Now 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 2. Connect your audio interface to your MIDI controller keyboard. You have got to understand that MIDI controller keyboards don't produce sounds. They produce info that that's transported to the audio interface or soundcard that comes with your personal computer, and then that is when you hear the sound. So you have to connect the 2.
Step 3. Keep an eye open for the sign on your keyboard that claims 'local control OFF'. This makes the MIDI valuable. This sign will stop your MIDI keyboard to supply sounds unless the MIDI information is sent and recorded to your computer. The PC will handle all the info sent from your keyboard through your MIDI then, sound is produced.
That's nearly it. Some MIDI controller are already pre-set for your convenience but if you are a little more in-the-know when it comes to modifying those controllers then go on and explore all the possibilities. With these steps correctly followed, you are already on the way to music greatness.
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 2. Connect your audio interface to your MIDI controller keyboard. You have got to understand that MIDI controller keyboards don't produce sounds. They produce info that that's transported to the audio interface or soundcard that comes with your personal computer, and then that is when you hear the sound. So you have to connect the 2.
Step 3. Keep an eye open for the sign on your keyboard that claims 'local control OFF'. This makes the MIDI valuable. This sign will stop your MIDI keyboard to supply sounds unless the MIDI information is sent and recorded to your computer. The PC will handle all the info sent from your keyboard through your MIDI then, sound is produced.
That's nearly it. Some MIDI controller are already pre-set for your convenience but if you are a little more in-the-know when it comes to modifying those controllers then go on and explore all the possibilities. With these steps correctly followed, you are already on the way to music greatness.
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