Yamaha Usb To Host Cable
Yamaha Applications for Piano & Keyboard Instruments. Refer to the. Camera Connector.
Version History:V3.1.3 to V3.1.4- Now supports Yamaha reface CS/DX/CP/YC.- The USB-MIDI Driver is no longer available for Windows 2000/Vista/XP.The USB-MIDI driver is software that transfers MIDI data back and forth between PC software and Yamaha USB-MIDI devices.Yamaha USB-MIDI Driver Installation (for Windows)1 Disconnect all USB devices from the computer except for the mouse and computer keyboard.2 Start the computer and log on to the Administrator account.
MIDI Connection – Step By Step There are THREE main ways that you will be able to connect your digital piano or keyboard up. It will depend on your keyboard. You can connect your keyboard if it has any of: traditional MIDI ports; a USB (sometimes labelled as USB host); or maybe even bluetooth. Here is a quick video which covers all the aspects of how to connect your MIDI keyboard to your iPad, Mac or PC, whether it has MIDI ports, USB or Bluetooth. Scroll down below if you want more detail, and links to the products mentioned. Do You Have Traditional MIDI Ports?
Check the outputs on your keyboard. Does it have MIDI ports?
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is the protocol for communication between your keyboard and your computer. When you press a key the action is registered by the software you are using through the MIDI link.Most traditional keyboards and Digital Pianos have MIDI in and out as standard. Look for ports like the one in the image below. It is possible your keyboard is only a controller, and may only have MIDI out. The principal of MIDI connection is still the same.
Connect a Keyboard with traditional MIDI ports to an iPad: 4 Options USB MIDI interface or Audio Interface + powered iPad adapterIf you want to connect your keyboard to your iPad, and it has the MIDI ports as shown above, then you have 4 different ways to do it. Options 1 and 2 are identical to the solution for PC and Mac. You buy either a OR a with MIDI input and output (so any of the products shown above) and use a (as shown to the left). It is very important you buy one that allows you to charge at the same time or you will not have sufficient power!
Does Your Keyboard have a USB Port? If you have digital piano or keyboard have a USB output? It is sometimes labelled USB-Host or similar. If so, then you should be able to connect very easily to your Mac or PC with a standard USB Printer cable.
Simply refer to the manual for your particular keyboard to find out how to set it up. Easy.Got an iPad? Then you should be able to connect with a standard USB cable and a (as mentioned above).OR, to connect to iPad you could buy the.
This is an interface especially designed to connect from the USB output of a digital piano to ipad, via lightning. FAQWhy do MIDI IN jacks connect to MIDI OUT jacks? Surely it makes more sense to connect a MIDI IN jack to a MIDI IN jack. After all, they’re both labeled IN.
Same goes for MIDI OUT to MIDI OUT”The accepted way actually makes a lot of sense. Think about it. You want MIDI data to go out of your controller and in to your sound module. After all, you wouldn’t connect the audio out jack of your sound module to the outputs of your mixer, would you?
No, you connect the audio output to an audio (mixer) input. And then you connect the mixer outputs to the inputs of your amplifier.
And then you connect the amp’s speaker outputs to the speaker inputs. Same thing with MIDI. Think of MIDI data as “flowing” in the same way that audio signals “flow” through your audio system. Still Confused? Or Want To Record Audio Tracks? This is just a quick guide if you simply want to hook up your keyboard to start using MIDI software. If you want a more in-depth set of tutorials, or you want to record the sound of your keyboard then you can either refer to our quick guide on, or see our which explains the difference between MIDI and Audio in detail and shows you step-by-step exactly what you need to either record your keyboard or use it as a MIDI controller.Found this helpful?
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Hi Jane.I’m a bit of a luddite (I’m not saying which bit) when it comes to playing music, having started out on Hammond organs and until now, never having anything to do with midi. I have a Yamaha PSR540 now and have always wanted to add a bass pedal board so I can play my own bass lines, rather than rely on the automatic accompaniment. I recently acquired a Ketone K8 pedalboard and after connecting the midi cable to the pedals’ ‘out’ and the keyboard’s ‘in’, then blundering about with midi settings, managed to get the pedals to make a sound come from the PSR540. Unfortunately the only sound I can get it to make is the Yamaha’s 001 – grand piano I have no idea how to assign a different sound to the signal from the controller – the pedals Any ideas?.Jane Sherratt. Hi Jane, I have some old instrument stuff that was left by my brother.
Idont know how to set this up.It consist of a M-audio oxygen 61 usb midi controller, edirol uex 25, roland xp60, roland sc880, behringer mixer, amplifier, 2 midi cable standard and midi to usb cable. Plus an hp laptopmy question is how can i connect the laptop with a vst software to sc880 into m-audio?and please give me a suggestion that i can link all this stuff together.im new to this and i have no idea how to set these up together.thanks for your help.Jane Sherratt. I’m a newbie to the world of MIDI. I’m interested in purchasing a PSR keyboard from Yamaha (either a PSR-S970 or a PSR-S950). My query here involves the playing of MIDI files of which I have quite a number mostly downloaded from the internet. They are on a USB stick in files by genre and then by artist/band. They also exist on my computer in the same manner.
