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Cubase-Midi Help (pg. 2)
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| costizzle |
| so i connected a line from the head phone jack to the proper place on my soundcard. i can hear the sound from my synth onto my computer. when i press the keys i see the notes in midi on my sequencer and i can hear it played. but then once i stop recording and try to listen to it, there is no more synth sound, but the midi notes are still there. its like my synth is just playing sound through my computer not recording onto my sequencer. this is rediculously complicated. |
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| 3F05Q |
...yes, it can be complicated the first time you do it. But after that, it's easy! Keep your chin up! If you've got audio to your machine, then you've overcome a hurdle. Now just learn the audio routing in cubase.
What 'soundcard' are you using? |
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| Rusty O'Hara |
| quote: | Originally posted by 3F05Q
...yes, it can be complicated the first time you do it. But after that, it's easy! Keep your chin up! If you've got audio to your machine, then you've overcome a hurdle. Now just learn the audio routing in cubase. |
Good advice. And be happy you have the internets to help you out :D
| quote: | Originally posted by costizzle
so i connected a line from the head phone jack to the proper place on my soundcard. i can hear the sound from my synth onto my computer. when i press the keys i see the notes in midi on my sequencer and i can hear it played. but then once i stop recording and try to listen to it, there is no more synth sound, but the midi notes are still there. its like my synth is just playing sound through my computer not recording onto my sequencer. this is rediculously complicated. |
Remember that you are only recording midi data, no?
Where is your Midi Out port pointing to?
Select your midi track in Cubase, on the left hand side (In the inspector, if it's not there, it's like the 2nd or 3rd button underneath the File menu at the top, ahve a search, you'll find nit)
You should see two drop down bars for "Midi In" and "Midi Out"; you need to have the "Midi Out" pointing to your Korg MicroX, otherwise Cubase won't sned the notes out to your synth. |
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| costizzle |
| the cord goes from my synth midi out to my soundblaster audiology midi interface in slot. thanks everyone for helping me out, i really appreciate it. |
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| 3F05Q |
Eureka! Okay, so you have ONE midi cable... OUT from synth, IN to computer. Correct? I see you're using your synth keyboard as your main keyboard. Correct?
If you want your computer to send midi 'notes' to your keyboard to play sound, you need to have another cable OUT from the computer, IN to the synth.
That and audio from the synth to the computer.
Make sense? |
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| costizzle |
| yes that makes sense, so i really need two midi cables for my synth to work properly? |
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| 3F05Q |
| IF you want to use it as both a midi controller for cubase AND a synth controlled BY cubase. I suppose you could just record the midi then switch the cable to the other ports for playback. |
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| Rusty O'Hara |
^^ Last three posts.
My understanding from looking at the specs was that the Korg MicroX has the capability to transfer Midi (both in and out) over USB. So technically you would need no midi cables. (Unless you wanted to) |
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| 3F05Q |
| ... Thanks for that clarification! And forgive me for any confusion I may have caused. |
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| costizzle |
| haha its all good. thanks. but still that doesnt explain why i cant hear the notes i play when its in midi. i understand that midi is only information but still shouldnt i be able to hear some sound without recording straight audio? |
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| lucas ss |
i doubt that the problem is this simple, but make sure your inputs and especially outputs are set correctly on your midi track. like when you load up a VST and you have to change the output to the VST? see if you can choose your synth in that dropdown...
if you have the input but not output set correctly, it will still show midi activity when you play notes, but no sound... |
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| Rusty O'Hara |
| quote: | | Originally posted by Rusty O'Hara You should see two drop down bars for "Midi In" and "Midi Out"; you need to have the "Midi Out" pointing to your Korg MicroX, otherwise Cubase won't sned the notes out to your synth. |
You've done this, no?
| quote: | Originally posted by costizzle
haha its all good. thanks. but still that doesnt explain why i cant hear the notes i play when its in midi. i understand that midi is only information but still shouldnt i be able to hear some sound without recording straight audio? |
And you've connected your MicroX L/R audio outputs to your soundcard/mixer?
Then it *should* be ok.
You hear audio when you are playing the MicroX normally? |
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