Hello All,
I have definately gone through different stages in my very short music history. At one time I did most of my sequencing through my computer. But I had problems when I went to try and record as I think my computer wasn't fast enough to send out the MIDI messages to my instruments and then trying to record the data at the same time.
Currently I am sequencing my arrangements with a MC303 Groovebox, but would eventually like to go back to using the computer (as it is easy to edit parameters and etc. by visually seeing what is going on with each track).
A few questions before I go spend a lot of money.
I am fine with sequencing with my groovebox, yet syncing all my instruments together to it is fairly hard-or I don't quite get it. I would like to link up my Alesis QS6.1, Yamaha lite piano, and groovebox all together. Let me explain a little more in detail. Unfortunately I spilled something on my Alesis keyboard (ARGH!!!!) so the only way I can play it is by controlling it with my Yamaha (Which only has 1 MIDI in and 1 MIDI out). So is it accurate to go YAMAHA MIDI out to Alesis MIDI in and then if I want the Groovebox to record and play the data only on the Alesis would I go from the Alesis MIDI out to the Groovebox MIDI in and from the Groovebox MIDI out to the Alesis thru? (since the thru will basically be a duplicate of what the MIDI in is?) If so then good-if not do I need some sort of MIDI patchbay that can make this happen?
Next question, Let's say I get a faster computer-around 850-1.2 GHZ and I want to link everything up to the computer for visual MIDI editing and arranging. In this case, I will definately need a MIDI patchbay... right? I would physically play the music parts through the Yamaha which would be controlling the Alesis, and for drums I would use the Groovebax. But how do I set up the groovebox to only receive or respond to a certain channel. I have tried this before and it respnds to every channel. And would this new computer be fast enough to play back MIDI data and record digital data?
I know this was long winded, but I hope that I didn't lose any of you. I appreciate any ideas.
Thank You.
I have definately gone through different stages in my very short music history. At one time I did most of my sequencing through my computer. But I had problems when I went to try and record as I think my computer wasn't fast enough to send out the MIDI messages to my instruments and then trying to record the data at the same time.
Currently I am sequencing my arrangements with a MC303 Groovebox, but would eventually like to go back to using the computer (as it is easy to edit parameters and etc. by visually seeing what is going on with each track).
A few questions before I go spend a lot of money.
I am fine with sequencing with my groovebox, yet syncing all my instruments together to it is fairly hard-or I don't quite get it. I would like to link up my Alesis QS6.1, Yamaha lite piano, and groovebox all together. Let me explain a little more in detail. Unfortunately I spilled something on my Alesis keyboard (ARGH!!!!) so the only way I can play it is by controlling it with my Yamaha (Which only has 1 MIDI in and 1 MIDI out). So is it accurate to go YAMAHA MIDI out to Alesis MIDI in and then if I want the Groovebox to record and play the data only on the Alesis would I go from the Alesis MIDI out to the Groovebox MIDI in and from the Groovebox MIDI out to the Alesis thru? (since the thru will basically be a duplicate of what the MIDI in is?) If so then good-if not do I need some sort of MIDI patchbay that can make this happen?
Next question, Let's say I get a faster computer-around 850-1.2 GHZ and I want to link everything up to the computer for visual MIDI editing and arranging. In this case, I will definately need a MIDI patchbay... right? I would physically play the music parts through the Yamaha which would be controlling the Alesis, and for drums I would use the Groovebax. But how do I set up the groovebox to only receive or respond to a certain channel. I have tried this before and it respnds to every channel. And would this new computer be fast enough to play back MIDI data and record digital data?
I know this was long winded, but I hope that I didn't lose any of you. I appreciate any ideas.
Thank You.