bikerduude Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hello, Absolute beginner to the MIDI topic. I have the following: -A used Casio LK-100 keyboard I picked up at a thrift store, works fine but noticed has MIDI in and out ports -A MIDI to USB cable -Cakewalk on Windows 10 laptop. What do I need to do/get in order to play MIDI files on the keyboard and record MIDI tracks to the DAW? Am I missing some key component? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chaps Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 23 minutes ago, bikerduude said: You are using a MIDI to USB cable adapter? Does Cakewalk recognize your keyboard as a MIDI device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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0 Chaps Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 minute ago, bikerduude said: That should allow you to get your MIDI info into Cakewalk. I'd disable the GS Wavetable as an output, though. Cakewalk has a GM instrument called TTS-1 that is a good basic virtual synth to play MIDI data. I suggest you look at the main page here and check out some of the tutorials, and download a copy of the reference file. Those are good sources of information that will come in handy when you start putting things together. Here's a thread in the Tutorials section that is a good place to start. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/1610-getting-started/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bikerduude Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 13 minutes ago, Chappel said: That should allow you to get your MIDI info into Cakewalk. I'd disable the GS Wavetable as an output, though. Cakewalk has a GM instrument called TTS-1 that is a good basic virtual synth to play MIDI data. I suggest you look at the main page here and check out some of the tutorials, and download a copy of the reference file. Those are good sources of information that will come in handy when you start putting things together. Here's a thread in the Tutorials section that is a good place to start. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/topic/1610-getting-started/ That setting was all I needed to change. Thanks a million! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Chaps Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, bikerduude said: That setting was all I needed to change. Thanks a million! Rock on. Take it one step at a time and you'll be posting songs here in no time. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hello,
Absolute beginner to the MIDI topic. I have the following:
-A used Casio LK-100 keyboard I picked up at a thrift store, works fine but noticed has MIDI in and out ports
-A MIDI to USB cable
-Cakewalk on Windows 10 laptop.
What do I need to do/get in order to play MIDI files on the keyboard and record MIDI tracks to the DAW?
Am I missing some key component?
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