Yahama DD-5 Question

[pinkie]

hi. i'm a newbie to all midi/recording, so this question may seem silly.

recently i found an old yahama DD-5 drum machine. it's an old four pad simple machine. however, it's got a midi out.

i'm wondering how that works, the midi out. does that mean that i can play sounds through the dd-5? and if so, how would i go about doing that?

 

[AlChuck]

It means you can hit the pads and that can send MIDI messages out to an external device which can respond to them...

 

[ssscientist]

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

I use a DD-5 too, and you'll need to play it with drum sticks and not your hands --- like I tried to do for a whole live set once. Just once.