Which is the better way to connect to the PSR–computer or USB stick? Also, will the screen on the PSR see the current files in which the MIDI’s reside and then open the files to reveal the actual.mid I’m searching for? Can I also accomplish the following: can I mute a midi channel on the PSR and be able to play along with the midi file with, say, a grand piano patch or even a keyboard split? Can I change the overall key signature of the midi file on the PSR and also have the “live” patch on which I’m playing transpose as well? Enjoying this blog immensely, and, many, many thanks!!!.Jane Sherratt. Glad you are enjoying the blog. There are a lot of questions there – I think the best thing to do is download the manual for the keyboard you are interested in and read the section on MIDI in detail.
You should be able to have the files on your computer and play them back on the keyboard, and you should be able to fiddle with playback settings and MIDI channels in a DAW such as Reaper. Or you may find that laoding the files directly on the keyboard might work depending on what functionality is built into the keyboard.
I am not familiar with those models in detail. I prefer using a computer interface to the small screens on keyboards.
I guess the thing to do is get the keyboard and experiment. Good luck.Colin Henning. Hello,I recently purchased a Yamaha MX61 keyboard. It has a great tone generator for live performances and then some. I want to use it as a midi controller; so, I connected it via USB to my MAC. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I keep hearing the Internal Keyboard sounds & the software plugin/vst’s.I simply want to use Kontakt and have my board as the controller.
I don’t want to hear the internal sounds that the keyboard produces. I want to use the software.Also, would the sound then have to come from the headphone port on my MAC?Regards,.Jane Sherratt. Hi Jane,I recently bought a casio ctk711ex cheap to have a go at home recording. I have got all leads in correctly but cannot seem to get any joy in setting sound up on my pc. I am using a midi to usb connection, it automatically installed drivers and said i was ready to go, okay i was ready but it just doesn’t seem to want to work with the audio recording software i have tried(which is several), please tell me what i am doing wrong as its driving me crazy lol. I have tried making sure all input and output channels were set up correctly but to no avail. I realise that it may be something simple but any help would be gratefully received,Thank you in anticipation,Regards,Dave.Jane Sherratt.
Hi Jane,My mom bought me a Studiologic SL-990 pro Midicontroller, and I have no idea what to do with it. I’d like to be able to use it like a keyboard, but I have no idea what software I would need to make that happen.I had a macbook and still have a midi-usb cord, which worked great with Garageband–you just plug everything in and away it goes. Now that my macbook no longer works–the most recent update made everything slow down to a point where nothing functions–I’m back to a laptop PC which doesn’t have anything analogous to Garageband.Any suggestions you can provide? I’d ideally like to just be able to download something from the internet rather than hunting something down in a store.Thanks so much!Aaron.Jane Sherratt.
I have a Korg X5 that I have had for 15 years with the intention to learn how to play and to create music. I will be 50 May 31, 2016 and decided I am going to follow my passion for music, peace, unity, illumination, etc. Through my photography, videography, and music creation.
The problems is not my passion it is knowledge.I have a Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 (A6) as my audio interface. I have plugged my microphone into my A6 and Ableton recognizes it. Hi, you definitely should not need to install any drivers for the X5, or connect it up directly to your laptop.
If you just wish to use the X5 as a controller then you should be able to connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of the keyboard to the MIDI IN of the A6 interface. Then you should simply go to the control panel of the X5 and set 2C EXT OUT SEL of Global mode to “MIDI”. Yes I believe the A6 should be acting as a MIDI interface. I wouldn’t even connect the Korg X5 to the computer at all. If you follow the instructions in our page on testing a MIDI device – and I know you have already looked at this – make sure you are running the tests using the A6 as the device.
If you still can’t get it to work, go back to Native Instruments for more support – and make sure you have activated the MIDI in your Kontakt Player, there is a useful article how to do that hereIf you get all that working and you then wish to play back from the laptop to the keyboard and you are getting overlap of sound from the Echo Back then you will need to set Local Off on the X5 – this disconnects the keyboard section from the internal tone generator. However, when you play the X5 in standalone mode it won’t make a sound until you turn Local On.Hope that is of some help.Muthamala Praveen Kumar. I just bought a used Yamaha Portatone 310 in hopes to use it as a base board to utilize voices from garageband and Wavelab le7 on mac and FL studios on pc) It has a midi in / out. I am trying to run it through an Alesis IO2 which it has both midi in / out, and it (the alesis) is equipped with a usb B port to feed pc or mac. So far I have seen lights and had sound to the Alesis, but I have not seen any indication of recognition through eithr pc or mac nor any programs I am running.I have only attached one midi cable from the yamaha to the Alesis.
Neither my pc or mac are even recognizing anything is plugged in. I am running Wavelab LE7 for a program. Do I need two midi cables?.Jane Sherratt. The IO2 should be a plug and play device. Try connecting it directly to a USB port on computer, not via a hub. If it doesn’t appear to be recognised by computer try a different USB cable – 99% of the time this solves the problem.
