Cubase 4le-Presonus FP10-Korg Tr61-PC

[mandrum]

Ok, Sorry another noob to midi. My questions are of two relared (I believe) areas in 1, using HALion player with korg recording as an instrument track and
2, Using korg tr61 as midi instrument to record midi tracks (both instances with Cubase 4le.

Ok, so I have my midi cables plugged in-out -to -in etc, I also register sound and activity on the cubase mixer but after I record, when I go to play back, all I get is one loud note at the start of the track, I know this sounds to be a connection issue I after days/hours and loosing oh so much hair cannot figure it out-please really need help?

on 2, well I didnt even get that far. Using a midi track I hear nothing and nothing is recorded, seemingly.

I know midi is a signal, but cant I use the sounds in the korg as a synth as well as a controller? and also use soft synths which I have one or two to record and playback midi tracks?

[altitude909]

What you need to do is look up how to turn the "local off" on the Korg. What this will do is effectively disconnect the tone generator from the keybed so it will not respond to sounds when you play the keys, only to whats coming in on the midi in port. The keybed will send out midi on the midi out normally. Think of it as separating the two as individual devices.

Now in cubase, the midi in will always be whatever port the midi out of the Korg is connected to and this will be your "master" controller. Create a midi track , set the input to your master controller, set your output to whatever port is connected to the Korgs midi in and off you go. If you actually want to record the audio, create an audio track and connect the line out to the appropriate input (I usually do this later)