Help Im Going Crazy

[s.a.p]

help a newbie to midi out fellas im trying to hook up my korg ts to my mpc mbox and multi track recorder so that i can trigger some of the synths on the mbox thru the keyboard and give it some fire any help would be appreciated...

 

[ssscientist]

so that i can trigger some of the synths on the mbox thru the keyboard and give it some fire

That's an mbox I've never heard of - an mpc mbox with some synths in it...

Here are links to two good articles on midi basics - part one and part two.

 

[s.a.p]

na im trying to connect my midi up in the master is the korg with my mbox and my akai mpc 1000 and multi track recorder if thats possible for them to all run together if so whats the setup and so on thanks for the quick replie any more help is appreciated...

 

[ssscientist]

Your MBox has no midi port at all so that's out of the equation for now.

You need to hook your Korg's midi out to one of the MPC's midi ins, then hook one of the MPC's midi outs to the Korg's midi in. That will allow you to sequence with the MPC as the master.

But - and this is very important - you need to turn the 'local on/off' inside the Korg to 'off'. You'll probably find it under the 'utility' or the 'global' menu.

If your multi track has a midi port, post again and we'll figure out how to work that in...

 

[s.a.p]

o.k i also have a edirol usb+midi interface =UM2 so my midi should be able to access the m-box im itching to try out my m-box and see if i can trigger my reason adapted or sample tank or one of the other plugins that came wit it my multi track does have midi thats alot of chain linking i know ..how should the set up go?

 

[travelin travis]

o.k i also have a edirol usb+midi interface =UM2 so my midi should be able to access the m-box im itching to try out my m-box and see if i can trigger my reason adapted or sample tank or one of the other plugins that came wit it my multi track does have midi thats alot of chain linking i know ..how should the set up go?

a little tip............ < those little things over there aid in clear communication.

seriously, you on ridalin?

 

[ssscientist]

so my midi should be able to access the m-box

Your m-box has no midi in, out or thru. It will not be any use in a midi setup. It doesn't have midi capabilities. Of any kind. At all. Never has and never will.

Now that we've got that out of the way, plug the midi out of the Korg into the Edirol interface, then bring up Reason Adapted. You will need to have the m-box hooked up to the system, but only for it's audio outputs.

Did you read the articles I linked you to? If not, do so. They're well written and aimed specifically at interested beginners like you.

And are you on Ritalin?

 

[s.a.p]

Not that i know of.So what your telling me is the m-box has nothing to do with my setup .as far as making beats. Thats foul cause ed at chuck levins set my system up knowing i wanted it for midi capable plugins..So let me ask you this should i sell it for soundfordge or a better editing system?

 

[ssscientist]

Digidesign is going thru big changes right now as far as allowing other companies to make hardware that works with protools LE. You would have to get rid of both the Mbox and PT because without the MAudio version of protools you need the mbox as an input and an output. So unless you want to make some big changes too, you're what's commonly referred to as SOL, s.a.p.! And you probably wouldn't get much for it anyway.

should i sell it for soundfordge or a better editing system?

IMHO, you should stick with what you've got now which is a good keyboard and a first-class sequencer/sampling drum machine. Read the manuals and get them working together. Records have been made with a whole lot less, and gear lust in and of itself doesn't make a hit record - or even a slammin beat.

 

[s.a.p]

Thanks for the help, im gonna do something i almost never do. Im take your advice, I thought it a joke about the equipment lust, i dont wanna be one of these dudes on line wit crazy equip; and not a song to be heard of!Plus i do have beat smith essentials dont i?I see something in scratch and thats ball-GAME !I gotta have it , like the moog, I dont need a subtraction synth now ,but i want it bad.. I blame washington music center and scratch mag..

 

[ssscientist]

i dont wanna be one of these dudes on line wit crazy equip; and not a song to be heard of!

There's a lot of them out there.

Knowledge is more important than gear IMHO. You've gotta have the minimum specs to get the job done, but you've already got all that! Now is the time to work it - but keep reading Scratch and going to Washington Music Center too just to keep up...