New starter,Virus kc into cubase sx2?

[stoney]

Hi there,can anyone help me out ive recently just purchased a access virus kc synth(buzzing).im only just starting out in the music making and upto now im using my pc pentium4 2.8ghz,2x 100gb harddrives,1gb of memory and soundcard is a Emu 1820m,my software i`ll be using is cubase sx2(with sx3 upgrade),reason 2.5.i would like to know how do i connect up to get my sounds into cubase sx from my virus kc so i can use them for making music at the moment i have my to midi cables to connect to the sound card do i need to use anymore cables from the virus to the sound card to get the sounds into sx.thanks

[Juho L]

MIDI is not audio. MIDI is just control signal. You'll have to connect the audio outputs to your soundcard to get sound out of Virus. I think you should take up some time to really study the basics, like MIDI, audio routing and sequencing in general. Internet provides endless resources for that. Loads and loads of tutorials and guides.

[Hollowcell]

Just popped in to say Welcome to the forum!

Juho answered your question by the looks.

[jasedee]

~Welcome to Planet Virus~

As Juho said, you will need to plug the audio outputs of your virus into the inputs of your soundcard, or into an external mixer so you can monitor what you are playing.

A small mixer is a good/cheap option that will also enable expansion in the future (ie if you add more synths to your setup) and will also enable you to control your volume to your monitors (speakers)

If you dont have a mixer, you will need to enable a stereo channel in SX and click on the "monitor" icon so you can hear the Virus.

You will also need to set up a new MIDI device in SX, and there are a few things within SX and the Virus that you will need to setup so that your system is optimised for using the Virus with a sequencer (SX)

I strongly suggest that you go to your local Hi-Tech music store and ask someone there if they will come to your house to do an install for you. They will be able to go through your system with you and make sure everything is set up correctly, and also teach you a few things.

You will find this an enormous help, and it will save you some headaches of posting in forums where people are not so willing to write a short story on "how to setup a home studio", and also you can have your questions answered there and then when someone is right there to help you.

I did it, and it saved me days of fucking around!!!!

Good luck!

Jase