so this is whats used to make music? all you need is a laptop right or do you need pianos and stuff like that?
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You do not need anything other than your laptop. The program allows you to use your qwerty keyboard as if piano keys. I would recommend learning the program first and if you are really going to use it alot or if you already play the piano and just cannot stand writing without being able to play on black/white keys then you can fork out additional money. Technically you can make all your music clicking away with only your mouse.
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This laptop does have a cd/dvd burner. So if you have the right software you can burn from whatever media you have your music on.
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No. A laptop is a bad investment, from a performance standpoint - if you want performance, get a small form factor desktop.
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The equipment is not meant for a laptop, only a keyboard and monitor set up. I use my laptop on a separate docking station and have it all hooked up (by my wonderful IT department!)
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Well, it is an electric piano, or what we call synthesizer. It have decent sounds of all kind, even though I never did tried the "piano" sound, I bet it should be awesome.
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I have the same question - one of these or a completely different keyboard to learn piano?
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This specific device is a midi controller, which means: it will run off of the USB power to and from you computer but has to be related to your computer and the sound travels over the USB as well. It's a midi controller not a piano. this specific piece of equipment is used for recording purposes mainly, although i use it for just playing around as well. but yes you can hook up your stereo to your computer or head phones.
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It has its own computer built inside along with its own software built in. You add music from an external hard drive or USB flash drive.
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Well that depends, is he going to use it on a laptop or a computer? Because if he's using it on a laptop then highly recommend also getting one of those laptop cooler fans, because he's gonna be be spending hours on it. But besides that your pretty much fine. It already comes with it's own music producing software, & if he's using it on a Mac then he's already got Logic Pro & GarageBand. Sure to make a great gift.
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It is meant to be a standalone system. There is the ability to use Virtual DJ with this unit but it wasn't designed for use with a laptop, it's just extra functionality. Doesn't work with Serato. Has a Traktor mapping available through official channels. Again, it was built to be used without a laptop, with music prepared using Rekordbox on a USB storage device.
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Need to go into a computer. It's perfect for composing, using in home. I don't use it on gigs. The great thing, is that there is plenty of software out there that allows for it with pretty amazing sound banks. I use MAINSTAGE. It also comes with a CD to load into your system to use it's own software (I don't use it). Hope that helps Sandy
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No only *usb* to computer! There are no midi or other audio inputs and outputs bro.
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Chris - I think my last response got lost or cut short(my mistake). I'll try again. The short answer to this is no. I ran through all the presets and even some tweaks I use and cannot find any standard piano sounds. There are a couple/few organ sounds you can work with. If you want standard piano sounds, you can buy a MUCH cheaper keyboard/MIDI controller for that purpose. All that being said, this is probably the best musical instrument purchase I've ever made. I'm not really a trained musician, but the sounds I can create with this micorKorg are amazing. I hope some of this helps. MK_from_PA
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Karen and Craig are mistaken. This keyboard comes with a music book and has all of the songs in the book stored in its memory for playback. Also you can play midi files on it of whatever you like.
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You can use any brand computer , the soft ware most of us use , ie: Serrato DJ, works best with a minimum of dual core processor.
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Laptop with his music loaded, the Numark comes with a Virtual DJ CD and that's all you'll need. Oh wait earplugs! If he or she gets into DJ'ing like my boy, they'll be spinning on the tables day and night!
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it just has the most basic features of a piano. It doesnt have memory or other types of storage. You can record it by the headphone output or MIDI output in a computer!