MIDI OUT from UR22

Steinberg Hardware
1

Hi all,
I bought an UR22 and this unit works great for what I was doing. Now however, I’d like to make use of its MIDI I/O. So I connect my lower tire digital piano to UR22’s MIDI in, and UR22’s MIDI out to the upper tire KB, trying to make a routing so I can hear both the VSTi and the upper KB when playing the lower tire. But all I can hear is the VSTi, no sound from harware KB. Is that the correct way of connection or I misunderstand something?

wishes,
Sebastian

2

Are you using a DAW?

There are many ways to set this up, but the most straightforward is:

  1. Set up a MIDI track in your DAW. The track’s MIDI input would be your UR22’s MIDI IN (or “All inputs”) and the track’s MIDI output would be the UR22’s MIDI OUT.
  2. Add an audio track in the DAW. Make it so that its audio input points to the inputs on your audio interface where the sound of the keyboard you are hoping to control is going.
  3. Either enable direct monitoring on the controlled keyboard’s interface inputs or enable track monitoring on the audio track so you can hear it.
  4. Select the MIDI track in your DAW and start playing your “upper KB”. You should hear the other keyboard being controlled now.
3

Yes I’m currently running Cubase7.5. And this setup is really intuitive and works instantly!
Though now I can’t play different voices of the KB, it outputs the default piano sound only. Seems like I got to dig into Manuals for MIDI modes and transfer channel etc.

  1. Add an audio track in the DAW. Make it so that its audio input points to the inputs on your audio interface where the sound of the keyboard you are hoping to control is going.

This sounds clear, too. But since UR22 has only two inputs (one is occupied by the mic), think I’d stick with MIDI.
The KB (VR09) goes to another mixer to connect to speakers, by the way.

  1. Either enable direct monitoring on the controlled keyboard’s interface inputs or enable track monitoring on the audio track so you can hear it.
  2. Select the MIDI track in your DAW and start playing your “upper KB”. You should hear the other keyboard being controlled now.

Just curious, is the MIDI out on an audio interface just designed specifically for DAW playback? Such as controlling a hardware synth?
Anyway, the main routing has already been made clear, many thanks to you!