midi cables...need help

[afriquedeluxe]

Im looking roun 4 midi cables but ive jus been gettin confused..

do i need sumtin like dis http://www.lastar.net/product.asp?cat_id=6301&sku=27033

or can i jus get a midi lead like dis 1ne http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2367525343&category=22669



but da thing is i want 2 b able to use reason 2 sequence stuff on da keyboard but at da same time i also wana b capable of controllin stuff in in reason with it

 

[Fade]

You need the first one. I have the exact same, you plug the MIDI In/Out into your keyboard and the other end into your joystick port and you're set.

 

[bigdmakintrax]

You need the cable with the Y adapter that connects to the joystick port if you use the pc as a controller or to connect the keyboard......if you connect the Y cable the single end connects to the joystick port and the other two ends of the Y are midi in and midi out......the midi out of the cable connects to the midi in port on the keyboard and the midi in connects to the midi out port on the back of the keyboard, the round cable is for use with two devices lik a keyboard and drum machine or to link them together, if you get more equipment you need both of thos cables.....

 

[afriquedeluxe]

aight, thnx guys! im start savin up 4 dat cable, n man i gota get a stand 4 dis keyboard so i can get it off da floor, lol

 

[Loose Cannon]

Ive never used midi before but i have some friens that do. I got one of those cable that go into the joystick thing, but wha will midi do? Do you kinda tell it what to play and it will play it without you touching anything?

Anybody tell me?

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Midi is needed if you want to do any kind of production in the digital world.....it is nothing but 0's and 1's.....think of it a way to trigger a sound and along with that the information about how hard you hit the trigger or how long you press it (you might use a controller to trigger or a drum machine) is also passed on.....ol school midi was just based on some simple sounds that you trigger that didn't sound so good....but now with samples and virtual instruments you can trigger real sounds ..........now if you had a keyboard and only wanted to use the synths and pads then you could hook it to your computer and then edit and make tracks with the sequencer like fruity loops or reason....but if you got better drumsounds and want to sequence on the mpc instead the wack keyboard drumz then you can hook up a midi cable between the computer.....the keyboard and the mpc....and use sounds like samples or vinyl from the computer.....the piano from the keyboard and the drums from the mpc....you can use the sequencer to make all of these pieces come together and make a song....that's basically what it does........when you press play on the computer transport......it will trigger the mpc...the keyboard and your computer sample and play it back how you programmed the track....then you can record the playback coming out of the mpc the keyboard and the vinyl sample altogether into a wave file and then add effects and master it....HERE IS A GOOD LINK to help you out!

http://music.northwestern.edu/links/projects/midi/expmidiindex.html

 

[DjDelay]

That's a good explanation BigD. But the best way I kinda got my head around MIDI was to just have a go myself with my controller and cubase.

P.S. BigD, could you hook me up with samples that your always giving away to all the newbies in producing? I'm new to it and want to start building up a library

 

[Medicine Man]

You need a USB midi interface and a midi cable that looks like the second cable picture.