You need to establish that the IO2 is working and being recognised by the computer before going any further. Look in your control panel (windows) or system preferences (mac) and make sure that the IO2 is showing up as an available audio device, then set it to the default. Only start up your recording software after you have checked that the IO2 is being recognised. Don’t start up the software then plug in the IO2, do it the other way round. Finally it will be a choice of making sure that the IO2 is being chosen as the recording device in the software preferences, and checking the MIDI preferences to use the MIDI on the IO2.simon kilvington. Hi, try my article on testing your MIDI device – although I am demonstrating with a MIDI Controller keyboard the same principle would apply with your cable.
It should be labelled with a brand, if it isn’t then it is probably an unbranded one, which can be a bit more unreliable. If it seems ‘dead’ then it possibly is. If it powers up, then it is possible you need to update your windows drivers. There is a link on the page to more information about this advanced troubleshooting. Hope it helps.simon kilvington. Hi Jane,I noticed your comment awhile back to avoid the M-audio keystation since they removed the DIN midi ports. Well, I have the Keystation49 and was hoping to use it to run an old QSR sound module I just picked up.
Other than the iconnectMidi4 (rather not spend $200), I was wondering if there’s an interface that goes from keyboard USB to sound module MIDI DIN? As I think about it, I’m doubtful since I guess there’d be nothing to power the USB?I suspect what WON’T work is: using an M-Audio Uno “backwards” (in reverse) with a USB A to USB B adapter.Your thoughts? Thanks for being such a great answerer of questions!!Brian.Jane Sherratt. Some keyboards can connect to computer directly using a USB cable. If yours can connect like that then you need to refer to the manufacturer’s handbook to work out how to set it up. Make sure the keyboard is selected as the MIDI device in the program. It is not the same as a MIDI cable.
If your keyboard has MIDI ports then you can connect it using a USB-MIDI interface which is a different kind of cable. If you use one of those, then you need to correctly install the interface and then make sure it is selected as the MIDI input device in your software.Tom.
Hi Tom, are you saying you want your keyboard to play this new sounds? I think it will depend on what kind of keyboard it is. If you head to this page and select your Yamaha model from the drop down list you can find which software is available for it.
On the other hand, if you want to use your keyboard as a controller and generate the sounds on your computer then you can do that in any DAW like Pro Tools, Cubase, Mixcraft, Sonar etc, or with standalone products like the Native Instruments Kontakt or Garritan Sounds. Hope that helps.Danny J.
Hi I have a Casio wk-1630 (really Anciant) and on both my pc and laptop data doe’s not seem to be transferring in. At one point if I clicked on the piano grid on my software the sound from my pc would play on my casio speakers but the data notes do not play from my casio to my pc so I cannot record midi. I have tried acid pro 7 and FL 10 but I still cannot get the midi to work. (by the way it’s a midi to usb) I am stuck I don’t know if I should buy a new computer, a new keyboard a sound card or what I just purchased Pro tools express to now try that but it will arrive in a few days. Tell me if I make sense I’m am new to midi recording I always used audio recording for real instruments just mics and imputs, so please help!.Jane Sherratt. Hi Alex, I do apologise for time taken to reply, I was immediately going to recommend the Alesis Q25 which is a fantastic little 25-key controller keyboard with full-sized keys and has an old school MIDI out. I notice that this model has now been superseded by the Aleses V25, but the V25 is USB only.
Still, I think there are plenty of Q25 still available. If you want a controller keyboard with extra pads, faders etc then the new Alesis VI25 has all that, full-sized keys, and that desired MIDI portHope that helps.
All the best, Jane.Robert. Hi Jane, This is the first time I’ve visited this web site. You seem to have helped people here with a similar problem that I have.
I wonder if you can help me?I have a Quickshot Midi Composer keyboard. It is a midi-controller and sends midi out that can be received by computer sound cards. This technology is 20 yrs old.
It’s two connection methods are either a midi output (requires a midi cable male-to-male) or a game port output (15 pin game port cable connector also male-to-male).I no longer use a desktop computer. I use a Dell laptop that only has sound card inputs via mini-jack access.My problem is finding an adapter that will work in either case. I’d rather use the mini-jack “line-in” to receive the MIDI controller signal from the Quickshot Midi Composer keyboard, because it would be direct to the sound card.I saw your example above that suggested a MIDI cable to USB connection. Is that the only option available? Will the MIDI controller signal reach the sound card through the USB connection, without modifying the signal values in any way?Thank you for your time to answer this. I appreciate it.Jane Sherratt. Hello Jane, love this site and would appreciate if you could answer some queries.
Yamaha P45 Usb To Host Cable
I’ve been trying to get Cubase 7.5 artist to link up with my KOrg M3 via Scarlett midi interfaces a cheap 2 output. I am having some difficulties because midi implies you don’t hear notes just data so when I’m creating a midi track in Cubase I’m hearing a weird sound. I thought I should only hear that through an audio track. That’s the first problem. Secondly, my keyboard adds sounds on a track that shouldn’t be there when it is connectedsay on a 16 piece sequenced composition, track for strings adds other melody like bells which were never on the original. The reason I bought cubase was to make my Korg pieces better, I wanted the synth to sound better so I can start to send off the finished tracks to music libraries.
