Drum Machine MIDI Hookup 101: Dumb Questions

[Lead_Pipe]

I'm in need of some general help with getting things the way I want them. I will try to list all important information in this message.

I have an Alesis SR-16 Drum Machine. I am trying to connect the drum machine into my computer. I have MIDI-to-joystick cables connected to my Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold card. I want to use the drum machine to send the drum commands via MIDI into the computer, and use the sound card's drum sounds. I have absolutely no idea about MIDI, or how to configure the drum machine for MIDI. I have no problems with the computer otherwise, and I can record the drums digitally into the computer through a mixer. Is that the best way to get the drums recorded? Or , should I go MIDI and have the computer do all the work ?

Please help ! ? ! ?

[Elle]

Hmmmmmmmmmm, where to begin.........

Once you have used the drum machine , and recorded a track, you are going to have to switch to the soundblaster card in the recording software your using. As long as you have the midi out of the drum machine to midi in joystick cable and midi in of drum machine connected to midi out of joystick cable, your drum machine is set to transfer midi data. The computer will tell the drum machine to playback unless you tell the computer to use the soundblaster to playback the recorded data. Those changes are made in the recording software.

BTY, why do you want to use the soundcard drum sounds anyway?

If you use a mixer, there is no midi. Your going from your mixer to the soundblaster and it records a wave sound, not midi. If your using a digital mixer, then I'm not sure if it can transfer midi,I've never used one.

There aren't a lot of midi effects out there. You won't be able to change the sound too much.


Hope this helps.