NOTE: (Any external device will also have to be set up to receive the same MIDI channel.) It could be anything that receives a MIDI input to trigger sound.an internal soundcard, a virtual instrument (VSTi), an outboard sound module, or even another keyboard. On the Cubase track that you just set up, assign an instrument of your choosing. In your case, it's Cubase, so choose a track, and assign its input to receive the MIDI from the USB device, and set the track's MIDI receive (MIDI In) channel.ģ) You must assign a sound for the keyboard to trigger, or it won't make a sound, (though, if you've done the preceding properly, you likely could actually record MIDI data and it will show up in the track, but since it's not triggering anything because it doesn't know WHAT to trigger, there will be no sound). If you just play one thing at a time, and want to trigger sounds in the computer, just set it to Channel 1 (unless you are triggering drums, then set it to Channel 10, because that's the normal MIDI drum channel.)Ģ) You must set the MIDI In channel in whatever software you are using to receive the data sent by the keyboard by setting it to the same channel as the MIDI Channel Out that you set on the keyboard.

I know you have the drivers installed, because Cubase sees the device.ġ) The keyboard MIDI Out Channel must be set to a channel you choose to transmit. it says it works on ANY keyboard (probably also output to any outboard module that's able to recognize GM/XG MIDI), so I imagine that once the drivers are installed, it just translates any ol' MIDI data to pass through USB. Did it also come with some small application to recognize and set up any of a number of keyboards? I doubt it, but it's worth wondering. The USB device is just passing along the info, I suspect.Īpparently, the USB device needs drivers, from a quick glance at Yamaha's page.

The computer isn't talking directly to the keyboard, so the computer doesn't know who it is. The USB device may know it's there, and the computer knows the USB device is there. It may not being seeing the keyboard because it doesn't know it's there.

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