Telebass Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Ok, I have this MIDI keyboard. How on earth do I get it to make a noise? Clueless with this, although comfortable with PCs. Help! Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Right,this may take a bit of explaining. I'm assuming you know its a controller keyboard, in that it has NO on board sounds? Which means you need to have some Virtual software instrument plug ins for whatever sequencer you're using, and route the controller to them. If I've lost you already let me know and we can break it down into chunks. MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Yup, aware it's just a controller, but where from there? Sequencer? Presumably I need a DAW which will do a lot if not all of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 And thasnks for offereing to explain! You want your Precision set up, I'm your man, but this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 If you want to use it with a computer You'll need a USB lead and synthesiser software. Do a Google for "Synthesizer software" and lots of choice should come up. If you want to record it from there then you might need a DAW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Ok, I use cubase as my main sequencer and for that you can get a plethora of virtual software instruments. Most of these have self installation packages so getting them installed isn't a big chore. Once they're on your system, you open your DAW software and go to the virtual instruments panel,different for whatever DAW you use but easy enough to find. Basically, you select your instrument from a list, click on it and load it. You can load as many of these different makes and models as you think your system can handle, they do eat a bit of memory. Now, in the column or area where you assign the midi output and input for the Chanel you want the sound sound available for, the instrument will be available as an OUTPUT option,so you select it. Now if your controller is installed properly also, your DAW software will see it as an INPUT option,so you select that. Now, if you got all that routing right, when you hit a key, you should hear the virtual sound module. There's usually a visual indicator to show midi input activity, so even if you hear nothing, you can see whether that's working, before going on to sort your output. Once you've sorted that basic setup, you can make a template where you have say 10 midi chans all routed to see the controller as input, and a couple of basic sounds pre loaded, so you can get that idea down quickly. Any questions ask away, but am off on tour tomorrow so I might take a while answer. MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telebass Posted November 10, 2013 Author Share Posted November 10, 2013 Thanks! Will look for synth sw tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monckyman Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Good place to start. http://www.vstwarehouse.com/p/synthinstruments.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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