Can I route a non usb midi keyboard to Cubase 11 Pro

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Hi allyupo.

OK. I’ve had a look at my setup, but yes, settimg up your Ketron does come with caveats’ if you are not prepared to do the Patching of banks. So your concern that the Ketron was not listed as a Device, is rightly justified (Sorry about that).

Anyways, I decided to setup the Triton, defining it as a GM Device instead. What I discovered, was that, although it worked, and I was able to get sound and record MIDI and audio into Cubase, the Program Selector in the Instrument track, created in Cubase, was obviously all over the place, since the Triton was not patched. So on selecting Piano, it gave me a harp instead.

The work around for me, was to simply select the instrument from within the Triton, less than ideal I know, but it worked. Please bare this in mind if you proceed with this setup.

If you’re cool with that, this is how I did it.

Ketron Setup.

  1. Set Local Control to Off on the Ketron

  2. Connect the audio outputs’ of your Ketron to the inputs’ of your audio interface.

  3. Connect your MIDI In/Out to your Ketron (using your MIDI to USB lead).

4 Connect the MIDI USB Devive to your Computer, or if you are using MIDI to MIDI cables’, connect them to your MIDI Controller if you can. whichever you prefer.

Now in Cubase.

1)Studio/More Options/Midi Device Manager/Install Device/“Select” GM Device(Give it a name)

2)Bottom right while in Device Manager, for your “Output” Select the MIDI device connected to your Ketron (Close Device Manager)

  1. Next, we need to create an External Instrument.
    Studio/Audio Connections/External Instruments Tab/Add External Instruments Tab. On the following little window that appears, Give it a name. Select how many returns would like ie: 1 Mono,1 Stereo.

  2. Select “Associate MIDI Device” and select MIDI Devices. then select the device name you chose during the setup. Once the device has been selected, the window will close.

5}Now select your audio device and the device ports used.

Start a new project and create an Instrument Track. You will find the device you just created in “External Plugins”. If set up correctly. you should now be able to here sound from the Ketron, when you press your keys.

Let us know how you get on.

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