How do I route usb midi in?

[T Boog]

Im considering getting a cheap electronic drum kit, like a Simmons Titan 20. Currently, I record drums using my keyboard as a controller thru my interface via 5 pin midi, then into Cakewalk with Slate 5.5 drums. 

The Simmons kit has a usb midi out, not the 5 pin Im used to. Before I buy the kit Im curious how/where I route the usb midi-in in Cakewalk to record using the Slate vst. I've never bypassed the interace before.

To my knowledge, the drums dont come with their own driver, or is that even necessary?

Note: Im really hoping its easy going back & forth between the two midi sources. And Im also hoping I can record piano(via 5 pin interface) simultaneously with drums(via usb midi)

Edited 4 hours ago by T Boog

[DeeringAmps]

If it is USB, in my experience it will need a driver. My Cakewalk (Roland 500) does. But it has some faders, buttons and dials. Maybe for just straight midi you don’t? CakeWalk “sees” it as a midi interface. My Roland HandSonic is a 5 pin, thus connects directly to the RME. 
As far as connecting, it’s a midi interface and you set it to the midi track that is driving the Slate VSTi. 
hth,

t

[T Boog]

8 minutes ago, DeeringAmps said:

it’s a midi interface and you set it to the midi track that is driving the Slate VSTi. 
hth,

Thanks. Btw, I added a note after u commented. Im assuming I can have one track(like piano) assigned to the 5 pin midi and the drum track assigned to the usb midi. That way they can be recorded simultaneously. Is that correct?

[T Boog]

I just found this video. He's using Reaper but he describes the drum module as it's own interface and he uses an asio4all driver. Since my interface has its own dedicated asio driver, Im guessing Id have to switch drivers everytime I want to use the drums?

 

Edited 3 hours ago by T Boog

[Terry Kelley]

Make sure the drum kit has a local sound generator otherwise the latency even with super small blocks will drive you nuts. My buddy has to listen to the local sound module while recording the midi.  The midi itself is dead on timing wise but the time for the VST to generate the sound is too long even at 16.

[57Gregy]

You don't need an audio driver like ASIO4All for MIDI.