Is it possible to play your MIDI Keyobard without your comp?
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- KVRist
- 128 posts since 7 Dec, 2007 from USA
Kinda stupid but I was just wondering if its possible to be able to play your midi without your comp? Im looking for something that patches songs and also you can play certain part? (is this making any sense lol)
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- KVRAF
- 9531 posts since 6 Oct, 2004
RM1x QY300 yamaha hardware sequencers? If you have multi-track midi files, check google for pdf manuals to see what you can import. A Yamaha MM6 can import by USB stick, and then see what shows up in it's basic multi-track sequencer, and how it can be edited. Possibly some older Korg/Roland workstation keyboards...some of these probably had 'step editing'.MONIKERDNTEL wrote:Kinda stupid but I was just wondering if its possible to be able to play your midi without your comp? Im looking for something that patches songs and also you can play certain part? (is this making any sense lol)
Some of these could mute tracks, cut-n-paste to tracks, so you could practice important sections over and over...good luck
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- KVRAF
- 6937 posts since 4 Jun, 2004 from Utrecht, Holland
Yes, you can play your midi keyboard without a computer. That is, if it has the 5-pole MIDI connector and not just USB.
You can connect it to anything: synthesizer rack modules, sequencers, midi file players, drum computers, etc. The list is endless. As long as it has a midi port you can connect it.
But maybe what you want / need is a keyboard that offers a bit more than just the keys and buttons. Yamaha, Korg and especially Casio have a huge range of keyboards that have builtin synthesizers and sequencers or auto-accompanyment or whatever they call it (select style + tempo, play bass notes left and it will do drums & chords.) These kind of keyboards usually also have small speakers built in, and won't cost much.
Go visit a music shop and have a look what they have. A real shop, not online... The difference is that (with a bit of luck) you can talk to a real person that understands your needs and can match that with what's available.
You can connect it to anything: synthesizer rack modules, sequencers, midi file players, drum computers, etc. The list is endless. As long as it has a midi port you can connect it.
But maybe what you want / need is a keyboard that offers a bit more than just the keys and buttons. Yamaha, Korg and especially Casio have a huge range of keyboards that have builtin synthesizers and sequencers or auto-accompanyment or whatever they call it (select style + tempo, play bass notes left and it will do drums & chords.) These kind of keyboards usually also have small speakers built in, and won't cost much.
Go visit a music shop and have a look what they have. A real shop, not online... The difference is that (with a bit of luck) you can talk to a real person that understands your needs and can match that with what's available.
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- KVRAF
- 2911 posts since 26 Jul, 2005 from dun unda
Of course, the MIDI keyboard interface has to run via AC/DC adaptor for it to work. (Since USB powers it on the computer anyway..)
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- KVRian
- 669 posts since 6 Jul, 2007 from In the space between the heavens and the corner of some foreign field...
Or you could save your MIDI sequences to floppy and play them back with a Yammy MDF3 or similar. Make sure only to leave channel 1 empty and you can use channel 1 for local control, leaving it available for playing live along with your sequences. I did this for many years in the clubs with no issues.
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