G6 as a soundcard

a "soundcard" usually implies using the audio, so in that case the FG can be a USB audio device. However you are asking about midi sequencing and the answer is of course! :)

Simply load the USB driver, connect the FG to the computer and make sure it shows up as a midi input and output device in logic.. note that an instrument definition file (this is the sonar term, but there is an equivalent for logic) is available to make patch selection from inside your DAW easier..

Personally i have never understood the fascination with audio recording as the raw information from the keyboard is in fact midi.. and it only changes to audio after it exits the sound generator.

good luck

Mystic38 wrote:

Personally i have never understood the fascination with audio recording

You will understand that after you have 100 MIDI-recorded projects and decide to sell your Fantom-G. How much time will it take to bounce 1000+ tracks into audio?

you dont like ur fantom g?

Art, you miss the point.. whether you like it or not, the raw data of your performance is midi.. that is the source.. with that captured you can get audio from it at any time you like, in any way you like.. but if you do your original recording in audio, you have in essence, lost your raw data... in essence your "master tapes" are midi tracks.
I simply advocate recording original tracks as midi, and it is a simple matter to playback a song through the fantom to recreate the sound of the original recording and record it as audio. i have no need or desire to bounce 1000 individual tracks to audio..as for the reasons above, i dont see the point..

Midi was created for a whole set of reasons.. not one of which was recording quality so while in 30yrs we have replaced 4-track cassettes with hard disk recording nothing has fundamentally changed with regards to those benefits

Artemiy wrote:

Mystic38 wrote:

Personally i have never understood the fascination with audio recording

You will understand that after you have 100 MIDI-recorded projects and decide to sell your Fantom-G. How much time will it take to bounce 1000+ tracks into audio?

Mystic, I never said you should not keep the original MIDI tracks, you should. And it all depends on your production style. I prefer to not depend on any piece of hardware, I want to be able to sell it and get something new whenever I please. Therefore it's only audio tracks or software instrument tracks for me. And I can open projects I did more than 5 years ago. If you sell your G one day, you won't be able to do the same.

Perhaps a good habit would be to consistantly record the midi track concurrently with the audio, if it is not much trouble?

You should also remember that all other instruments have no MIDI, so guitars, violins and vocals are all audio. The fact that keyboard players can always go and fix their mistakes only makes them practice their technique less :-) When you know you have no right for a mistake, you become more focussed and end up with much better results.

Sorry i misinterpreted you Art.. your damn glasses confused me!..lol, ..i obviously keep audio versions of complete songs.. but to date i have rarely kept audio bounces of individual tracks.. unless of course as you point out its an audio source.

btw i dream of the good old days when i was only responsible for one instrument :)

Artemiy wrote:

You should also remember that all other instruments have no MIDI, so guitars, violins and vocals are all audio. The fact that keyboard players can always go and fix their mistakes only makes them practice their technique less :-) When you know you have no right for a mistake, you become more focussed and end up with much better results.