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Adam P
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Hi all,
Since there isn't really a forum dedicated to MIDI (unless I'm grossly overlooking it), I figured I would ask this here (more traffic than the computer recording forum I think).
Anyways, my band would like to incorporate some sound samples into our live show. We have a Powerbook, M-Audio Quattro interface, and an Alesis SR16 drum machine with MIDI output. What I'm wondering is if we can use the drum machine to trigger samples on the computer via MIDI. We have Reason on the Powerbook (and another sequencing program, I think, who's name escapes me). I think it would be easier for our drummer to press one of the pads on the drum machine than for him to operate his touchpad to load and play sounds. The sound files being triggered would just be simple .WAV files. How would we go about doing this? I'm kind of in the dark with MIDI beyond plugging my MIDI keyboard into the Quattro to play the softsynths in Reason, so any quick crash courses I could get would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot!
Since there isn't really a forum dedicated to MIDI (unless I'm grossly overlooking it), I figured I would ask this here (more traffic than the computer recording forum I think).
Anyways, my band would like to incorporate some sound samples into our live show. We have a Powerbook, M-Audio Quattro interface, and an Alesis SR16 drum machine with MIDI output. What I'm wondering is if we can use the drum machine to trigger samples on the computer via MIDI. We have Reason on the Powerbook (and another sequencing program, I think, who's name escapes me). I think it would be easier for our drummer to press one of the pads on the drum machine than for him to operate his touchpad to load and play sounds. The sound files being triggered would just be simple .WAV files. How would we go about doing this? I'm kind of in the dark with MIDI beyond plugging my MIDI keyboard into the Quattro to play the softsynths in Reason, so any quick crash courses I could get would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot!