Whalebone Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hi,I have searched over the forums, and the companion, and the midi implementation, and the faq and am still having trouble with this. I am using MIDI cables to connect to my xw-p1 to my computer to use LMMS (Ableton is a bit over budget right now) to use some additional sounds with the synth. The computer is picking up the signal and playing it out of the computer, but i cant seem to get the sound back into the xwp1 to play through the output on the xwp1(It just plays whatever tone is selected on the synth). I think i am missing a major step in this process. Any help would be great. I tried reading through the manuals but i might just be a rookie at understanding the technical language of what is actually happening. Apologies if this has already been explained somewhere and i happened to miss it. Big thanks to anyone who can point me in the right direction here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 MIDI only transmits data, not actual audio. If you want to send to receive audio to and from your computer and to and from the XW-P1 you will need the proper audio cables and possibly and an audio interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalebone Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Thanks Scott,So essentially, i can't pick a sound from the computer, hit a key, and then have it play through the XWP1? When i hit a key, it triggers the computer to play the sound, but that sound only comes out of the computer, and not the line out on the synth. I've gotten around this by attaching an aux cable from the line out on the computer and running it to the mixer, but i have a feeling thats not how the pros do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 If that's what you want to do just run the line out of the computer into the aux jack in XW. Will work like a charm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whalebone Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Gotcha. Thanks Scott. Just didn't want to run the risk of getting an email notification while playing live... haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Gotcha. Thanks Scott. Just didn't want to run the risk of getting an email notification while playing live... haha Been there, done that. Well it was an iPad and it was a Facebook message notice blip. Now I learn to use airplane mode. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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