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Old 02-January-2009, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Fazor View Post
Well, it's like I did for guitar. When I thought I might like to learn, I bought a cheap-o "beginner" guitar. When I decided I wanted to continue, I bought a good one. (Then another. Then another. Then another. Then another... argh!).

Figure, if you buy a cheap-o and like the insturment, sure you might have wasted < $100. If you buy a good instrument but don't like it, you've wasted a lot more. Plus I think the porta-pad electric would be very simple to record w/ PC.
It would be simple indeed. Just a cable, no mikes involved. But as I said, half of the quality is the triggers, half of the quality is the sounds linked to them. And then there's the guy playing it too of course.

Oh, one more thing: if you really want to learn and enjoy it, make sure there's no option switched on that "does the timing for you", ie shifting your trigger times to the beat. Let it be honest with you. When you're off beat; it needs to sound off beat. It will sound way more natural.
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