Hooking up my synthesizer to my computer...

[13th Disciple]

I've been emceeing since '98 always rapping on other people's beats. Recently, I've been able to compile a whole album-full of my songs over beats from MP3.com.

But I realize that you can't really go big using jacked beats since sooner or later I'm gonna get some shit for copyrights, etc. So I've been moving onto making my own beats.

I purchased a Roland XP-30 a little over a year ago, but have no way to edit beats. I been using Fruity Loops, but Fruity Loops can only take you so far.

I can see the tremendous potential in making beats with my XP-30, but have no way to record them. The only connection from my synth to my computer is a cable to one of my CPU's ports. I'm not very positive of the name, but it's a 9 pin port.

My Cakewalk for some reason doesn't record any more than 2 sounds...it's weird and fucked up.

Can you both brief me on how to properly connect my synth to my computer so I can use a software synthesizer to record my beats?

Thanks in advance.

[geeq]

'sup man? been seeing your name everywhere, even here! i'm sure u know my site, urban pinoy.. anyways, bout your problems. I suggest you get a pro sound card and a mixer. I'm hooked with a M-Audio Delta sound card, and a Behringer Eurorack MX 802A mixer. Just plug a cable from your keyboard directly to the sound card or mixer. You can use Vegas multi-tracking software, to do recordings from your keyboard, then save it as wave. Edit those tracks @ Sound Forge. Hope that helps you, latez...

GeE-Q