Midi Setup On Cubase Se, How to do In and Outs? Options

[korektphool]

I have Cubase SE and 5 virtual instruments (I bought Steinberg's Studio case). I have installed Cubase and the driver for my M-Audio Ozone. I have a mic and that can be connected to the Ozone. When i try to record this onto an audio track, it works and I can successfully listen to the playback. BUT when I try to record MIDI, it gets recorded onto a MIDI track and it says on the place where there are buttons for "play", "record" "click" that in and out are working. But unfortunately no sound is coming out of my Sennheiser 280PRO headphones.The headphones are in good working condition, i tested them out with music through iTunes (so that proves the sound can come out through the headphones through Ozone.) The problem is Cubase is not sending MIDI info through to Ozone through to my headphones. Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have assigned the ins and outs on the left of the project window to "port one" which is ozone.
[KorektPhool]

[kaboombahchuck]

Ok, here is the thing... Ozone is a midi controller, midi is not a sound file. Ozone is not capable of playing back (or making any sounds what so ever) when playing it live, or playing a midi file (track) because it does not have a sound module (synth). All it does is send the midi performance out to cubace. In order to actually hear something you will either have to hook up a synth, or synth module to the Ozone, and also hook up the audio lines from the synth to Ozone, or assign the midi track to one of your virtual instruments. Once you have selected a virtual instrument to play, you should be able to hear it comming from the computer or Ozone (if you have made an audio send connection from the mac to Ozone) as you play the Ozone keyboard.

This post has been edited by kaboombahchuck: Sat 29 Nov 2003, 07:27

[korektphool]

Hi kahboomahchuck!
Thanks for that reply, but i did not fully understand what u were saying. Firstly, what is a 'synth', is it software or hardware? And how do i use it with ozone and cubase? Otherwise, how do i assign the midi tracks to a virtual instruments? Can i get different sounds, such as 'Electric Guitar" or "Grand Piano" if the virtual instrument in Halion SE?
[KorektPhool]

[rickenbacker]

Yes, you need to select a virtual instrument in Cubase, such as the A1 Waldorf synth or whatever you got free in the Studio Case.

Basically, you've selected your Midi channel and identified the Ozone's Midi in/out, so everything is fine so far, but you also need to "connect" it virtually to some sort of sound-generating machine within Cubase. Otherwise, all your Ozone keyboard pressings aren't doing anything - they aren't feeding information to a Midi sound device.

The difference is that your Ozone, on its own, cannot produce sound. It's not like a piano or a harpsichord. It doesn't actually do anything. It needs to be connected to a synth, either hardware or software, that does have sounds onboard. Then the Midi signals that your Ozone sends are received by the module, which in turn generates the sound. Whichever sound it produces is down to you and the selection you make.

Is that any clearer?

[mmstip]

I have a question somewhat related.
What about the Quicktime Synthesizer?
Why won't Cubase recognize it as a midi unit (once it did)?