famous beagle
Well-known member
Hey y'all,
I have several different MIDI keyboard controllers. Two of them are 25-key, and one of them is 61-key.The 61-key is an M-Audio Oxygen. I like this controller a lot, but the big thing about it is that it only has a USB out. It doesn't have a MIDI out jack. So it's powered and transmits MIDI data to the computer via a USB cable.
That's great for using VSTs. But I'd like to use it for playing hardware synths, too.
(My audio interface is a Tascam US-1800, FYI.)
Right now, if I want to control one of my hardware synths, such as a Korg Volca Keys, with my Oxygen 61, I can open up Reaper, open a track and select MIDI input. Then I send that track to the MIDI out jack of the Tascam interface to the MIDI jack of the Korg Volca. This works great, but it's a bit cumbersome.
I'm wondering if there's a way that I can do this without having to open up Reaper and route the keyboard through the MIDI out jack.
Maybe there's some piece of hardware I don't know about? Is there something that would allow me to go in USB, get power (from a DC cord), and then send a MIDI cable out? Something like that would work. Or maybe there's something else?
Thanks for any input!
I have several different MIDI keyboard controllers. Two of them are 25-key, and one of them is 61-key.The 61-key is an M-Audio Oxygen. I like this controller a lot, but the big thing about it is that it only has a USB out. It doesn't have a MIDI out jack. So it's powered and transmits MIDI data to the computer via a USB cable.
That's great for using VSTs. But I'd like to use it for playing hardware synths, too.
(My audio interface is a Tascam US-1800, FYI.)
Right now, if I want to control one of my hardware synths, such as a Korg Volca Keys, with my Oxygen 61, I can open up Reaper, open a track and select MIDI input. Then I send that track to the MIDI out jack of the Tascam interface to the MIDI jack of the Korg Volca. This works great, but it's a bit cumbersome.
I'm wondering if there's a way that I can do this without having to open up Reaper and route the keyboard through the MIDI out jack.
Maybe there's some piece of hardware I don't know about? Is there something that would allow me to go in USB, get power (from a DC cord), and then send a MIDI cable out? Something like that would work. Or maybe there's something else?
Thanks for any input!