New User: Can i press multiple keys/notes with my mouse?

[tailor]

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

[Antoine]

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).