[I suck at] Making Music

[zourtney]

I've got the urge!

[Brad]

Post the results, regardless of quality!

[zourtney]

I tried, but got an error about having a blank post. 

Seriously though, I haven't done anything in a long time. There was this thing I did like a year ago. It was alright. I tried adding guitar and hated it. I'm going to try again though!

[zourtney]

Well, it's almost an entire year later...and I've been playing with stuff again. This time using mostly GarageBand on the Mac and iPad. I'll post some embarrassing tunes sometime.

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[Nick]

I look forward to it Inspired by the retro game music you mentioned the other day?

[zourtney]

Yes, inspired. But no, that's not what started it. I haven't actually found how to simulate those type of sounds in GarageBand without a MIDI keyboard. There's probably a way. And I can always can always fall back to FruityLoops/LMMS for that.

What I have now is more of a symphonic mess. Strings, piano, a bit of (simulated) clean guitar, and some flutery. It's just what came out. Who knows what I'll get next time!

[Nick]

Could you use a virtual midi keyboard?

Want a sound card with midi inputs and a nifty front panel?

[zourtney]

That could be a fun addition to my desktop. Not using it?

[Nick]

Nope. Its an older sound blaster card that I used to use.

Its got one of these:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/a-soundblaster,368-7.html

Got it off ebay a long time ago. Never used the drive bay thing. You are welcome to it. There are also USB midi inputs if you want something simpler. $5 on amazon I think. I will let you know if we ever get my sisters to work in Sound Forge.

[zourtney]

I think I need to learn the piano. Or at least a better working knowledge of keyboardry. I'm assuming all these programs let you edit individual notes played through MIDI. I hope so, because my timing stinks.