Midi Installation; Interface Connection; Midi Cabling; Midi Inputs/Outputs - Emagic Logic fun User Manual

MIDI Installation

2.1 MIDI Installation

Interface Connection

Please consult your soundcard or MIDI interface manual for
information on its correct connection. The most common ways
to add MIDI functionality to computers are:
•
Multiport MIDI interfaces, including separate devices like
the Emagic's Unitor 8 / MkII or AMT 8.
•
Sound card with MIDI interface (Windows).
•
via a General MIDI module or keyboards' integrated inter-
face, usually labeled as "To Host".

MIDI Cabling

MIDI Inputs/Outputs

If your computer has an internal or external MIDI port, or has a
MIDI capable soundcard connected, hook the keyboard
"MIDI Out" to the computer's "MIDI In" (on the interface,
soundcard etc.). If the keyboard can generate its own sounds,
connect the computer's "MIDI Out" to the keyboard's "MIDI
In". If your computer (or the MIDI device) offers more than
one MIDI output, connect any other tone generators to these.
If the computer only has one MIDI output, you need to
connect the second tone generator's MIDI In to the keyboard's
MIDI Thru port. A third device can be connected to the
second's MIDI Thru, and so on. The MIDI Thru port always
delivers a copy of the signals coming into the device's MIDI In.
It is preferable, however, to use a direct connection from a
computer's MIDI Out to a device, rather than chaining too
many devices, one after another. This is because timing prob-
lems may occur in the chain, if many MIDI commands are sent
in a short time, due to the slight delays introduced by each
MIDI In to MIDI Thru transaction. If your computer also has
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