Please excuse my ignorance about what I am going to ask. I am new MIDI but not Reason 4. I got tired of drawing all my notes manually and would much rather play them on a keyboard. But like I said I know very little about MIDI.
Some info. I have a PowerMac G5. It runs 10.5.8 and has 10GB of RAM. The sound cards are the Burr Brown PCM3052 (I assume it's the optical) and a Crystal Semiconductor CS84xx (3.5mm?). I use Reason 4 because it's the last version my hardware will support. I'm looking at getting the Akai LPK2 for my keyboard.
My questions are these. Do I use an external MIDI interface or buy one for one of my PCI Express slots? Will one of those USB adapters just work or is that only if you already have an interface?
I'm doing this on a tight budget (maximum $300) so please keep this mind if you answer.
If I left anything out please let me know and I try to supply the info.
Thanks in advance!
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Some info. I have a PowerMac G5. It runs 10.5.8 and has 10GB of RAM. The sound cards are the Burr Brown PCM3052 (I assume it's the optical) and a Crystal Semiconductor CS84xx (3.5mm?). I use Reason 4 because it's the last version my hardware will support. I'm looking at getting the Akai LPK2 for my keyboard.
My questions are these. Do I use an external MIDI interface or buy one for one of my PCI Express slots? Will one of those USB adapters just work or is that only if you already have an interface?
I'm doing this on a tight budget (maximum $300) so please keep this mind if you answer.
If I left anything out please let me know and I try to supply the info.
Thanks in advance!
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