Description: I made this loop with a TB 303 emulator and my keyboard. I mixed everything on FL Studio. The Roland TB-303 is a synthesizer released by the Roland Corporation in 1981. The 303 has a single oscillator, which produces either a 'buzzy' sawtooth wave or a 'hollow- sounding' square wave.
MIDI Setup
Connect and Install a MIDI Keyboard / Synthesizer in Windows
(Example on FL Studio)
MIDI Setup
Select controllers
Click theMIDItab in theSystem Settingswindow. This section contains a list of software and hardware MIDI devices on or connected to your system that can be used for MIDI Input/Output. For example, hardware and software synthesizers, controller keyboards and 'loopback' devices. The mostcommon controllersused by PC based musicians today connect to your PC with a USB cable (rather than MIDI cable) and provide a piano-keyboard, pad or mixer-style interface.
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1. Connect and install your keyboard/controller/synth in Windows
MIDI is not an audio connection- The connections discussed on this page do not transfer audio, MIDI connections transfer note data, knob movements and program changes so that your controller can play software instruments and/or FL Studio can play connected MIDI hardware. To use sounds from an external synthesizer (while it is played by FL Studio) you will need to make MIDI connections (discussed here) ANDaudio connectionsto your soundcard inputs so that FL Studio canrecord the sound/sthat it triggers from the external MIDI hardware using aMIDI Out plugin.
Cable types- You will either have a USB basedkeyboard/controlleror hardware with 5-pin DIN MIDI connectors.
USB connected controller- If yourcontrollerhas a USB port, then it will connect directly to your PC with a standardUSB cable.
1.Install any USB driversthat came with your controller. Many controllers use the standard Windows 'USB Audio Device (generic controller)', see theInputlist.
2.Connect the controller to your PC, turn it on and follow the Windows installation procedure. The standard USB 'connected'process should happen.
3.Start FL Studio AFTER the controller driver has been installedand proceed as described in the 'Setting input and output MIDI devices' section below.
MIDI cable connected controller- If you have adevicewith5-Pin DIN connectorsyou will probably need to purchase aUSB cable to MIDI cableadapter as shown. Mostexternal audio interfaceshave MIDI connector plugs on them, use those if present.
1.Connect the MIDI cablesto the MIDI IN and OUT ports on your MIDI interface hardware and turn it on.Make surethe MIDI OUT on the interface is connected to the MIDI IN on your MIDI device and or the MIDI IN on the device is connected to the MIDI OUT on the MIDI interface.How many MIDI cables do I need?You need two MIDI cables if you want FL Studio to play your MIDI device and to use your MIDI device to control FL Studio. If you plan one-way communication, then you only need one MIDI cable.
2.Install any USB driversthat came with your MIDI to USB adapter.
3.Plug the MIDI adapter into your PC, turn it on and follow the Windows installation procedure. The standard USB 'connected'process should happen.
4.Start FL Studio AFTER the adapter driver has been installedand proceed as described in the 'Setting input and output MIDI devices' section below.
2. Set input and output MIDI devices
You may want to select anInput(a controller that plays FL Studio instruments) orOutputdevice (something that connects to your PC and receives note data from FL Studio).
Output - Port Mapping
These options select aMIDI output interfaceso FL Studio can send MIDI signals to outboard gear (Synthesizer, Drum Machine, Sampler, etc). See theMIDI Settingspage for more details.
Input - Connecting External Controller/s
If you have aUSB/MIDI keyboard or controllerthat you would like to control using FL Studio, you will need to change some settings in theInputsection. This contains a list of controller devices that have been detected by Windows (see section 1).
To activate a controller in FL Studio-
Open FL Studio and make sure the 'Enable MIDI remote control' option is selected in theOptions menu, MIDI input is disabled otherwise.
Click on the devicein the Input list, so that it is highlighted. If your device is listed in theController typedrop-down menu, select it there also. If your controller does not appear by name this means it does not have custom drivers. If so, use the 'USB Audio Device (generic controller)'. If you do not see any options, you will need to re/install the appropriate drivers for your controller.
With the controller highlighted select theEnableswitch below the Input list. Each device selected in theInputlist must be selected/deselected separately.
If successful the MIDI activity light on theMain Panelwill blink each time you play notes or move knobs on your controller.NOTE:If the 'Debug log' is open anyMIDI datareceived by FL Studiois displayed and logged, useful for learning the MIDI CC numbers of controls or troubleshooting connections.
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NOTE:For more detailed information on the rest of the settings in this section and further details on supported controllers go to theMIDI Settingspage.
Troubleshooting
Nothing appears in the Input box?- Did you connect/start your controller AFTER opening FL Studio? It is necessary that your operating system has detected your controller BEFORE opening FL Studio. Close FL Studio, turn your controller off and on (unplug and reconnect the USB cable if it does not have a switch), wait for it to be detected by the PC (Windows makes a 'connected'sound when it successfully detects a USB device), then start FL Studio.
Items appear but don't respond- Click theRescan MIDI devicesbutton and thenenablethe device. If that does not work, close FL Studio, turn your controller off and on (unplug and reconnect the USB cable if it does not have a switch), wait for it to be detected by the PC (Windows makes a 'connected'sound when it successfully detects a USB device), then start FL Studio.
Velocity curve
If you are using a MIDI Keyboard or Pad Controller then click on theLink note on to:VelocityCurvebutton. Here you can fine-tune the relationship between MIDI input velocity (how fast/hard you strike the keys/pad) and the velocity value sent to instruments.
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See also: Interfaces, Keyboards and Controllers
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