How do I record music with a MIDI keyboard?
Ok, I have a cheap yamaha keyboard. I got a MIDI to USB cable to connect to my laptop and I got Cool Edit Pro (just the free trial). Maybe it’s just that Cool edit pro is overly complicated but I can’t figure out how to just record what I play on the keyboard. And I know about how MIDI just records events and not the actual sound, but I can’t get it to do anything right now. I’m lost. Help please?
well if you know that MIDI isn’t sound and you’re only sending MIDI into the computer, then you should know that what you are playing on the keyboard won’t travel through MIDI. You’ve basically explained why you are having a problem, but are you trying to trigger the sound of a software synth or are you trying to record the sound that comes from the keyboard? If that’s the case, read up a little more on what MIDI does, but just know that you CANNOT send sound over a MIDI cable.
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well if you know that MIDI isn’t sound and you’re only sending MIDI into the computer, then you should know that what you are playing on the keyboard won’t travel through MIDI. You’ve basically explained why you are having a problem, but are you trying to trigger the sound of a software synth or are you trying to record the sound that comes from the keyboard? If that’s the case, read up a little more on what MIDI does, but just know that you CANNOT send sound over a MIDI cable.
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