Thanks. Am pretty newb to MIDI, not an
old sweat by any means.
Both Neutron and Q25 MIDI keyboard are connected to the laptop by usb, that way Mixcraft can identify them. Had to get a usb hub in the end.
Neutron has a line-out to my M-Audio interface (also connected to the lap by usb), so I can hear whatever Neutron is doing in 'real-time'.
Neutron is able to do it's own thing (make noise) but the keyboard gives that noise direction.
Neutron has a MIDI-through socket but Q25 only has a MIDI-out, which plugs to Neutron's MIDI-in.
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The MIDI-through has potential because it means I can hook other MIDI devices to the chain, for example I have a Kaoss Pad that has MIDI sockets.
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Q25 won't 'play' Neutron as its synthesizer MIDI-digitally, I have to add a vst to the Q25 track to hear the MIDI keyboard. Q25 interacts with Neutron in terms of analogue sound yet it does this by transmitting silent, digital MIDI-data to Neutron.
But the set-up works & I have control to a degree.
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There's also the option to use my Yamaha Reface YC keyboard as a MIDI controller, that has a MIDI in & out, so in theory the Neutron MIDI-through could be plugged into the YC MIDI-in, as a return signal, but I don't know what the result would be