My short-term goal is to record MIDI files of my piano improvisations,
so that I can feed whatever works really well into midi2ly, which
converts MIDI files into the format used by the Lilypond sheet music
notation program (http://www.lilypond.org/). So my real goal, for the
next few months, is to create new sheet music.
But when I have a few more songs composed, I'm going to record a new
album. To digitize my acoustic piano, I'm planning on using an
M-Audio FireWire 1814:
I downloaded the Metro SE demo from http://www.sagantech.biz/ and it
looks like it would do my MIDI recording just fine. It's just $69,
but the full product is only available via download, and my credit
card is racked.
Tom Lee Music in Vancouver, where I live, has Cubase Se for CAD
$149.99. Because I can pay cash, I wouldn't have to wait for a
payment to arrive at my credit card company. But it only supports up
to 96 Khz audio. The FireWire 1814 has two channels that support 192
Khz, so to get the full benefit of my fancy audio digitizer, I'd need
to upgrade Cubase or buy some competing software.
I've never really used a MIDI sequencer, but I really have just simple
needs. In your opinion, am I better off waiting until I can buy Metro
SE, or paying extra for Cubase SE?
Thanks for your help
Mike Crawford
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Michael David Crawford
mdcrawford at gmail dot com