Some hope but I really love my Korg m3 and don’t know whether cubase would do thisI.e make the sound better? I was told a mixing desk wouldn’t do much. I suppose I just want my compositions to sound more professional. Wondered if you have any advice? Thank you Phil.Jane Sherratt. Hi PhilIf you are just making a MIDI connection from your Korg to Cubase, then all the extra bells, whistles and sounds you are hearing are something to do with how you are setting up Cubase, so you should focus on checking the manual and looking for tutorials on how to get the MIDI set up right in Cubase. If you do want to record the actual Korg sounds, then you will need to make some kind of audio connection, so you may need to purchase an audio interface that will enable you to take the actual line output of the Korg and record to an audio track in Cubase.
Regards Jane.Larry Bourdet. Hi, may I know if for an instance I have a digital piano or a synthesiser and I connect it to my computer and use the MIDI software. Am I able to change how my piano sounds like while using MIDI? I’ve seen some covers on YouTube and some of them have really good piano sounds so I was wondering if it was possible for me to change how my synthesiser sound like as I do not really like the default piano sound of my synthesiser and there aren’t other built in piano sounds that are to my liking.
I’m using a korg m1 so it’s a pretty old model. Thanks for your time!.Jane Sherratt.
Hi Subhro, from what I can see that keyboard has got left and right line out (1/4″ jack). You can connect that up to a suitable recording interface or you could have a go at getting a splitter cable that connects the two mono outputs to a 1/8″ stereo mini-jack and connect straight to the laptop.
This won’t give the best recording quality, but would be fine for being able to make recordings of yourself so you can hear how you sound. However, having a dedicated interface or USB mixer will give a better recording result. Hope that helps, Jane.scott spalding. Hi Jane, I have been stuck with this problem for a very very long time and searching online hasn’t provided an answer for me yet. I have a CME UF6 keyboard that I have had for a few years and would like to start using it again however unfortunately the company stopped providing drivers for it a while back and no win7 64 available so I can’t use it via the usb cable.
However there is a midi out port only (no in port), is it possible to still use this keyboard with windows 7? My sound card is the Edirol UA25 which has midi in/out but as there is only a midi out port on keyboard I couldn’t get this to work.Thank you 🙂.Jane Sherratt.
Hi Jane,I have Yamaha MM6(it has MIDI I/O & USB) & Cubase AI 5. Hi Nikhil, the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 does not have MIDI (from what I can see) so you won’t connect the Yamaha directly to the interface. You will connect the interface to one USB port, and then connect the Yamaha to another. You can transmit MIDI data direct from the Yamaha. In any software you use, select the Focusrite as the audio input and output, and the yamaha keyboard will be the MIDI input/output. You will be able to change voices on MIDI/instrument tracks in the software.
You will be able to trigger from the Yamaha and use it as a controller (you may need to turn the volume down in church if you are using software rather than the sound of the keyboard!).Peter. Hi Jane,Just after submitting my last comment (about MIDI for beginners), I came across an illuminating quote from your good self:“The accepted way actually makes a lot of sense. Think about it. You want MIDI data to go out of your controller and in to your sound module. After all, you wouldn’t connect the audio out jack of your sound module to the outputs of your mixer, would you?No, you connect the audio output to an audio (mixer) input. And then you connect the mixer outputs to the inputs of your amplifier.
And then you connect the amp’s speaker outputs to the speaker inputs. Same thing with MIDI. Think of MIDI data as “flowing” in the same way that audio signals “flow” through your audio system”.Through which stages exactly this MIDI “flow” travels is exactly what I fail to grasp.I’m aware that each MIDI connection has 16 MIDI channels – likened to 16 different musicians, somewhere online. I also learned that Channel 10 is usually reserved for percussion. But for the life of me, I have been unable to unearth which instruments the other 15 are relating to.So if I want to play some virtual musical instrument, on my MIDI controller, are Channels the right place to begin? And if so, how to decide then which Chanel would be suited to (or suitable for), say, this trumpet,of my previous contribution?
And, following up on this, in what manner do things like Program Changes and Banks fit in?The more I’m reading on the subject, the more baffled I becomePeter.Jane Sherratt. Hi, the channels do not relate to instruments – except that channel 10 is usually related to percussion. What you can do is select different ‘patches’ (instruments) on each individual channel so you can have an ‘orchestra’ or ‘band’ of up to 16 voices. The voices can be anything you care for and limited only to the instruments you have available within your software.
So in your SOFTWARE you need to load in any instruments you have available, select the channel and then output to that channel from your keyboard. You can send program changes within a track which will change the instrument or patch to another one.Peter. Hi Jane,Might you be able to shed light on on some difficulties currently experienced?I own a brand new M-Audio Keystation 88 MkII, MIDI Controller, since a couple of days. I’d like it to play Garritan musical instrument sample (in Aria) – preferably as standalone on a Windows 7 laptop. And playback of this I wish to capture – not on some DAW, but on my Zoom R16 digital 16-track recorder.The biggest hurdle, has been setting up MIDI, on Keystation 88. Wouldn’t it be nice if MIDI could play the test trumpet loaded in Aria?
