MIDI Keyboard Tutorial: How Do I Make my MIDI Keyboard Work?
Posted by Kay Stanford Jr Kastum at 1:41 AMNow that you have your own MIDI instrument keyboard, the one thing that is left for you to do before you go on to creating your music is to make it work the 1st time. This article talks about the very easy steps on how it's possible for you to make your MIDI instrument work when you get it out of its box. This is meant to be in simple English so that any person new to digital music making can also follow thru. After all, they are those who really are short of this lesson.
Step one. Connect your MIDI keyboard to your portable computer. This is often done in several ways. If your MIDI controller has a USB MIDI controller then all you have to do is you plug it in and connect it directly to your computer. You can also plug it in if you have got the conventional and standard 5-pin MIDI jack. If you do not have both, you can buy some MIDI interface in the shape of joystick adapter wire or a stand-alone MIDI interface that you can use as a port where you can plug your MIDI in and out to it.
Step two. Connect your audio interface to your MIDI controller keyboard. You've got to understand that MIDI controller keyboards do not produce sounds. They produce information that that is carried to the audio interface or soundcard that comes with your PC, and then that's when you hear the sound. So you have got to connect the two.
Step 3. Keep an eye out for the sign on your keyboard that asserts 'local control OFF'. This makes the MIDI valuable. This sign will stop your MIDI keyboard to produce sounds unless the MIDI data is sent and recorded to your personal computer. The personal computer will handle all the information sent from your keyboard through your MIDI then, sound is produced.
That is just about it. Some MIDI instruments are pre-set for your added convenience but if you're a bit more in-the-know when it comes to tweaking those controllers then go forward and explore all of the probabilities. With these steps properly followed, you are on your way to music fame.
Step one. Connect your MIDI keyboard to your portable computer. This is often done in several ways. If your MIDI controller has a USB MIDI controller then all you have to do is you plug it in and connect it directly to your computer. You can also plug it in if you have got the conventional and standard 5-pin MIDI jack. If you do not have both, you can buy some MIDI interface in the shape of joystick adapter wire or a stand-alone MIDI interface that you can use as a port where you can plug your MIDI in and out to it.
Step two. Connect your audio interface to your MIDI controller keyboard. You've got to understand that MIDI controller keyboards do not produce sounds. They produce information that that is carried to the audio interface or soundcard that comes with your PC, and then that's when you hear the sound. So you have got to connect the two.
Step 3. Keep an eye out for the sign on your keyboard that asserts 'local control OFF'. This makes the MIDI valuable. This sign will stop your MIDI keyboard to produce sounds unless the MIDI data is sent and recorded to your personal computer. The personal computer will handle all the information sent from your keyboard through your MIDI then, sound is produced.
That is just about it. Some MIDI instruments are pre-set for your added convenience but if you're a bit more in-the-know when it comes to tweaking those controllers then go forward and explore all of the probabilities. With these steps properly followed, you are on your way to music fame.
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