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I am newbee to computer based recording....bare with me please...i am thinking about buying BIAB..my computer sound card sucks so i will get another one eventually.. i have a great ensoniq keyboard i love the sounds.. i can midi interface with that keybard correct??..if i do..how will the "realdrums" work.... would the sound of the real drums be the ensoniq drums..i understand the real drums are mp3 or something though....I also want to know how i can record.. i know i just hook up my ensoniq keyboard to my recording device and hit play on band in box...but again what about the real drums... is this a stupi question
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The RealDrums are audio files. They will use your sound card for output. The Ensoniq can be interfaced with BIAB as long as the synth and your computer have the ports (midi or usb) to do it. If you use your Ensoniq and want to use RealDrums, you would have to balance the audio output to match the midi output of your Ensoniq. If you want to use the Ensoniq drums, you can 'turn off' the RealDrums and use the Midi drums. But after you hear the RealDrums, you probably won't want to do that. They are very good.
Recording using an external synth is only a matter of mixing the synth and the RealDrums into your recording device.
Rachael
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Hi, and welcome!
Please tell us the model of your Ensoniq keyboard so that I can find out if its internal MIDI synth is easily compatible with BIAB.
Of course, you can always use the keyboard as a controller into BIAB and use the free VSC DXi MIDI synth that comes bundled with BIAB for your sounds, too, so you should be good to go either way.
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ok thanks..its an ensoniq ZR76..even if my internal sound card sucks.. will i get the full benefit from the BIAB??..this is what confuses me.. i thought my computers sound card governed everything..(sound wise) except wave and mp3 files etc..
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Welcome! Yes, you can get the full benefit of your Ensoniq sounds because a soundcard (wth respect to MIDI data) merely acts as a transmission station to get instructions from BIAB over into your synth. BIAB primarily outputs MIDI which isn't sound or a sound file but instructions in code (like Morse code) that MIDI compatible equipment and software can 'read' and respond to, making sounds in ways the code has stipulated. If your Ensoniq has some great synth sounds then if I were you I'd familiarise myself with the part of its manual that deals with MIDI. You also need to familiarise yourself with the concept of GM, or General Midi, which is the universal standard for 128 fundamental MIDI sounds with 1 being a piano. Your soundcard probably has a MIDI in and out, so you can first connect its MIDI out to the MIDI in of your Ensoniq. That's the first step to getting BIAB to 'play' your Ensoniq's sounds. You may need to find/create what's called a Patch Map so that BIAB can address all the sounds on your synth. There's a lot more, so I won't bang on! This PG site has tutorials on many aspects of the above. Have a browse around 'Support'. There are some bits and pieces on my bio web site also that may point the way, start here. Best wishes - you've started your never-ending, at times frustrating, but by and large very fulfilling, journey into the wonders of recording! John
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from the manual, available here http://www.emu.com/support/files/download2.asp?Centric=645&Legacy=0&Platform=1 "Using the ZR-76 with General MIDI" you can use it with biab however to take advantage of all he sounds available you may find this INSmaker Tutorial useful http://www.fumph.com/?page_id=16the idea is you create a cakewalk .ins file with INSmaker then convert that file to a biab .pat patch map file using these instructions HOW TO CONVERT A POWERTRACKS PRO AUDIO .INI FILE OR CAKEWALK .INS FILE TO A BAND-IN-A-BOX PATCH MAP (.PAT FILE) http://www.pgmusic.com/tutorial_bbwpatchmap.htm#convertthis link may also be of interest http://www.fumph.com/?page_id=4ask ?s if needed plenty of help from folks on these forums
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