Hi all... I was sure I posted this here last night but I don't see it today. Maybe I was dreaming smile Anyway... here it is again: OOPs... I just noticed that I DID post this in another thread last night... It was just before going to bed... I must have been more tired than I thought I was. Sorry.

Well… I've been having a lot of fun in Sonar for the past few hours. OK… really, it wasn't fun.

I pulled my old Roland JV-1010 out of the junk drawer the other day and started thinking about how neat it would be to use it along side of my Ketron SD2. I got the patch map file I needed and then imported it into Sonar without a hitch. I got myself an M-Audio MIDISPORT 2X2 midi interface that would give me the connections I need to hook up the two modules. Sonar recognizes the new interface, no problem.

In Sonar's MIDI setup, I have channel 1 assigned to my Ketron's 16 MIDI channels – with channel 10 assigned to the Ketron drums.

In channel 2 I have all 16 MIDI channels assigned to the Roland.

In Sonar, I insert a new MIDI track to channel 1. From there I set the in/out to the MIDISPORT A. I then choose the Ketron, a Ketron bank and then a patch. Everything works as it should

There's a button on the front of the MIDISPORT that when pushed in, gives me “USB Merged” - meaning A and B in/outs are merged together - and when it is out it gives me “MIDI Thru”- meaning A and B in/outs work separate of each other, Ketron being “A” and Roland being “B”.

With the button set to “MIDI Thru”, the Ketron set in channel 1 and connected to the “A” in/outs, everything is fine. With the button set to “USB/Merge” no sound comes out of the Ketron, as should be expected (I think).

With the button set to “MIDI Thru”, the Roland, set in channel 2 and connected to the “B” in/outs, I hear nothing. When I push in the button to “USB Merged” I notice the little light flashing on the Roland, telling me that the signal is in fact going from my keyboard controller into the Roland, but there's still no sound.

The track settings are as they should be when I go from one to the other… the Ketron on channel one and the Roland on channel 2. But there's just no sound coming out of the Roland.

I have gotten the Roland to work on it's own so I actually do know that it does still work, even if it is old.

I'm really thinking that I'm missing some other setting somewhere within this mess. I'm also hoping that I have explained my situation clear enough so that you'll be able to get some kind of picture of what it is I'm trying to do. If need be, I'll be glad to give you any other info you might want.

Any suggestions and help would be greatly appreciated.

Bobby

Last edited by bobbyt158; 04/04/16 06:43 AM.