USB MIDI

Originally Posted by ManfromMagicLand

I have much inexperience in the field of midi instruments but the solution to the problem may just be turning down the volume on your synthesizer. I had a friend who had a similar problem.

And how would that help?

About the same way replacing the bathroom faucet would, at a guess.

Well, my friend is using a Yamaha Motif and a LightSnake USB plug-in. Whenever he tried to record in Cubase while playing a piano sound, the sound would play back in more of an electric piano sound.
We just turned down the volume on the synthesizer and tried recording again. The sound turned out fine after that.

Originally Posted by Marius

*sigh*

Okay, so right now what you're doing is taking the MIDI signal from your synth - that is, using your synth as nothing more than a MIDI controller, (as we suggested you do initially, I might add)

I use the synth for more than recording purposes. You wouldn't get very far with a MIDI controller on stage.

Chaski,

If you end up choosing to get a new soundcard (which would probably be a good idea), you may be able to use the USB cable you already have. You will have to edit some of the settings in the software you are using (Cubase, notation software, etc.) to make sure that the MIDI input is set to whatever the USB connector driver comes up as. Then for MIDI output (which will be played through your computer speakers) set it to your new soundcard.

You also want to look into tweaking the audio patches used in your software. Simply changing the SoundFont used will dramatically change the audio quality (for better or worse).

Thanks Nolan.