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NeverEnough
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 Posted: Wed, 17 Jan, 2007 22:27 Post subject: Cubase and MIDI virgin needs desperate direction |
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I've always made my music directly from and in my Roland W-30 (synth and sampler in one). The old-fashioned way. Save on a disk. Done.
Now I would like to learn it the modern wa: in a computer by working MIDI with Cubase. And that's where I don't get it. I bought Cubase and a MIDI interface (in/out to a USB).
Questions
1) Do I always need a MIDI Thru as well or can I do without?
2) I find it difficult to change a setting in my Roland (Cubase is talking about Local On/Off) and find it even more difficult to get settings right in Cubase: is there anyone that can please help me?
you can also mail me: arjenopbroek@yahoo.co.uk
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slippy272
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1st post so your honoured.
I'm an old school programmer that started on an old Atari ST and cubase 3.1
Basically if you only have one keyboard (your roland) then you will connect the MIDI out into the in of the USB port and the MIDI out of the USB into the IN on your Keyboard.
You will not need a Thru. Thru is basically that. If you wanted the information to simply go through whatever box has it, the use this port. It simply routes what is coming in back out of the THRU port. It's for 'daisy chaining' but don't worry about that unless you have more than 1 keyboard or module etc.
You will need to turn the local control on your roland to Off. Local control basically links the keys on your keyboard direct to the sound chip in the keyboard. which is what you need if you have not plugged any midi cables in.
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You want the keys on your keyboard to send MIDI note data out of the MIDI out port, into the midi in port on your USB hub, through cubase or whatever software your using and then get Cubase to send it back out (to the sound chip on your roland) via the MIDI in port.
You do this by turning local control to 'off'. If you don't you will get a funny kind of 'hollow' sound as the sound chip will be receiving 2 note instructions within a very short space of time - 1 from the keys direct and the 2nd from routing out of the midi out port through cubase and back into the midi in port. Not what you want.
Hope this helps.
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