[ddots-l] Re: Newby question on MIDI

  • From: Justin Kauflin <blindguy500@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:26:50 -0400

Awesome, thanks, all makes sense.  That was the missing link, having the audio 
interface and motif signals being sent to a single source...  Duh...
At one point, I did have the audio track enabled and had the signal sent, but 
wasn't real happy with the added latency...

Thanks again.
Justin
On Aug 11, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Charles Marston wrote:

> Justin:
> In order to hear the Motif signal coming into your tascam, you will need to 
> insert an audio track into Sonar, select the tascam inputs you have the Motif 
> connected into, and then turn the input echo on and or arm the track using 
> control-a.  However, this should be done only when you want to record your 
> midi track into an audio track.  If you only want to record your midi tracks 
> for now, you should have your motif audio outputs, and also your Tascam audio 
> out puts connected to an external mixer so that you can hear everything 
> together.  Then, once you are ready to convert your midi tracks into audio, 
> you will connect the Motif's audio out puts into your Tascam and record it 
> into an audio track in Sonar.
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Justin Kauflin" <blindguy500@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 2:42 AM
> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ddots-l] Newby question on MIDI
> 
>> OK, please don't cringe in fear, hopefully this will be relatively painless 
>> for you guys.  As it was stated in the subject, I'm most definitely a newby 
>> slowly working my way around Sonar.  Heres the deal.
>> I'm running Sonar 8.5.3 with CakeTalking 8.5 scripts.  I've been having no 
>> issues with soft synths, but, as you might guess, I'm running into a little 
>> snag with regards to getting everything to work right with MIDI and external 
>> gear.
>> My sound card, which is sadly a Tascam US122MKII, is receiving the MIDI 
>> signal from my controller, and I have the MIDI input set to the Tascam MIDI 
>> in, and the output set to the Tascam Midi out.  I have the MIDI cable 
>> running to my Motif.  The audio out of the Motif is running back to the 
>> Tascam line in ports.  The problem is that I am not hearing the signal 
>> coming in from the Motif.
>>    I plugged  my headphones into the Motif to make sure it was receiving 
>> signal, and all was well there.
>>      I think that covers it.  Feeling a bit fried right now.  I'm sure I'm 
>> missing something very stupid, but haven't been able to suss it out just 
>> yet.  And, if you want to point me to the tutorial, I have spent a good 
>> while with it, so if there's a point made there, I am apparently not 
>> grasping it...
>> Thanks for any help, and thanks for your patience.
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