Sonar 8 Producer Will Not Hear My Midi Instrument

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donutman2000
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2010/08/15 16:42:04 (permalink)

Sonar 8 Producer Will Not Hear My Midi Instrument

I am using a Yamaha PSR-295, where the midi plugs into the computer through the USP port, and Producer recognizes my instrument, but when I try to play in the program no sound is made and I cannot record any sound.
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    garrigus
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    Re:Sonar 8 Producer Will Not Hear My Midi Instrument 2010/08/15 17:32:57 (permalink)
    MIDI is just computer data. It is not audio. To record the audio output of your keyboard, you need to connect the audio outs of the keyboard to the audio line inputs of your soundcard.

    To produce sound with MIDI, use soft synths by choosing the Insert > Soft Synths menu in SONAR.

    You can also connect the MIDI output from the computer to the MIDI input of your keyboard and that will use your keyboard sounds for MIDI playback.

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    Re:Sonar 8 Producer Will Not Hear My Midi Instrument 2010/08/15 17:34:53 (permalink)
    Simply connect to your computer, open your favorite music software program and play.

    Have you opened any software up and loaded a patch?
    Have you got 'input echo' on?
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    Re:Sonar 8 Producer Will Not Hear My Midi Instrument 2010/08/15 17:57:01 (permalink)
    Midi is:

    MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Midi is a protocol that enables electronic instruments to communicate, control and sync to one another. MIDIs first claim to fame was that it allowed you to play multiple synths using just one keyboard controller. It became very popular and became the industry standard. The perfectly timed robotic sequences that midi creates and can sync to drum machines helped create the sound of the 80's (god help us).

    The midi signal doesn't carry any audio data. Midi carries specific details of events that relate to notes. The information that is carried can control the type of instrument, pitch, duration, volume, attack, decay, etc. that is specified in the midi. Each midi channel corresponds to a different instrument or voice.

    Midi has a defined list of sounds/patches. Its called General Midi (GM). GM has a standard set of 128 sounds. General midi doesn't define the way the sound will be reproduced. It only names that sound. Meaning that each manufacturer can provide their sounds that is an acceptable representation of the data written for general midi. Midi contains 16 channels and of those 16 channels, only channel 10 is reserved for percussion or drum sounds

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    Re:Sonar 8 Producer Will Not Hear My Midi Instrument 2010/08/15 19:53:13 (permalink)
    Thanks, I am new to the program and after inserting a soft synth, i was able to hear sound. Thank you so much
    garrigus


    MIDI is just computer data. It is not audio. To record the audio output of your keyboard, you need to connect the audio outs of the keyboard to the audio line inputs of your soundcard.

    To produce sound with MIDI, use soft synths by choosing the Insert > Soft Synths menu in SONAR.

    You can also connect the MIDI output from the computer to the MIDI input of your keyboard and that will use your keyboard sounds for MIDI playback.

    Scott

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