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V Collection - Legacy versions => CS-80V => CS-80V Users Community => Topic started by: tailor on January 23, 2008, 09:15:58 am
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Hi there
I am completely new to this software and actually the synthesizer world, but I am absolutely fascinated. I want to purchase this software but just had a few questions to ask beforehand.
Firstly, I am using the demo and I can only hit one note at a time using my mouse. Is there a way of holding/ overlapping a few keys at a time using a mouse or do i need to buy a midi keyboard to do this? If I do need a midi keyboard, can anyone suggest a good reasonably priced one that would work with my Intel Macbook Pro?
Many thanks for your help
Tailor
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Hi Tailor,
Welcome on these forums!
In order to decently play with any software synthesizer you obviously need a MIDI keyboard; there are plenty of models anywhere, I cannot give you a preferred model as I don't know your needs & budget. CME, Edirol, Novation, M-Audio, Korg... and many more manufacturers now have complete range of cute keyboards.
Just think to get one with many knobs, encoders and sliders, as the CS-80V and other vintage analog synths usually require many parameters to control, and it's far easier to do with knobs than with a mouse/keyboard (well, strictly from my point of view though, automation-addicts may purposely contradict).