Is a synthesizer limited to the sounds it has onboard?
I am wanting to learn how to play piano (and hopefully make music in general). My dad gave me his old Kawai K11 (late 90's, has MIDI in/out). My question is that this thing has piano sounds obviously so I can learn my initial goal, but after that can it be used to play "new" sounds like if I have software on my computer and the synth is just providing key press signals?
Or can you upload new libraries to a synth? If you could point me to a good primer on how a synth and MIDI can be used that would be great.
Also since nothing seems to come with MIDI ports anymore (we used a sound card for this thing back in the day), is a USB to MIDI cable the most practical solution now-a-days?
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