First attempts at keyboard

[Ellie]

Ok, it's not pretty and it sounds awful and I'm still learning but these are my first attempts at recording from a keyboard.

It takes a lot of getting used to as there's a half second lag after each key stroke so my timing is all out and I've missed a lot of keys.

Anyway I know it's not good as I've only just started but I wanted to contribute to the music forums so here you go!

It's not from any sheet music I just kinda guessed it but oh well. It's recorded from a keyboard through some old cables I found at my Nan's through my laptop's headphone socket so the quality is absolute balls, sorry about that. Turns out they don't even SELL the midi cables this keyboard uses any more.


http://bb.hbgames.tk/upload/turkish_oh_my_ears.mp3
http://bb.hbgames.tk/upload/tetris_take_2.mp3

 

[moog]

they arent loading for me for some reason D:

 

[Ellie]

That's probably good tbh.

 

[regi]

haha I have to say, I was not expecting the tetris theme on an organ.

I'm no expert with keyboard recordings, but on basic playing you need to keep a steady tempo (the first song, you were speeding up and slowing all over the place). You could also lessen that pedal echo effect (gets quite messy toward the end of the first song). Otherwise, continuing to practice is the key to improvement.

 

[Toams]

teehee well its pretty solid though, how long have you been playing/practicing?
i remember i could only play shitty stuff after a year of practice..
i was 12 at the time though.

 

[Ellie]

Well a few weeks now but to be fair I used to play as a little kid.

I'll turn the echo off :x

Uh tempo, well, yeah. I suck at keeping rhythm and the fact I don't hear the notes for half a second after I press them doesn't help. I'm gonna see if this keyboard has a metronome feature but the problem is since I'm using the headphones as the output every sound goes through.

 

[Toams]

doesnt it have a midi-out? midi cables are cheap

 

[Ellie]

It does, but so far I haven't been able to find a cable to match, this is from the days of floppy drives and the midi out ports are pretty big. I don't really know about this stuff.

 

[Toams]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/LogiLink-USB-Mi ... B000XRI3CC

midi are all the same

 

[Ellie]

This is what mine look like I think:

 

[Toams]

yeah all midi is the same ;D

 

[Brewmeister]

Same connector as the old (2 generations ago) computer keyboard cables.
My 1985 Korg has the same connectors as the new models.

 

[Ellie]

That's definately not the midi ports I've got. They're much, much bigger. I bought a standard midi cable about a week back to try it and it's completely different.

 

[Brewmeister]

that picture's deceiving, those are 1/2" (12.7 mm) in dia. (i.e. twice as big as the 1/4" "Output" & "Trigger In" jacks on your picture)

What keyboard do you have?

 

[Ellie]

http://www.prodcat.panasonic.com/shop/N ... oryId=2671

 

[Brewmeister]

Here's your back panel:

The Midi ports look very much like standard midi ports. 5 pin, 1/2" dia.

I'm guessing the cable you bought was NOT a standard midi cable???