How to setup Cakewalk to work with the X5
- From: Tera Nera <teranera@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: korgypark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:39:08 -0800 (PST)
Hi James,
Since you have MIDI working, you probably have all that's needed to start
recording.
PREPARATION
Verify your Settings. MIDI Port should have at least one instrument selected
for each Input and
Output. I'd suggest, unless you know which device you'll be using, select them
all--However, I
think MIDI Mapper needs to be unselected?
RECORDING
Assuming that's okay, you can start recording:
1. Open a new song... let's choose Normal for this example.
2. Click on the first line (first track)
3. In your keyboard, select the sound you'd like to use in this track. (If you
have assigned
instruments and have X5 properly setup, you should also be able to do this from
Cakewalk)
4. Select Time/Key signature by clicking on the 4/4 on the top right of your
screen
5. Select Tempo by clicking on the 100 to the right of Time/Key signature
6. Verify that your metronome is setup properly. I usually set it to play MIDI
note on Recording,
accent first beat, Use Channel 10 in Port 1, with Key F#3 (hi hat). It's a
non-intrusive beat.
7. Push record, and go play away! When you're done, push the record button
again, or the space bar
in your keyboard.
8. Repeat previous step for each track. As you record, you can select different
MIDI Channels.
Usually, 10 (and 16, depending on your setup) are reserved for Drums. You can
have several tracks
with the assigned to the same channel, but they will all be bundled together if
you need to move
volume up or down, for example.
PLAYING
1. Open a MIDI file you want to play.
2. Put your X5 in Multiple mode--this will allow Cakewalk to play different
voices at the same
time.
3. Play the file from Cakewalk.
Hope this will help you get started... It's been a while.
G
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