yamaha dx7 as master midi keyboard

[mooneyes]

Let's say I want to use my DX7 as a master keyboard.

Is it necessary to have a midi cable running from the output of my midi interface into the input of the DX7 as well as the cable running between the other two jacks?

I have a small midi keyboard (25 keys) with a midi interface and i want to use the DX7 for more performance but i'm having trouble with the midi. If anyone wants to help me out please do.

tim

[mooneyes]

nevermind

figured it out myself

only, my dx7 is having this problem where it will continuously play a note, it's like it constantly uses one of it's polyphony to sustain a note, so after i repeatedly hit a key a bunch of times, that key becomes the one sustained, and i can play a sequence of notes while that one plays? any ideas?

tim

[Steve]

Hmmm This could be a software problem. What exactly is the setup?

[hariossa]

seems to me that you're getting some kind o "midi feedback"?

I don't know if I understood your 2nd post, but if you want the DX7 to be the master, you should just run a cable from its midi out to the midi in of your interface...

now if you want to use the sounds of the DX7 with your sequencer and use it as a master at the same time maybe you should disable the "local mode" in the DX7...

I'm not sure about that because I never had a DX7, but I remember doing that with a Kawai K4 a lot of time ago.

good luck!

let us know how you work it out...

[john]

Hari has it right.

You should also be able to issue a midi reset, which is effectively an all notes off message. If you want to close the loop to play midi sounds, make sure you turn local to off.

[mooneyes]

ok, after taking a while to process all of this information, i was able to solve most of my problems

now i just have to return my busted photon x25 for servicing...

[Steve]

[hariossa]

now i just have to return my busted photon x25 for servicing...

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that alesis gizmo looks good, is it good enough?

[mooneyes]

yeah, a decent piece of equipment, you know, it's got all the features of say a novation xstation or a m-audio ozonic, just nowhere near as high quality, the axyz dome works well enough, 'specially for experimental stuff, i'm pretty satisfied, but the audio-interface could be alot better, i wish i had had another 300 for the xstation...