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First post, by ahendricks18

Posted on 2014-12-05, 23:07

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Hello guys! I found out I'm getting a 61 key yamaha keyboard for christmas so I figured id set up some way to record it. I was thinking about using a tape recorder but then I realized I could just take my older 2008 machine, slap a 2-3 tb hdd in it and install audacity and fill it up with songs. What do you guys think is the best route for me? I'd like to make a mixture of 90's underground techno and some 80's dance/new wave. Maybe throw in a little new sounds. I just got audacity on my fedora machine, what other software do you guys think I might need? Thanks

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Reply 1 of 5, by Matth79

Posted on 2014-12-05, 23:42

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If the keyboard is midi capable, then a midi sequencer would be good - there must be a decent free one for Linux
http://muse-sequencer.org/ - worth a look

Reply 2 of 5, by maximus

Posted on 2014-12-06, 00:22

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One other piece of hardware you might want to get is a USB audio interface like this Behringer module. That will allow you to record directly from the line out on your keyboard. (You'd probably also need a 1/4" stereo to left/right RCA cable.)

I have one of those Behringer gizmos, and I've never seen it fail to work on Ubuntu. Should work with Fedora as well.

EDIT: just realized you might have a line-in on your sound card... that would work as well.

EDIT EDIT: For making drum tracks, check out Hydrogen.

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Reply 3 of 5, by ahendricks18

Posted on 2014-12-06, 01:10

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Alright, I'm downloading hydrogen. I dont think that the kb im getting has midi ports on it. Could I just use the RCA stereo cable on the aux out port on the kb to my sound card and record w/ audacity?

Reply 4 of 5, by ahendricks18

Posted on 2014-12-06, 01:39

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Heres the keyboard im getting on amazon:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F07YC4S/r … pf_rd_i=desktop

Reply 5 of 5, by maximus

Posted on 2014-12-06, 03:18

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ahendricks18 wrote:
Could I just use the RCA stereo cable on the aux out port on the kb to my sound card and record w/ audacity?

Sure, as long as your sound card has line in and not just microphone in. Most (all?) discrete sound cards have line in; integrated cards often do not, hence the need for the Behringer module.

It looks like your keyboard supports MIDI through its USB port. No idea if that will work out of the box on Linux. I've never found a good MIDI sequencer for Linux, though, so you might want to try it out on Windows with the Jazz++ Midi Sequencer.

Jazz++ could very well work with Wine. Would be worth testing.

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