Midi connecting has me flummoxed

[abozoette]

I bought my husband a Audiobox USB 2x2. It comes bundled with StudioArtist. We're running Vista. We have a Casio CTK-573 keyboard that we want to use as the controller. I connected the keyboard to the interface and set up the casio as a keyboard as per instructions in Studio. It all looks ok, I guess. I downloaded the manual for the casio and went through a dizzying array of options: keyboard set to channel 1, Navigate (WTF does that mean) set to 4, Local on or off?, autochord? Left channel/right channel on or off? Back in Studio, should I load it as a keyboard, a control surface? Learn, Latch, write?

Would someone please take me by the hand and lead me through this? All I want to do is use the keyboard to trigger the instruments in the DAW. but I can't get them to talk to each other. I'll be able to figure out the rest if i can just get in the front door.

Thanks

 

[dintymoore]

I bought my husband a Audiobox USB 2x2. It comes bundled with StudioArtist. We're running Vista. We have a Casio CTK-573 keyboard that we want to use as the controller. I connected the keyboard to the interface and set up the casio as a keyboard as per instructions in Studio. It all looks ok, I guess. I downloaded the manual for the casio and went through a dizzying array of options: keyboard set to channel 1, Navigate (WTF does that mean) set to 4, Local on or off?, autochord? Left channel/right channel on or off? Back in Studio, should I load it as a keyboard, a control surface? Learn, Latch, write?

Would someone please take me by the hand and lead me through this? All I want to do is use the keyboard to trigger the instruments in the DAW. but I can't get them to talk to each other. I'll be able to figure out the rest if i can just get in the front door.

Thanks

I can't be of much help because I don't know that program.

Here's what I do know: local should probably be on. On the Yamaha synths I've used, "local on" meant that the keyboard worked!

The basic place to start would be to hook up the keyboard to the computer, hit the keys on the keyboard and look for something to light up in StudioArtist to visually confirm you're connected. You might have to be on a MIDI track for that to work.

 

[altitude909]

Local on/off relates to how the keyboard is connected to it's tone generator. On means that when you play the keys, it makes sound and sends midi. Off means, that when you play the keys it only sends midi and the keyboard makes NO sound. Either way it should work with the software (i have never heard of studioartist either, sorry).

 

[abozoette]

Local on/off relates to how the keyboard is connected to it's tone generator. On means that when you play the keys, it makes sound and sends midi. Off means, that when you play the keys it only sends midi and the keyboard makes NO sound. Either way it should work with the software (i have never heard of studioartist either, sorry).

StudioOne Artist is from Presonus, as is the interface.

 

[abozoette]

Here's what I've done.
1. Connected midi in & out to the interface and interface to computer
2. Start StudioOne
3. Open a new song, add a track for Presence String Vox( it has a keyboard icon, so I assume it's a midi
4. Add and configure a new device. There are 3 choices: New Keyboard (generic MIDI keyboard...This device modell features MIDI Learn. Connecting the send port is optional) New Instrument ( Use to play an external MIDI instrument and record controller movements) and New Control Surface (Generic MIDI Control Surface)

I choose New Keyboard, allow all midi channels, recieve and send to the interface, make default instrument input, click OK, hit the reconnect button (just in case) and a friendly blue checkmark appears in my device list. (sweet!)

Back in channel view, assign the CTK to the track, hit a key and there is response from the program and the speakers A little too much as the keyboard is playing its own sounds as well as the strings, so I turn off Local in the keyboard (ignoring all other options, including turning on GM mode) and TA DAAA!! Sounds great!

Now... There are a couple of other options in a drop down menu
Autoff
Read
Touch
Latch
Write

Definitions of these terms would be most helpful. I'll leave the Add/Remove parameters and Edit mapping for a later date.

Thanks for the help!