MIDI Newbie - Looking for Hookup Help

[Joeybear]

I'm considering jumping into the world of MIDI, and I've tried to do my homework in regards to what hardware and software I want to use.

I've decided on an M-Audio Radium 61 keyboard controller with a separate Alesis SR-16 drum machine.
As for software, I'm going with Cakewalk Project5. (I know there's drums in Project5, but the SR-16 has more "old school" sounds; which is what I want.)

My question is this... how exactly should I hook up all of the hardware???

I know that the keyboard goes into my computer's USB, and there's a MIDI in and MIDI out on the keyboard as well. Is this a simple matter of just hooking up the Alesis to the Radium's MIDI ins and outs?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[HeyHeyMyMy]

Hey Joe,
I'm not sure if this applies to your situation specifically, but here are some diagrams of common MIDI setups:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip...di-basics.html

And this is a good read in general:
http://www.midiworld.com/basics.htm

Best of luck.

[Atterion]

the Radium does not have MIDI ins, instead it has 2 MIDI outs. 1 is directly from the keyboard (For standalone operation), and the other is for connecting your external modules to the PC MIDI driver (For use from software sequencers). But this isn't a problem unless you planned on using the the SR-16 pads to trigger sounds in Project 5 (In which case you could pick-up an additional 1x1 MIDI interface too for probably another $30-$40).