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Interface connection
Please consult your sound card or MIDI
interface manual for information about the correct connection. The most common ways to add MIDI
functionality to computers are:
Multi-port MIDI interfaces, including separate devices.
Sound card with built-in MIDI interface.
General MIDI module or keyboard-integrated interface, usually labeled "To host".
MIDI cabling
MIDI inputs/outputs
: If your computer has an internal or external MIDI port, or has a MIDI-capable sound card installed,
connect your MIDI keyboard's "MIDI out" to the computer's "MIDI in" (on the interface, sound card,
and so on).
If your MIDI keyboard can generate its own sounds, connect the computer's "MIDI out" to the
keyboard's "MIDI in". If your computer (or the MIDI device) offers more than one MIDI output,
connect any other sound synthesizers to these. If the computer only has one MIDI output, you need to
connect the second sound synthesizer's "MIDI in" to the keyboard's "MIDI thru" port. A third device can
be connected to the second's "MIDI thru", and so on. The "MIDI thru" port always delivers a copy of
the signals coming into the device's "MIDI in". It is preferable, however, to use a direct connection from a
computer's "MIDI out" to a device, rather than chaining too many devices one after the other. Timing
problems may occur in the chain if a lot of MIDI commands are sent in a short space of time. This is due
to the slight delays introduced by each "MIDI in" to "MIDI thru" transaction. If your computer also
features several MIDI inputs, they can be used for the connection of MIDI expanders.
MIDI local off
: If your keyboard features an internal sound source, it is important that you stop the keyboard from
generating sounds directly from its own keyboard. If you buy a new keyboard that is to be used without
a sequencer and connect it straight to an amplifier, you would expect the device to make a sound when
you press its keys. In other words, the keyboard is internally connected to the sound synthesizer. This
behavior, however, is not what you want to happen when using your keyboard with Samplitude Music
Studio 15. In this scenario, the keyboard is used as the computer's input device, and Samplitude Music
Studio 15 is sending (i.e. playing) MIDI information to any connected sound synthesizer, be they the
keyboard's own sound generator, a sound card, or any other connected sound module.
If you wanted to control and record another sound module using your keyboard as the input device, its
own sounds would play alongside those of the other sound synthesizer, which is why the keyboard must
be separated from its own internal synthesizer. This function is known as "Local OFF", and is set directly
on your keyboard. Refer to your keyboard's manual for information on how to do this. Don't worry
about "breaking" the link between the keyboard and its internal sound generator – Samplitude Music
Studio 15 will act as the "missing link" in this scenario.
Convert MIDI objects into audio files
If you use VST instruments, then you won't have to convert these MIDI
objects into audio data before exporting your entire arrangement, since the sound is created on your
computer and can be processed there.
If you still wish to do so (to free up processing power on your PC, for example), then switch the desired
MIDI track to "Solo" and export the arrangement. Then add the exported file back into your
arrangement and delete the MIDI objects in the exported track.
All MIDI objects which open external synthesizers via a MIDI interface will have to be converted into
audio objects if you want them to be exported as well. They only contain control information for sound
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