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Subject:i need help with midi
Posted by: th3shad0w
Date:4/27/2004 4:26:48 PM

i have a midi saxaphone and a chord to go with it but there no midi jack on my computer, can i plug it in the line in out the headphone jack and still record it as mid or will it just record as regular sound? how do i get a midi jack? do i need a new sound card?

~the shadow

Subject:RE: i need help with midi
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:4/27/2004 5:29:42 PM

Anything you record via line in will be digital audio. MIDI is just a set of instructions, whereas digital audio is the actual thing.

There are different ways of getting a MIDI interface to your computer. The simplest is to go via USB like this one from M-Audio.

HTH,
Iacobus
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Subject:RE: i need help with midi
Reply by: th3shad0w
Date:5/1/2004 2:54:57 PM

thanks, can you list some other usb ones and what type of stores would carry them,?

Subject:RE: i need help with midi
Reply by: Iacobus
Date:5/1/2004 5:31:25 PM

Sure. There's the overall MIDI interface page. Also, products like Echo's MiaMIDI and the Audiophile 2496 from M-Audio provide both a MIDI I/O solution and a pro-level 24-bit/96 kHz audio interface.

The solution I mentioned before is the more inexpensive of the options and requires no opening of your system to install. (It only needs an available USB port.)

Your local music store, if they're smart enough, should at least carry one of these items. Don't expect to get a discount though.

If you have a standard, 15-pin joystick port on your system, you could also go the MIDI adapter cable route. (An example of such a cable is here. Your local music store or even Best Buy or CompUSA should have this cable as well.

HTH,
Iacobus
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RodelWorks - Original Music for the Unafraid
mD's ACIDplanet Page
Guitars 4 Kids

Subject:RE: i need help with midi
Reply by: phunky
Date:5/3/2004 4:14:38 AM

cant get a record level from any music input

Subject:RE: i need help with midi
Reply by: forlornsoul
Date:5/4/2004 8:03:29 AM

Have you checked your audio settings from the systray? Check to see if anything is set as being muted. Check in the program for inputs if there are any settings for this.

Mike

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