VF 160 audio/midi
Hi:
In order to hear sound from your drum machine, you will need to plug the audio outputs from that machine into one or more inputs on the V160. At least 2 is preferrable,for a stereo mix, but if you have multiple audio outputs on the drum machine, you can use all of them, which is better because you can apply FX, compression and pther processing ,to individual drum sounds.
MIDI has nothing to do with producing audio. It is a protocol that was designed to allow one device to control 1 or more devices. without going into a long-winded explanation, i can tell you that some very creative things can be done with MIDI.
In your situation, you could sync the drum machine to your VF160, meaning that pressing play on the VF160 will cause the drum machine to start. This is very useful if you want everything to line up properly for punching in and out, or dumping tracks to another device, such as a computer based sequencing program.
Or, you could have the drum machine control the VF 160. By starting the drum machine, the VF 160 will sync to the drum machine's clock.
I'll give you an example: I use
a VF16 to record 8 to 16 tracks of my band's rehearsals.
I then take it home, and connect a midi cable from the "out" port to a spare midi "in" port on my computer.
I then transfer those audio tracks in to SONAR XL, and they are perfectly in sync. Pressing play on the VF16 causes SONAR to start recording.
Hope this helps.
Tony