Soundblaster Live!, Roland vs880, Cakewalk 9 HELP!

[trane65]

I've had my Roland vs880 for 3 years now and I love it to death except for the fact that I don't have the expensive Roland burner. I recently scored a Dell Dimension 1.9 GHz + 100 Gig hard drive that has a Soundblaster Live! sound card and Cakewalk 9.
I'm trying to dump tracks from the Roland to Cakewalk in order to free up space on the vs880 and to do more precise editing/mixing. I need information on how to connect my vs880 to the Soundblaster live card: ie cables, etc. (I have a midi to "joystick" cable)
I read a post where someone configured his soundcard joystick port to recieve midi. If this works then can I dump songs/tracks to Cakewalk 9? If so, how?
I was able to sync up Cakewalk with the vs880 (I would press play on Cakewalk and it would start when I pressed play on the vs880) through MTC. Unfortunately there was no sound: my song wasn't actually playing in Cakewalk.

Confused yet? Me too man. What can I do? Any feedback would be very helpful although I need very specific advice since this is all so new to me.

 

[acidrock]

Midi is only a language of commands,there is no audio involved.
You must also hook up audio cables for the sound.
The midi sends the commands to sync the recorder but has nothing to do with the audio.
So leave everthing just as you have it and get a set of audio cables and connect them from the 880 to the (ugh) soundblaster and then you'll be cooking.

GOOD LUCK!