I do have a keyboard in the house with MIDI ports. Can I set that up to play along with my recording
First, I recommend that you place your system specs in your signature so we can better help you, as we know very little about what gear you have or what DAW software you're using, and we have hardly anything to go by to give you better help.
You need a MIDI interface and standard MIDI cable to connect your MIDI keyboard to the computer. An audio interfaces usually has a MIDI In/Out on it, so if you have an audio interface with a MIDI input on it, you can use that to connect your keyboard MIDI out to the MIDI in on your audio interface.
Once your MIDI keyboard is connected to the computer, you go to SONAR Preferences options to select the MIDI Input and output.
If you want to add a bass track to your project using Dimension Pro just insert an instance of Dimension Pro.
For SONAR X1: One way to Insert a SoftSynth is to go to the toolbar at the top left hand side in SONAR and select Insert/SoftSynth/Dimension Pro
When the Soft Synth Option dialog comes up, select Simple Intrument Track and Synth Properties Page, and hit OK.
In the Dimension Pro Properties page, browse to a bass sound you want to use and select it, click on the Simple instrument track to make sure it's selected, and play your MIDI keyboard and you should hear the Bass sound play. (If not, make sure the MIDI channel for the track and your MIDI keyboard are the same.)
To record what you are playing with the MIDI keyboard, enable the Record button on the Simple Instrument track by clicking on it, then hit the R key on your qwerty (PC) keyboard to start recording, play on the MIDI keyboard and what you play will be recorded (as MIDI events on the Simple Instrument track), and hit the spacebar to stop recording.
Hope that helps.
post edited by thomasabarnes - 2011/04/04 14:11:56