Eddie N
10 Inch Member
hehe...i knew you'd come ... i basically direct this question to you because you are the master of MIDI... but anyones input would be greatly appreciated...
i have a keyboard that is an input device... but..it also has midi jacks.. if the keyboard makes sounds of its own , what are the jacks for ? are they used to transfer the signal from the keyboard to your computer with out converting the signal to analog similar to spdif ? i just dont understand.. a friend of mine owns a 1700 dollar sampler/sequencer that makes an incredible amount of sounds , but yet has midi jacks.. if you were to hook up the midi jacks to the computer .. what purpose would it serve ? would the original sounds that the sampler makes be replicated in the computer ? it is my understanding that the quality of your soundcard has a direct effect on the realness and the quality of the midi sounds.. with that said , when using your midi jacks and soundcard to trigger sounds, are all the sounds that your keyboard/sampler make rendered useless ? that doesnt make sense to me... and the idea of converting the digital signal to analog and then back to digital when using the line in of your soundcard just to use the original sounds of your keyboard doesnt thrill me too much because of the added noise that comes with that... ( deep breath ) which makes me wonder... why dont keyboards have spdif outs to for people that want to keep the signal all in the digital domain ? pleaaasseee help me..
- eddie -
[This message has been edited by Eddie N (edited 08-07-1999).]
i have a keyboard that is an input device... but..it also has midi jacks.. if the keyboard makes sounds of its own , what are the jacks for ? are they used to transfer the signal from the keyboard to your computer with out converting the signal to analog similar to spdif ? i just dont understand.. a friend of mine owns a 1700 dollar sampler/sequencer that makes an incredible amount of sounds , but yet has midi jacks.. if you were to hook up the midi jacks to the computer .. what purpose would it serve ? would the original sounds that the sampler makes be replicated in the computer ? it is my understanding that the quality of your soundcard has a direct effect on the realness and the quality of the midi sounds.. with that said , when using your midi jacks and soundcard to trigger sounds, are all the sounds that your keyboard/sampler make rendered useless ? that doesnt make sense to me... and the idea of converting the digital signal to analog and then back to digital when using the line in of your soundcard just to use the original sounds of your keyboard doesnt thrill me too much because of the added noise that comes with that... ( deep breath ) which makes me wonder... why dont keyboards have spdif outs to for people that want to keep the signal all in the digital domain ? pleaaasseee help me..
- eddie -
[This message has been edited by Eddie N (edited 08-07-1999).]