barryjo,

I'm not fully understanding your post. I'll do my best, to address your questions, though.

1. Casio, Yamaha, Roland are most likely hardware synthesisers. That is keyboards that plug into computers via midi.

2. Native Instruments is a software synthesiser and operates as a VST/DXi that loads into a digital audio workstation (DAW) or music software like BIAB and Realband.

3. Coyote WT is the most basic of software synthesisers that can be used to drive midi sounds in BIAB. It's called a VST/DXi synth and BIAB uses it for sound production. It comes with BIAB and is always the best synthesiser to get the system running with. Once Coyote WT is up and running, and we know BIAB is working properly, other setups/soft-synths can be used. Your keyboard will use Coyote WT to play sounds in BIAB until other soft synths replace it.

4. BIAB/RB offers two ways to get music information into BIAB/RB, from (say) an external electronic keyboard, and out of BIAB to the computer speakers so that it can be heard. These two computer drivers are MME and ASIO. MME drivers usually have more lag associated with them than ASIO drivers.

5. BIAB is automatically set to receive midi information from an external midi device on channel 5. This can be changed but because BIAB uses a number of midi channels, it is usually much easier and less problematic simply to change a midi keyboard to output midi information on channel 5.

6. I'm not understanding your last paragraph fully. I'll interpret it as best I can. Changing patches on your keyboard will not effect the sound that comes out of BIAB. BIAB provides the sound you hear (most likely via Coyote WT). You keyboard is only sending digital information to BIAB through MIDI OUT and BIAB receives that information through MIDI IN and interprets it with whatever software synthesiser or soundcard is loaded.

Hope this information is useful. If you need to post again because I've missed some things, can you please give me an outline as to what you want to accomplish. That will help.

Also, please know that I am just a user like you and all others on the forum. I am not a PG Music employee.

Regards,
Noel

P.S. I've just discovered that Matt has also replied while I was typing. Both our posts should help smile

Last edited by Noel96; 06/30/16 03:10 PM.
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