But no luck at all, so far.I’m relatively new to the concept of MIDI and, hence, unsure where exactly to begin. The manual coming with the Keystation is frustratingly basic, in this regard – thus adding considerably to already great confusion. I had hoped to make some music, these past five days; instead, those were spent attempting to dig up, online, some tutorial explaining – to absolute newbies (like me) – from where exactly to start and how to move forward, step-by-step. But wherever I looked, I was pelted with horrendously impenetrable gobbledegook – without exception.Would you know, perhaps, as to whether something akin to ‘MIDI For Dummies exists?Thank you.Peter.Jane Sherratt. Hi, Im a little confused with this usb midi cable. My friend has a casio keyboard and has one lead that is a midi that plugs into the keyboard and the other end is a usb that plugs into the pc, and then he plays the keyboard and it records using a daw prog on the pc. No issues.Now, im looking at getting a yamaha psr e 303 and im struggling to find a lead.
The only ones seem to be the ux16 that has some type of interface and two leads coming out. Dont understand why i can t find a single cable with the round midi plug for keyboard and a usb on the other end for pc just as one cable.thanks.Jane Sherratt. I have a quick question. I have purchased the RME Babyface D A Converter and it comes equipped with the older style 5 pin midi in/out. My keyboard, a simple YAMAHA, only has one USB type B port.
I have previously connected the keyboard to Garageband DAW on the laptop via USB, just using the downloadable driver from Yamaha and it seems to be running fine. Is there an advantage to connecting direct to the Babyface apart from the fact that I will use less USB inputs? Should I need to change anything to utilise the midi input on the Babyface.
What is the best type of cable to buy? It should all be plug and play should it not?
I Would appreciate your advice.Jane Sherratt. Hi, I’m not sure if your Yamaha has MIDI ports? Is it not USB only as you describe? If that is the case, then I don’t think you can connect it up to the Babyface via MIDI. If it is a keyboard that makes sound, then you would be able to record the actual sound via line out. In which case you’d need to look at the audio output of the Yamaha, the line in ports of the Babyface and purchase the appropriate cable.
Without more info cannot say exactly which cable. But from what you have described I don’t think you are going to be connect Yamaha-Babyface via MIDI.clbobman.
Yes jane my Yamaha, a simple PSR 413 has a USB midi out, type B port as I said. I have now been using the Midi piano and the babyface together in the same DAW ( Garageband) on the laptop so no real problem there. The piano just connected type B Midi to type A USB on the laptop as normal. I have solved that issue.
I guess there is no real advantage to going into the 5 pin midi plug directly on the baby face? And I just wondered if it was possible? The thing is, there may be advantages to being able to enter the babyface, as the Total Mix software that interacts with the Babyface unit is very powerful and it may give me further ways to use the Midi pathways from the keyboard. That was my question can I actually go from the USB type B port OUT on the keyboard, to the two Midi 5 pin plugs that are attached to the Baby face DAC. Thanks for all the help. It is really appreciated.dan s. I have a problem, I have an old midi keyboard controller ( that keyboard has only Out Put midi ) that I wanna connect to computer, so i bought a midi usb cable that has usb and midi out put in put, and when i connect it to my computer ( I’m using FL studio 11 ) and enable it in FL studio but it doesn’t work in there.
I check on the keyboard it turned on and light on the midi cable also on, but i notice that the light (Out put) on the midi cable it didn’t turn on, so I don’t know what is the problem with that, is it becoz my keyboard suppose to have midi out and in or becoz of midi cable itself? Please help me. And I’m sorry for my poor english.Jane Sherratt.
Hi, if the MIDI interface is showing up in FL Studio then it is most likely working. It shouldn’t matter that your keyboard only as MIDI output, just make sure you connect the IN on the cable to the Out of the keyboard. I have known MIDI interfaces to fail on just one part only though – ie they appear to install fine, but either the In or the Out does not work. If you have bought a branded interface then check the manual, and maybe post a support request to the manufacturer to make sure you have installed it correctly. Hope you can get it working.Kirk.
Hello, I wish to shop for a midi keyboard and appropriate software to take advantage of the lighted keys feature on some keyboards, to learn how to play. I have a computer and emedia software, ( not yet loaded )but it does not seem to have the lighted key feature I am looking for according to the sleeve although I may be incorrect on this point. Please tell me some popular suggestions on software and keyboards ( I see Casio has a model). Also, does the software have to support the lighted keys feature? One more question: Can I purchase separately additional CD’s with songs/music to learn even more songs/music with the lighted key feature? What do I shop for?
Am I missing any essential part? John.Jane Sherratt. Hi Jane, I have two kybd controllers, M-audio axiom 61 and M-audio keystation es 61. I have the GSI VB3 software in my pc laptop hosted by VSTHost. I want to make a double manual B-3 organ.
My axiom is on top and plugged into the lap top. I have sound and an expression pedal working. I have the keystation on the bottom set to midi channel 2 going from the midi out of the keystation going into the midi in of the axiom. No sound from the bottom keystation? What am I missing?
Can you figure this out? ThanksJesse.Jane Sherratt. Hi, I don’t have an Axiom keyboard to try this, but what you should find is that the Axiom will have two input ports showing in your software (see the table in the manual on p5).
