KORG Electribe EMX-1 Help

[GriffBeats]

Hi, I have a KORG electribe EMX-1 and I was wondering what I have to do to hook it up to my computer and record the actual songs or beats I've made on it as I heard them when I made them. I have it hooked up via MIDI cables but AcidPro just sees it as a keyboard and plays them with only a piano sound.

I found this same topic on ask.com at this site but it wouldn't let me go directly to the page so I have no idea where to find it.

Thank you for any help you can provide me, I'm a rookie when it comes to this type of stuff

 

[Bluedays]

the reason you're hearing piano sounds is because the EMX is triggering the default Midi synth which is assigned to the active track.

you don't need to connect the Midi Out of your EMX unless you want it to trigger sounds on your pc!

Midi In is enough (for synchronization purposes), but you still have to connect the EMX main audio outputs to 2 channels of your audio interface! Remember that Midi does not send audio just note/velocity.. information (only data)

After you connect your audio channels to your audio interface you have to assign them to an Audio track, if you want to record the pattern as an audio file on your pc.

hope this helps

 

[GriffBeats]

okay, thank you very much for responding, but you're not speaking my language. I'm really new to this so let me go a little more in depth with my situation

I have a fast track pro with the midi in and out cables connected to it from my EMX-1, and the usb cable is hooked into my PC. So are you saying that I need to unplug my midi out cables for it to stop doing the piano thing or what? please excuse my lack of knowledge, I'm trying to understand what you're saying

 

[Bluedays]

ok let me rephrase, since the EMX is triggering the piano, disconnect the EMX Midi Out port from the the Fast Track's Midi In.
and most importantly connect the EMX audio outputs to your sound card's audio In. Create a new audio track, and select the right audio Inputs to start recording on that track.

 

[GriffBeats]

alright, I'm using acid pro to record the MIDI, but when I unplug the MIDI out, it doesn't make any sound at all.

damn, I really have no idea what I'm doing, I don't even know what you're talking about with this sound card stuff but I'm not gonna keep bugging you about it

thanks for your help tho

 

[lanlan]

alright, I'm using acid pro to record the MIDI

Are you using your PC to sequence the EMX-1? From what I understand you want to record beats you already made on the EMX...

I was wondering what I have to do to hook it up to my computer and record the actual songs or beats I've made on it as I heard them when I made them.

So as Bluedays mentioned, you need to connect the EMX-1's AUDIO (not midi) OUTPUT port into the IN (input) of your soundcard.

I'm not sure what soundcard you are using, but let's just say your using Windows Volume Control, double click its ICON -> Options -> Properties -> Click the Radio button for Recording -> Make sure your "Line-in" is checked -> click OK .. and you should get the "recording control" window, be sure to Select Line-In (again assuming just basic sound card).

Go to ACID (or whatever program), add and arm Audio Track, Hit record and Play EMX-1. If you have the MIDI cable attached, you can set the EMX-1 to slave. But that's a whole other thing

 

[hamburgers]

alright, I'm using acid pro to record the MIDI, but when I unplug the MIDI out, it doesn't make any sound at all.

damn, I really have no idea what I'm doing, I don't even know what you're talking about with this sound card stuff but I'm not gonna keep bugging you about it

thanks for your help tho

1. MIDI out to MIDI in on EMX
   
2. AUDIO out to AUDIO in on soundcard

Those are the only connections you need to make for now. MIDI garbage is daunting at first, but you figure it out pretty quickly.

 

[justproductions]

some basics

MIDI is not audio, it makes no sound. MIDI is like the paper scroll on a player piano. It is a digital signal that contains control information only, like, "you just played note number 35, you hit the note this hard, you just took your finger off the keyboard."

You can send these control signals to groove boxes, keyboards, your computer, etc. The device you send them to will play a sound based on these control signals/messages.

You can play a keyboard and it will transmit these signals out the MIDI out connector. You can record these signals on your computer in a sequencer. Then you can send them back out the computer to the same keyboard. The keyboard will sound/play the notes back, you could change the patch/program. Then wow, your song is playing back only the sounds have changed.

SO, MIDI and DIGITAL AUDIO are two different things, used for different things. Your computer and groovebox/keyboard can deal with both so you've got to keep these things straight.

Good luck

I hope this helps.

 

[I_watch_stars]

Hi, I have a KORG electribe EMX-1 and I was wondering what I have to do to hook it up to my computer and record the actual songs or beats I've made on it as I heard them when I made them. I have it hooked up via MIDI cables but AcidPro just sees it as a keyboard and plays them with only a piano sound.

I found this same topic on ask.com at this site but it wouldn't let me go directly to the page so I have no idea where to find it.

Thank you for any help you can provide me, I'm a rookie when it comes to this type of stuff

Here's what you need to do;

1) Hook MIDI OUT on your computer to MIDI IN on your EMX-1.
2) Hook AUDIO OUT from your EMX-1 to AUDIO IN on your computer/sequencer.
3) Go to the pattern you want to record on your EMX-1. Press the MIDI button. Cycle through the options until you find INT CLOCK. Change it to EXT CLOCK. This will tell the EMX-1 to obey your sequencer's timing.
4) Hit play on your sequencer. The EMX-1 should start playing with the same tempo your sequencer is set to. If it doesn't you have a problem (I'm unfamiliar with AcidPro's configs but there may be a master/slave option to fiddle with).

From there, you just set your sequencer to record and you're good to go.