until I have the best results (to my ear). 
> 
>   My projects are a simple hobby and not pro.
> 
>   I like the noise filter of some, but they to no have good sound
after effects. 
> 
>   As you know, rendering MIDI to WAV is sometimes easy, sometimes
complex. Editing audio, cleaning noise, balance sound, mastering,
filtering, etc. is also sometimes easy, sometimes no so. 
> 
>   I even think that if you are considering to have a Mac, you will
not throw away your windows PC; but will have to work with both, one
"performing" and the other recoding, editing a file here, and finish
it there, etc. 
>   They surely will be wired together in LAN, (Analog) AUDIO and MIDI. 
> 
>   So my point is: 3 o 4 (or even more) good simple programs will be
better than a single powerful  (and expensive) one.
> 
>   Get the best Mac tools with a good price, and keep your PC up and
runnig.
>   -- 
>   Saludos
>   Jorge Fernández
>