crasher Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hi all Not strictly in keeping with the forum title, but IT related i guess I have a set of normal drums and a set of electronic drums (Ion trigger pads and in Ion/Alesis 16 drum machine). Currently the Ion drum machine is set to play drum sounds when triggered, however what i would like to do is link the drum machine to 'some other device' via the MIDI out so that other sounds can be played with the pads are hit. This is where my knowledge of all things electronically musical ends. I assume that i needs some sort of synth or sampler or other such device to accept the midi information?? In an ideal world i'd like this to play not just single notes on the triggers, but a sequence of notes/sounds/samples for each trigger, and for it to cater for polyphonic voices (multiple triggering of the same pad). Any help would be appreciated. As an aside, does anyone have any info on an electronic bass machine? I know Korg et al do drum machines but does anyone do a bass equivilent? I'd like to rig it up so that i can play the drums along to the electronic bass. Cheers Crasher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Roland used to make an electronic bass box with a sequencer, not seen one for a while now. If your drum kit can output midi notes and assign then to values (36=middle C) then you could just add a midi input to a PC and load a software synth like "Reason" as a test. Hundreds of soft synths you can download for PC nowadays, including a pretty good BASS guitar that came free with cubase, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitas3 Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 All MIDI instruments talk a 'certain' language - you can just get a simple MIDI keyboard to hookup to the drum machine and trigger the sounds that way, or as you say, you can get synths/samplers or sequencers to trigger the drums that way.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigyb Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Do they? they should all talk the same language, MIDI, which is standard for note on not off etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitas3 Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 LOL that's what I meant as in MIDI being the certain language as opposed to other synths which also have their own inbuilt language for programming etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 If your kit can output MIDI then something like a Roland Sound Canvas would do the trick for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crasher Posted May 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 CHeers for the tips chaps. I was hoping to avoid any hook-ups to PC's etc, however having done some quick research on the web this may be the way i have to go in the end. Will take a look at the Roland option though. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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