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controller to laptop connection.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 7:06 am
by byllsong
Hi, guys.
My exploration continues.
If a keyboard controller has no audio line out,
how would it connect to audio interface?
Thanks
Re: controller to laptop connection.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:50 am
by Len911
Keyboard controllers don't have audio outs, only midi, because they don't have any sounds. It takes a synthesizer or a workstation or something with sounds. I presume you are shopping for keyboard controllers?
Re: controller to laptop connection.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:14 am
by byllsong
Yes, Len.
I'm learning daily and I must say I'm enjoying the process.
Just trying to find as much as I can.
I usually get my stuff from Sam Ash in Miami Lakes.
The courier will only pick what I order, so I have to get it right.
Thanks for all your responses.
Re: controller to laptop connection.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:36 am
by Len911
Your welcome Billy, glad to be of assistance. I just made a post to your Kross/Salvation Army donation,lol!
Re: controller to laptop connection.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 11:42 am
by hummingbird
It's not a keyboard. It's a controller. You plug it into a USB port. Open your DAW, on a track choose the controller as the input device. Then place an instrument (VST) on that track - like piano. Play the controller, you'll hear the piano.
Re: controller to laptop connection.
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:36 pm
by Len911
Controller is midi so it would either have a usb or a regular midi connector. Some interfaces have a midi connector, most probably don't as midi has pretty much gone usb.