You will need to have two MIDI tracks armed in your software, one triggered from port 1 and one from port 2. The Axiom effectively acts like an interface on the MIDI in port. Here is a link to the manual. Just to repeat I haven’t tried this as I don’t have the same equipment, but give it a try.
Cheers, Jane.Jane Sherratt. Thanks for the response. I’ve since discovered that there are two ways to go with this.
Get the upper manual to take the midi out from the bottom manual to switch to midi merge at the upper manuals midi in port internally. If there is no internal midi merge switch then you need “Midi Solutions Midi Merge” to take the midi out of both keyboards and run them into midi in of the merge device and then into some kind of midi in/out usb to connect to the the PC. The two keyboards need to have midi channels set to channel 1 for the top master and channel 2 for the bottom sub manual. At any rate this is where I am at, trying to see if the M-audio Axiom can switch on a Midi Merge function internally at it’s Midi in for the lower M-audio key station es lower manual of my vb3 clone wheel creation.Jesse. Jane, I got it to work! I keep reading the M-audio Axiom 61 manual and this is what worked to get a double manual with expression pedal using GSI VB3 software and a PC (sounds great by the way). I plugged my bottom manual (M-audio Key Station 61 midi out) into the midi in of the M-audio Axiom 61 and switched the bottom manual M-audio Key Station 61 to midi channel 2 inside the Key Station controller.
That accessed the VB3 software’s bottom manual on the GUI which is also on midi channel 2. The upper manual is set to channel 1 automatically I guess. The expression pedal just plugs into the M-audio Axiom 61 expression pedal jack and is automatically connected to the VB3 software. I now have a fully functioning B-3 Organ with Leslie and expression pedal for a fraction of the cost of a commercial clone wheel and none of the weight of a real B-3 and Leslie. Now on to cannibalizing a 2 octave kybd controller to make a pedal board. Please post this because I couldn’t find any of this info on the net. Catch ya, Jesse Pearson.Jane Sherratt.
Hm, I don’t know why connecting it up would mean you no longer got audio. It is quite an old keyboard though, are you connecting it directly up to iPad via the USB? Is it just when connected that you can’t get audio, or has the audio disappeared? I think you may have read the manual very carefully to check if there are any switches or settings you need to adjust, and also might be an idea to contact Roland support directly as this is quite a specific question. In general it is not a common problem as far as I know.Alisha Kat. Hi JaneYou are awesome to answer all these people!I have a Casio Privia PX310.
My boyfriend just bought me the M-Audio M-Track Plus with Pro Tools.I have a Toshiba laptop too.I want to use my keyboard to record with my Pro Tools software.I’m reading these answers and am still a lost newbie!!Which cord do I need to connect my keyboard to the M Audio?I do want all 3 to communicate and record.HELP!! I am utterly stumped.:/I have midi connection on my keyboard.M Audio has a guitar line connect and a mic input connect. Do I utilize these??Thank you in advance for your time and considerate patience.Alisha Kat.Jane Sherratt.
Hi Alisha, thanks for your kind words. You have two options depending on what you want to do. If you want to use your Casio as a MIDI controller then you need a couple of these:If you want to record the actual sound of your keyboard via the line on the M-Track Plus then you need two standard jack cables – or a dual cable like the one below. Connect the left and right output of the piano to the left and right line in on the M-Track PlusSo yes, you are using the two guitar/line/mic inputs on the M-Track. Switch to line signal.Good luck with that then!.Alisha Kat.
Hi again Jane.I hope you are well.I have been using my keyboard as midi in/out through my MTrack express with Pro Tools and Ignite, but am not sure of some things.I can record in Pro Tools, but the play back comes through my keyboard, and not my computer speakers. They are just cheap, computer speakers with no settings.What is happening?Also, on playback, it only plays the piano sounds which are set/changeable in the keyboard, not the actual recorded sounds.Why is it doing this?I can record in IGNITE, and playback through computer speakers which plays the actual recorded sounds, but it is so crackly and skips.Can I fix these skips and such?
The recording actually sounds good despite this.Do you have any advise?Thank you!Alisha Kat.Jane Sherratt. Hi Alisha, make sure you have speakers or headphones connected to the MTrack and set the MTrack up as the default device for recording and playback. It will be worth installing ASIO4ALL (if you are using a PC) and setting up the buffer size etc. A lot of your issues are to do with routing.
The reason you are getting skips and crackling in Ignite will be to do with not using the MTrack to monitor the sound I think. With Pro Tools it sounds as if you are using the keyboard as the MIDI input and output device, which is why the sounds are coming back out through your keyboard.
Regards Jane.Alisha Kat. Hi again Jane.I was able to get the system plugged in and recording, but now I have a new issue.Perhaps you have an answer?I have an MAudio MTrack Plus, using Pro Tools Express and Ignite software.I have a Casio Privia 310 Keyboard.My computer is a Toshiba Laptop.Here are my questions:1-I am able to record in Ignite, with all the sounds, but the play back is super crackly and it pops a lot. The recording is great and Ignite is super user friendly, but the playback sounds awful.The playback from the Ignite recording comes through my plugged in computer speakers. I have them plugged in the MBox.Any suggestions to fix the pops and cracks?2-I am able to record in Pro Tools, (definitely a more challenging program since I don’t know it),but the playback comes through my actual keyboard, not my speakers.?Because of this, it plays back the sound that the keyboard is set on, not the sound it was recorded in.So Ignite plays back through the computer speakers, but Pro Tools plays through my Casio Keyboard??My speakers are cheapy computer speakers.
