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M3 To Cubase
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:35 am
by Ultimate Dj
Hello Friends,
Sorry if this is a constant question or not but I'm trying to hook my M3 into Cubase and I don't have the foggiest on where to begin. I got a M-Audio Fast Track Pro interface and the Midi hooked up. but to get them to talk to eachother.....how?
Im gonna read up on the Manuel tonight...but that doesn't usually get me far so any advice you good fellas can send my way would be awesome!
puravida
dj
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:41 am
by vagif
In order to use M3 with Cubase (and actually any DAW) you have to install M3 USB-MIDI driver and M3 VST Plug-in. Both of them are donwloadable from Korg site.
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:56 pm
by kanthos
Depends what you want to do.
1) Use the M3 to input MIDI data into Cubase: Download the M3 drivers and connect via USB or connect via MIDI through your audio interface (can't recall if the FastTrack Pro has MIDI in/out) or a separate MIDI interface.
2) Route the audio from the M3 into your computer so it can be mixed with tracks supplied from other instruments or plugins: Connect the output(s) from your M3 to the input(s) on your audio interface and set up your audio interface so that its inputs are routed to the mixer.
3) Record audio from the M3: Same as #2. You'll also want to select your audio interface as a recording device in Cubase. Arm one or more tracks in Cubase, and record as you play.
4) Control the M3 from your computer: Download the M3 drivers and connect via USB. Make sure the M3 VST plugin is installed and loaded into Cubase. Beyond that, I don't know how to use it, as I don't have an M3.
Combining any of those uses should be obvious, with one catch: the M3 may not send data via MIDI and USB at the same time, so if you want to load the VST plugin and record MIDI from the M3, just use USB. I also suggest that you record MIDI even if you only want the audio, as it lets you easily make corrections later (change the MIDI stream and rerecord the keyboard). What you'd really want to do is play the M3's keybed with the M3 set to Local Off, record the MIDI data, and send that data back to the M3 so that it produces audio from the MIDI stream.