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lalo115 · Post by **lalo115** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:36 am

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I want to know if I can connect DIVA synth to Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard
this one here:https://vmpk.sourceforge.io/ (https://vmpk.sourceforge.io/)

then use my physical midi controller to play VMPK which is connected to DIVA Synth.
My OS is : linux mint.

thanx for reading

also recommend any daws please?

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 7:31 am

lalo115 wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:36 am I want to know if I can connect DIVA synth to Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard
this one here: https://vmpk.sourceforge.io/

Sure. But you need a VST Host to route the midi messages from the virtual keyboard (via ALSA) to Diva.

lalo115 wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:36 am then use my physical midi controller to play VMPK which is connected to DIVA Synth.

Wait... you have a physical midi controller? Then you don't need a virtual one.

lalo115 wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:36 amlinux

There are several threads here about using linux for DAW. Search...

lalo115 · Post by **lalo115** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 7:56 am

lalo115 wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 5:36 am then use my physical midi controller to play VMPK which is connected to DIVA Synth.

Wait... you have a physical midi controller? Then you don't need a virtual one.

Im sorry I thought the physical midi controller by itself doesn't do anything because you know its just acontroller... is this correct?

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:39 am

Yeah, the midi controller emits midi messages like note on & note off. Any DAW can route those to synth plugins which in turn emit audio you can hear.

lalo115 · Post by **lalo115** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 8:01 pm

BertKoor wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:39 am Yeah, the midi controller emits midi messages like note on & note off. Any DAW can route those to synth plugins which in turn emit audio you can hear.

Overall tho I should have no trouble connecting any physical midi controller to linux and most programs will recognize it right? i wanna know before dumping money on a midi controller

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 8:14 pm

lalo115 wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 8:01 pm
BertKoor wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 10:39 am Yeah, the midi controller emits midi messages like note on & note off. Any DAW can route those to synth plugins which in turn emit audio you can hear.
Overall tho I should have no trouble connecting any physical midi controller to linux and most programs will recognize it right? i wanna know before dumping money on a midi controller

You'll be fine, as long as you buy a MIDI controller that advertises itself to be "class compliant."

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Mon Jul 01, 2024 9:37 pm

Look for "class-compliant" if the controller does everything over USB.
Old-fashioned midi over a 5-pole DIN plug into an audio interface (with ofcourse MIDI I/O via 5-pole DIN as well) should be no problem.

Last time I saw a non-class-compliant USB audio interface was... well, I don't think I ever did.

Can I connect VMPK to Diva Synth?