korg tr 61 + korg k 61 midi synth; problem

harlekin · Post by **harlekin** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:30 pm

hello everyone.

i have one problem...

i cant get my midi synth to work with my korg tr 61,
( the midi synth is a korg k 61 )

tried to read the manual but there are not very much help there.

i have connected everything as it is said in the manual.

does anyone know how to connect it so it works?
anyone who know my problem?

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:49 pm

you haven't specified what you are trying to do. in order to help you, people really need a bit more information:

what are you trying to achieve? do you want the TR to control an external synth (as far as I was aware, the K61 is a controller only)? or are you trying to use an external keyboard to control the TR's internal sounds (or play more than one sound from the TR at once)?

are you aware that the MIDI connection will carry no sound? MIDI messages tell a keyboard what notes to play, what programs to change to, what controllers to change, but they don't convey any actual audio information, so if you want to hear an external synth at the same time as your TR, you will need both hooked up to a mixer or other device. similarly you couldn't get TR or other synth's sounds into a computer just by connecting MIDI cables - you need to make the audio connection too.

harlekin · Post by **harlekin** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:08 pm

i want to play the sounds in the tr 61 from the k 61..

and i know what midi is....

Larry Satterlee · Post by **Larry Satterlee** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:04 am

Hi! I just downloaded the manual for the K- series & maybe I can help you .Just need some more info on the way your sending out midi on your K-61.

Larry

X-Trade · Post by **X-Trade** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:18 am

connect the MIDI Out on the K61 to the MIDI In on the TR.

set the K61 to the same MIDI channel as the TR's Global (by default #1), then it will play the TR's sounds.

if you want to play different sounds, you have to start making your own combis on the TR, with the K61 assigned to a different MIDI channel (say, #5), and create INT timbres in your combi set to respond to the same midi channel instead of the TR's Global.