Hi I have recently started using Yamaha PSR 900 and begun creating some original songs . Would someone be able to help me with or point me to some videos that show :
How to connect the keyboard to cubase such that I can import the song (I beleive this will still be in midi) I create in Yamaha and do a bit of editing in cubase and save back as the midi file and play back on yamaha . I want to be able to hear the sounds come out of the yamaha while I do the editing . I am still a starter to this stuff so looking to start with easy lsiten and correct approach . I have a USB to host cable but not sure of what do I need to do in terms of settings between the two
Once I create these songs I like to record each track into cubase using a steinberg ur 22c interface ie I record each track of the song as an audio file into cubase before sending it off to mix. What’s the best way to record these tracks with both cubase and yamaha in sync on tempo and clock I curently do this manually using the precount from cubase but I think I am beginning to notice some negligile but visible gaps . What’s the set up of cables and settings between keyboard , ur 22c and the cubase on my laptop .
Appreicate some inputs from folks who are more experieced with this stuff . Thanks everyone
was able to find something on topic 1 . But still struggling on topic 2. Essentially I am trying to record each track of a song I create on the yamaha as audio tracks . I currently manually record the track by keeping the tempo the same between both keyboard and UR 22C - However I was looking to see how to make the keyboard the slave such that when I record the audio from the keyboard into the DAW it records automatically after the click track from the DAW rather than me needing to start it manually which always has some scope for a minor miss.
I think you need to rethink your workflow.
I can not see any benefit of recording MIDI Parts on your actual keyboard. Instead, I recommend you record your MIDI directly in Cubase instead. That way you will not need to sync the keyboard to Cubase.
If you already have performances recorded on your keyboard, if your keyboard allows you to transfer those as a MIDI file (to a USB stick or directly to your computer), that would likely be the easiest route. Then keep the MIDI in Cubase.
I came across this post from this forum, it’s quite long and there were a number of solutions offered, so I don’t know what works best for your situation but it may be worth looking through. Additionally, there was a patch script linked which comes from a PSR owners forum, so that may also have some insight on recording to DAW.
To keep in mind though, I think what it will come down to is either recording directly in Cubase via audio connections, you’ll just have to set up a count-in when you start recording since you will have to interact with your laptop before getting back in playing position. Or setting up the keyboard as an external instrument, feeding it MIDI from Cubase and recording the audio that plays back, although there may be some latency involved with that.
Since I originally posted my questions, I have found a reasonably efficient way to work, importing the basics of my “performance” on the PSR 900 into Cubase on a USB stick and then adding the ‘extras’ a track at a time, either from the PSR 900 or from Cubase’s onboard VSTs. It all works pretty well, except the control parameters (volume, inserts, etc.) for the tracks Cubase is playing on the PSR 900 aren’t anything like as flexible as they are for the VSTs offered by Cubase. So once these tracks are as I want them, I often loop record them - a track at a time - onto an audio track so I can add all the bells and whistles that way. That said, it’s not ideal if , later in the production/composition, I have to go back and change a PSR 900 MIDI track as it then has to be re-converted back to audio, so it can pick up its sends, processing, etc.
Still, it’s a way of working that allows me to use the great voices on the PSR 900, not to mention some of the interesting rhythm patterns that can be found inside some of the keyboard’s built-in “styles”.