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Do I need different ones?Any thoughts you have are greatly appreciated Jane! I have been watching YOUTUBE videos and have not found a solution.Thank you very much!Alisha.Jane Sherratt. Hi, I replied previously, now I’m getting a bit confused. You have an MBox and an MTrack? Make sure you only use one device. Let’s assume there is a mistake there and you just have an MTrack Plus.
If that is the case, then go to the ASIO settings and adjust the buffer size etc. By adjusting the settings you should be able to get a good recording and playback. Try headphones to see if they are better than the speakers in terms of quality. But do make sure you are just using ONE input and output device, and that you are not routing the sound out from a different place to where you are recording.
Regards Jane.Kaitie James. Hello there!My husband and I have been trying to figure out how to get his keyboard to work with Cubase 7.We have hooked up his Kurzweil K2500X with his Windows 7 computer using a USB to MIDI cord, and have plugged everything in exactly how you have said, however, we can not get the program to register that the keyboard is plugged in. We have also tried it with Garageband and tried every USB port, and still have the same problem.I don’t know if you would know what the problem is, but we have tried everything and have been looking online for a few days and have not figured out how to fix the problem, so I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask. Thanks so much for any help you can give!-Kaitie James.Jane Sherratt. Hey, Jane!I’m hunting around to buy a controller, but am still reading about new technologies after a really long time away from the topic, so I’d like to understand some things better:1) Some controllers (I’m gonna stick with a 64-keys one) have the midi out in addition to the USB output and I’ll probably choose one of these since I’d like to try the USB connection with my Mac Pro, but also have the possibility of plugging it in a sound card (that I’m also going to buy) through midi. The point is – don’t I need the sound card if I plug the controller in the notebook USB port at all?2) If I’m using USB with the notebook intern sound card, won’t I have latency issues that would make me stick with midi through a USB or FireWire sound card?3) What are my sound output options?
Just speakers and headphones or would I be temporarily able to use the notebook speakers?Thanks a lot and sorry for such a long issue.Jane Sherratt. Why not hedge your bets and buy a USB MIDI controller that also has a standard MIDI out port. That way you can use the controller straight away with your notebook but if in future you want to experiment with upgrading to an interface with MIDI i/o then you can direct the output of the keyboard to the MIDI interface.
I use a USB-MIDI controller and don’t seem to have any particular issues with latency. It’s a Samson, and many of their keyboards have standard MIDI port, as do the Alesis Q and QX series. Stay away from the M-Audio Keystation. You can just use your built in sound card for now, the Mac Operating System is very efficient and I am sure you will get good results just with your notebook speakers. By the way, most keyboards around the size you are talking about have 61 keys (5 octaves plus a note).Akaash. Hye Jana, I am a beginner music artist from India.
Need some help:/ I use FL Studio to produce my music (simply with the inbuilt sound card of my PC and placing notes with mouse itself) but now my musical requirements are getting higher(like my dreams:O ) so I am planning to buy a USB audio interface(M-AUDIO-M-TRACK 2×2 USB Audio Interface) and a midi controller keyboard (Samson Graphite 49), a large diaphragm condenser microphone (Samson C01). My question is that do will I need anything else to connect these instruments?(something like MIDI interfaces or like thatyou know, I dont know but this M Audio audio interface specs speak of audio in/midi inI dont know) And one more thing I need to plug in my Yamaha F310 guitar. But how to do that? It dont have any inbuilt pickup so is it better to simply record with a high fidelity microphone or a pickup gives a better quality?? I have never tried these just imagined 😀 Thanks in advance.Jane Sherratt. The M-Track has a good microphone input so you won’t need any other equipment other than you will need an XLR lead to connect the mic to the interface, and some way of listening to what you are doing – headphones or powered speakers – as the sound will be coming out of the M-Track. You should just be able to use the Samson mic to record the guitar and get a nice result.
With the Graphite you can connect it directly to your computer via USB, or you could power it via USB and connect the MIDI out port to the MIDI in port of the M-Track using a standard MIDI cable. You’ll just have to pick the appropriate MIDI out from FL Studio.
So in short the only additional equipment you will need with the set up you describe is appropriate cables and headphones/speakers.Darien Charlton. I think it depends on how YOU want to route the sound. “MainStage features ReWire and MIDI-out support.
That means everything you use to perform is on your Mac, giving you total control. Each Patch works as a self-contained audio mixer and router, so you can completely change direction mid-performance.
One minute you can be playing some heavily distorted guitar with a full backing band. And the next you can be creating bass loops with an external synth against an Ultrabeat drum pattern.”.Todd Bolinger.
That is a pretty broad question. I would start with getting a decent audio interface with quality XLR microphone input (with phantom power support) and MIDI i/o and line in so that you have covered all the bases for the inputs you will need. If you have not done this kind of thing before then Mixcraft is a good starting point (you can download the demo from acoustica.com) or one of the entry level cakewalk products. They have a less steep learning curve that some of the other packages and it does seem that you are just starting out.
