LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Synth or Laptop?

Paul -- 05/15/2007, 09:19:51 -- #35076

I've been using a Korg N364 to play my backing tracks for years when I do live gigs. It sounds OK but it's really slow to load songs and I have to save everthing to a floopy. I want to update to something that has more memory. Maybe something like a Motif or some sort of software program that I could put on a laptop. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Scot -- 05/16/2007, 08:00:32 -- #35076

I enjoy Ableton live for mixing loops/backing with live performances.  You can check it out for free. Do their built in tutorials- the software is very nice and finally breaks out of the old "patch cord studio in a laptop" idea. What I mean is that they've utilized the computer to make it easier to do studio work, breaking away from emulating physical studios. Can't describe it, but check it out.

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