Constant confusion about setup a synth/workstation (Yamaha MODX)
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 12:44 am
Hi,
I am trying to wrap my head around the setup phase with Studio one and a Yamaha MODX, but I think the issue is more widespread than just the MODX.
Let's start from the beginning; got the MODX; installed yamaha drivers, so I can see as midi device, 3 MODX devices (no clue why I see 3 of them, but let's face one issue at time).
Now, the Yamaha training videos are for Cubase, so we already start with differences; I have a Focusrite 18i8 as audio interface, and my ultimate goals are:
1) use the MODX to play performances and record the midi and audio data in Studio one
2) use the MODX as midi controller, so I can use my VST instruments in Studio one
3) Use the MODX as main keyboard to drive other hardware connected via midi or usb, to my computer, via Studio one
Now the first step is to play the keyboard in studio one, and to an extent, I can do that. I have connected both the USB connection and the 1/4 L and R jacks to my computer and interface, I created an external "keyboard" where the input is coming from the MODX and an instrument that has as output, the MODX1 option. So I can hear the output from the 1/4 connectors, but NOT from USB.
Or to be precise, I have no idea how do I get the audio via USB, because the training video for Cubase, instruct to use the MODX as audio interface, route the audio somehow through the app, and magically you get 8 channels as 8 tracks via usb, in Cubase. I would like to do the same in Studio one, but even after adding the Yamaha audio interface to my song, and adding the 8 tracks as mono input, I get no audio. I get only audio from the headphone connector on the MODX and from the 1/4 audio connectors. The frustration here is that I can write sysex commands without much of a problem, but can't setup a synth in a DAW. I have the MODX set as interface in studio one, I added 8 inputs, I added 8 audio tracks that use these inputs but nothing play when I have the MODX in "MIDI rec on DAW"
The only way I can get sound out of the MODX is if I add a track with a VST; in that case, I get sound from the VST
I am able to play 1 track at time if I add to Studio one a track containing the VST included with the MODX installer for the drivers, but it play only on one channel. so I can't play the whole performance. Even if I create multiple Yamaha VST tracks, it can only play one channel at time; which is nothing like it show on the training videos for Cubase.
Can someone please help me to understand why different DAW does operate in a different way, for common concepts like adding an instrument; and how do I get from the training for Cubase, to make it work in Studio one?
As now the only thing I can do with the MODX in Studio one is to record the audio I play from the 1/4 audio connectors, as if it was a stereo device, or I can record the midi track but only from one channel, and play back, and record it as audio; but I can't play the whole performance.
I am trying to wrap my head around the setup phase with Studio one and a Yamaha MODX, but I think the issue is more widespread than just the MODX.
Let's start from the beginning; got the MODX; installed yamaha drivers, so I can see as midi device, 3 MODX devices (no clue why I see 3 of them, but let's face one issue at time).
Now, the Yamaha training videos are for Cubase, so we already start with differences; I have a Focusrite 18i8 as audio interface, and my ultimate goals are:
1) use the MODX to play performances and record the midi and audio data in Studio one
2) use the MODX as midi controller, so I can use my VST instruments in Studio one
3) Use the MODX as main keyboard to drive other hardware connected via midi or usb, to my computer, via Studio one
Now the first step is to play the keyboard in studio one, and to an extent, I can do that. I have connected both the USB connection and the 1/4 L and R jacks to my computer and interface, I created an external "keyboard" where the input is coming from the MODX and an instrument that has as output, the MODX1 option. So I can hear the output from the 1/4 connectors, but NOT from USB.
Or to be precise, I have no idea how do I get the audio via USB, because the training video for Cubase, instruct to use the MODX as audio interface, route the audio somehow through the app, and magically you get 8 channels as 8 tracks via usb, in Cubase. I would like to do the same in Studio one, but even after adding the Yamaha audio interface to my song, and adding the 8 tracks as mono input, I get no audio. I get only audio from the headphone connector on the MODX and from the 1/4 audio connectors. The frustration here is that I can write sysex commands without much of a problem, but can't setup a synth in a DAW. I have the MODX set as interface in studio one, I added 8 inputs, I added 8 audio tracks that use these inputs but nothing play when I have the MODX in "MIDI rec on DAW"
The only way I can get sound out of the MODX is if I add a track with a VST; in that case, I get sound from the VST
I am able to play 1 track at time if I add to Studio one a track containing the VST included with the MODX installer for the drivers, but it play only on one channel. so I can't play the whole performance. Even if I create multiple Yamaha VST tracks, it can only play one channel at time; which is nothing like it show on the training videos for Cubase.
Can someone please help me to understand why different DAW does operate in a different way, for common concepts like adding an instrument; and how do I get from the training for Cubase, to make it work in Studio one?
As now the only thing I can do with the MODX in Studio one is to record the audio I play from the 1/4 audio connectors, as if it was a stereo device, or I can record the midi track but only from one channel, and play back, and record it as audio; but I can't play the whole performance.