Rosie C Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) I've decided to get back into MIDI. In the 90s I used it a fair bit with player pianos, but not since. Our band varies in size from 2-4, and when there's just two of us I end up playing intros on descant recorder, then switching to mandolin. I'm hoping to set up something with MIDI where I can have my iPad play the intro through MIDI. The first arrivals came today... Roland SPD-6 drum pad. We used one of these last summer - a recording session in a narrowboat, and heading towards 'vintage' now, so I've been looking for a good example. I like the instrument sounds, and as a bonus, it's compatible with the Boss FS-6 pedal I already had, adding high-hat and kick. Behringer UMC204HD to add a 2 channel interface and MIDI ports to my Mac. Early days but it all seems to work as expected. Ah, this takes me back! Edited March 21 by Rosie C 4 Quote
bass_dinger Posted March 21 Posted March 21 (edited) 14 hours ago, Rosie C said: Behringer UMC204HD to add a 2 channel interface and MIDI ports to my Mac. I had my eye on the Umc404hd (same basic specification, but four rather than two input channels, £2 more expensive - and out of stock everywhere). I would be interested to know how you are finding the 204, especially as a midi interface. Edited March 22 by bass_dinger Number of channels now included 1 Quote
Rosie C Posted March 21 Author Posted March 21 9 minutes ago, bass_dinger said: I had my eye on the Umc404hd (same basic specification, but rather than two input channels, £2 more expensive - and out of stock everywhere). I would be interested to know how you are finding the 204, especially as a midi interface. I would have got the 404, but I couldn't find it both at a good price and in stock. The 2 input will do me. I'll let you know how the MIDI goes - so far it's been very good, no problems, just plug & play as they used to say. Earlier today I had the SPD-6 plugged into my Mac via the UMC204, and was playing drums with my Mac acting as drum synth. Currently I have the UMC204 connected via twin MIDI DIN cables to a CME U4MIDI on my iPad and MIDI files are happily playing from one to the other Quote
Rosie C Posted March 23 Author Posted March 23 My keyboard controller arrived. The keyboard is lovely, although only 2 octaves it has proper full size weighted keys. I've managed to find a copy of the user manual, and there's much reading to do. The last bit of the jigsaw is a synth. I was going for a new one from a smaller company, but I've found them quite unhelpful. Instead I'm thinking of staying 'vintage' with a rack-mounted Roland XV-3080. But I'll have to do some research first... Quote
Rosie C Posted Thursday at 13:45 Author Posted Thursday at 13:45 (edited) I had the spanners out today - a £10 Roland bracket off ebay, the bottom half of a spare cymbal stand, and a 22mm tom arm and ... ta da! Edited Thursday at 13:56 by Rosie C 2 Quote
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