I have a PA600QT connected to my Windows 7 PC via USB2 for interface with Digital Performer 8. I am wanting to create some sequences using the keyboard as the controller.
After setting the Global:MIDI options, the instructions on page 190 of the PA600 manual state to "Press SEQUENCER to go into sequencer mode." However, when I go press SEQUENCER, my software no longer receives MIDI data (I have it set-up for MIDI thru). DP8 received MIDI data when in STYLE PLAY mode, but the octaves are incorrect, and instrument/sound assignments are not what I selected on the tracks in the Sequencer mode.
Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks in advance!
PA600QT Setup for Use with External Sequencer Software (DP8)
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Questions:DMerkel wrote:I have a PA600QT connected to my Windows 7 PC via USB2 for interface with Digital Performer 8. I am wanting to create some sequences using the keyboard as the controller.
After setting the Global:MIDI options, the instructions on page 190 of the PA600 manual state to "Press SEQUENCER to go into sequencer mode." However, when I go press SEQUENCER, my software no longer receives MIDI data (I have it set-up for MIDI thru). DP8 received MIDI data when in STYLE PLAY mode, but the octaves are incorrect, and instrument/sound assignments are not what I selected on the tracks in the Sequencer mode.
Am I missing something obvious?
Thanks in advance!
1) Why are you in the sequencer mode if you want to lay down tracks in DP?
2) If your plan is to use the keyboard sequencer mode to create a sequence (by using some kind of preset style) then you don't have to be hooked up to DP at all. Once you created the sequence, export it as a midi file. Then, import the midi in DP.
Sam
In this particular instance I am not relying on the styles of the PA600, I'm using it as: 1) a MIDI controller (master keyboard) for DP, and 2) for some of the sound samples (more specifically as a multi-timbral expander).
I am writing some arrangements from scratch for upcoming live performance settings, automated with DP. My plans were to use some of the virtual instrument sounds I have in DP, combined with the sounds from the PA600 (via MIDI thru), all controlled by the PA600.
I was following Korg's Reference Guide for the PA600, on page 190, but the keyboard is not sending MIDI data to DP8 as the Reference Guide states. I have verified the lack of MIDI data by using a MIDI monitor when the keyboard is in Sequencer mode.
I'm hoping someone has a workaround for this, can point me in the right direction, or help me see something obvious that I'm overlooking.
Thanks!
I am writing some arrangements from scratch for upcoming live performance settings, automated with DP. My plans were to use some of the virtual instrument sounds I have in DP, combined with the sounds from the PA600 (via MIDI thru), all controlled by the PA600.
I was following Korg's Reference Guide for the PA600, on page 190, but the keyboard is not sending MIDI data to DP8 as the Reference Guide states. I have verified the lack of MIDI data by using a MIDI monitor when the keyboard is in Sequencer mode.
I'm hoping someone has a workaround for this, can point me in the right direction, or help me see something obvious that I'm overlooking.
Thanks!