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2017/01/07 16:06:35 (permalink)

How do I generate audio from MIDI?

With vst plugs you select source and instrument and bounce to tracks, but in this case I have an external hardware keyboard so there isn't a vst instrument to select. How is it done?
 
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    gustabo
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    Re: How do I generate audio from MIDI? 2017/01/07 16:14:01 (permalink)
    Send the midi to the hardware synth, connect the synth audio outputs into your sound card inputs and record the audio.


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    Re: How do I generate audio from MIDI? 2017/01/07 16:42:49 (permalink)
    Got it thanks! Do you have to do it in realtime?  
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    Re: How do I generate audio from MIDI? 2017/01/07 16:46:17 (permalink)
    Hi. Yes you have to do this in real-time.
    All the best.

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    Re: How do I generate audio from MIDI? 2017/01/07 21:07:39 (permalink)
    Thanks!
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    Re: How do I generate audio from MIDI? 2017/01/07 22:28:00 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby tlw 2017/01/07 22:56:39
    If your keyboard support it, you can also record a midi track then use that midi to trigger the sounds of your keyboard. I find recording midi vs recording audio has its pros and cons but mostly pros.
    By recording Midi, if you make a mistake you can always go in to the piano roll view and simply fix the note.
    Or use the midi to trigger other synth sounds within Sonar (using Sonar/other Synth plug ins)
    Recording Audio is a lot harder to fix than Midi.

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    Re: How do I generate audio from MIDI? 2017/01/08 05:16:54 (permalink)
    • You can also record a midi track then use that midi to trigger the sounds of your keyboard.
    • By recording Midi, if you make a mistake you can always go in to the piano roll view and simply fix the note.
    • Or use the midi to trigger other synth sounds within Sonar (using Sonar/other Synth plug ins)
    • Or switch measures around
    • Or even restructure the whole song 
    • Or change the tempo because MIDI tracks stretch or shrink to fit a change of tempo
    • Or trigger sounds from more than one device, at once or one after the other
    • A bass track could become the basis for a strings track
    • Velocity can be changed or keyswitches added to get a different articulation from the same VI 
    • Add variety on subsequent iterations of the same data (choruses)
    But first, you do need to know how to make audio from MIDI :)
     
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