Neophyte Musicological Query

[Guest nadisrec@worldnet.att.net]

A question about sequencing:

Can a synth be it's own master

keyboard? I have one that

makes a good "controller", but

when it comes to it's own

sounds...? Could I make it

"slave" itself thru a circular

setup (synth MIDI Out to

sequencer MIDI In, and vice

versa)?

 

Alternatively, would a patch

dump, direct from the synth to

sequencer, do the job (the job

being storage of synth sounds

for later use)?

 

Or (third option) should I just

break down and buy a master

keyboard (likely, but be sure

to explain the faults in the

other two)?

 

Be as detailed as possible here...

Thanks muchly!

[Guest Inukko]

Ignore the name above - I switched

my name and email by mistake!

[Guest psychopat]

Hi Inukko.

I'm not sure if I have well understood what

you were asking but :

yes you can use the synth keyboard to send MIDI

events only on the MIDI out. This MIDI option is often

called "Local Keyboard" or "Local MIDI" or something

like that. You can set it in the MIDI setup of the synth.

 

Thus the embedded sound generator is not connected anymore

with the keyboard and will only play what is coming from

the synth's MIDI in.

 

Is this what you were looking for?

[Guest Inukko]

Yeah, but there should be some

way of playing the synth sounds

directly from it's keyboard

(besides sampling that is)

[Guest psychopat]

Sorry I still do not understand.

Of course the basic feature of a synth,

is to play its sounds via its keyboard !

Would you mind explain exactly what you are

expecting from your synth?

 

Do you mean that you can not achieve the synth

to play something when you hit the keyboard?

two possible reasons :

- local keyboard is set to OFF (no events sent to the sound

generator)

- the MIDI Transmit (Tx) channel selected for your keyboard does

not match any MIDI channel selected for your parts (if

the synth is multitimbral)

These two options are in the MIDI setup of the synth.

 

Hope this helps or tell us more.

[shpongled]

Umm... how can you "sample" your synth if you can't hear the sounds?

 

Have you tried to connect headphones directly to your synth? Can you now hear the sounds? ...if not then the problem is what Psychopat said... local keyboard is set to OFF.

 

[Guest Inukko]

Huh? No I can hear the synth

sounds just fine... I wanted to

know if I could *sequence* a

synth without using another

keyboard.

[shpongled]

Well it depends what synth you have... some synths have built in sequencer and some don't...

 

but best way to sequence is with computer... software like Cubase and Logic Audio are most used Sequencers.