For good quality vocal recordings you will want to look for a good large diaphragm condenser microphone. You will also need a stand, a shockmount if you can stretch to it and you might want to think about a small stand mounted vocal booth (see the range from Editors Keys who do a complete range). Hope that helps a bit.john burke. Good day.I have a Yamaha PSR 6700 keyboard. I’ve had it for over 20 years. I love it and would not trade it for today’s short-lived electronic instruments. I had a music synthetiser to go with it via a MIDI cable.
One day, the synthetiser stopped working. I sent it away for repair.
Used it for a few months and it blew again. I have since tried to buy another synthetiser but haven’t been able to find one.
The synthetiser I am talking about is a kind of a stand alone black box that connects to the keyboard via a MIDI cable and it usually has over 200 voices that can be played on the keyboard or even blend with the keyboard own voices to bring out an incredible combinations of beautiful sounds. Since I’ve been without an add-on synthetiser I’ve tried to find one and each time I did, those electronic instrument shops keep telling me that they don’t have any of those, “Old technology” they said.
I am here to ask you if it’s true that there are no stand alone synthetisers that connect to older keyboards via a MIDI cable? If there are, where can I find them? Thanks.Jane Sherratt. Hi Michael, Although many people have moved to using virtual instruments on their computers for this kind of thing there are plenty of hardware boxes out there, new and secondhand. Try a search on ‘MIDI sound modules’ and quite a few come up. I quite like the look of the Roland SonicCell, or the Chord Pianobox II has a nice set of GM intruments.
Nord do a lot of tabletop synths. I guess it depends on the kind of sounds you want. There are plenty of secondhand bargains up for grabs on eBay, these come up in the Google Shopping search and of course directly on eBay. But the good news is yes, you can definitely still get them!.Michael.
Thank you Jane. You sure know where to look, yes? I checked the Roland BK-7m and the Integra 7. I am not sure if these can be connected to my Yamaha PRS 6700 keyboard and that they will work for years without burning themselves out, like my previous sound module (synthetiser). I will contact Roland and see what they say. You don’t want to be on stage singing and playing an instrument and all of sudden the module cooks itself out and the crowd starts throwing tomatoes and cabbages at you, do you?
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So, I better treat the next purchase more carefully. Thanks for suggesting a product for me. I’m from Melbourne, Australia.Jane Sherratt.
Hi, glad you found it helpful. Probably the best thing is to look through our when looking for a MIDI keyboard to find one that fits your needs. If you stick with a good brand then check out the secondhand market too, as they are pretty simple and I have a couple of good quality keyboards (from M-Audio) that have lasted years.
I don’t know enough about what is available in India to comment which would be the best keyboard for you, but hopefully the pointers in that article will help you to decide for yourself. Good hunting.Ayo. I am confused by the previous poster wanting to “use sound synthesizing software on my laptop to play my keyboard sound”. Does this mean taking the sound that the keyboard has and synthesizing it by running through a computer software? I just don’t understand. I think the sounds on my keyboard are varied enough, but in addition to the basic operating manual, which I struggle with, a HUGE book (about changing all the parameters of the sound waves et al) also came with it and I am overwhelmed by even the thought of trying to read it again.
I have a Juno-Gi and some Roland RD300SX and RD300NX stage pianos. All I have done so far is plug the 300 OUT to Juno In and use Juno sounds. It works on the RD 300SX and I love that I can also add to the mix by playing directly on the Juno while someone else is playing the 300 through it. However, the set up does not work properly and does weird stuff when using the RD 300NX. I want to begin to enter into Noteworthy Composer the easy way.
So far, I have written about 300 pieces using the computer keyboard, and look forward to any help I can get.Jane Sherratt. There are a number of ways you can set yourself up. I don’t know the Roland 300 RD, but I am assuming you won’t be able to add sounds to the actual instrument. You could either use it as a controller if you connect it up via MIDI to your computer, then use software with virtual instruments to generate all the sounds you want. And if you wanted the sound of the Roland in there, you would also need an audio interface and the right cables to make an audio recording of the sound of the keyboard. In a DAW you could record the audio and the MIDI info, then add in sounds to the recording.
Everything would come together on your computer, it’s just a case of choosing whether you want to record your keyboard, use it as a controller, or both. Buying a MIDI controller would not immediately enable you to add sounds to your piano. But some people find using a little USB controller with their computer is easier and more convenient then hooking up a large digital piano.
Hope that helps a bit. Regards, Jane.Alon Sivan. I purchased A midi keyboard that has two outputs: 1. I’m using A Mac pro and A Native Instrument audio interface. And I want to get it to work on Sibelious. When I connect the keyboard using A midi cable to the audio interface (midi out to midi in) the keyboard doest get power to work. If I connect it directly to my Mac with the UBS output, It works, but I can’t seem to hear It through the audio interface, but only through the laptop’s speaker?
Is there A way for the keyboard to be powered through the audio interface? Or to be connected only to the laptop but still to here it through the audio interface?The audio interface is Audio Kontrol 1 by N.I, and the keyboard is Carbon 49 by Samson.appreciate your help,Alon.Jane Sherratt.