I have an Axiom 25 MIDI Controller
and an Alesis QSR sound module.
how can i hook the module up to the axiom then get the sounds out through garageband. I did this once years ago and i just can't remember for the life of me. I have instrument cables, midi cables. I guess i'm not plugging them in in the correct order. This sounds really noobish of me, i know, but i could desperately use some help here. Thanks!
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
Hi. The only way to get the sounds from the QSR into GarageBand is to record the audio out from the module. You will need to go from MIDI out (using the 5pin MIDI connection not USB) on the Axiom to MIDI in on the QSR. You need to make sure that the QSR is listening to the MIDI channel the Axiom is sending on. You will then need to go from the Main L/R Audio outs on the Alesis into 'something' that GB can listen to. If you have an Audio interface then all good. Set that up as your Input Source in GB's preferences, create a Real Instrument Track, set up the correct input source/channels in GB's info pane and your good to go. If you do not have an Audio interface and are going straight into your computers built in input, then you will need a cable that is suitable to connect the outs from the QSR to the single 3.5mm-1/8" jack that your computer has.
All the best 🙂
So it seems the only thing i'm missing is a couple more cables. I have the 5-prong midi cables, and i have two 6" gear cables, that i had my Behringer Xenyx 502 plugged into my comp with. From what it sounds like you're saying. I also need to get two more to plug frmo the left/right on the alesis into that?
How are you going to use that mixer with your Macbook? ie, do you already have something to go from the Main Out L/R into your single 1/8" jack on the macbook? If so, then you can probably just skip the Behringer and go straight from the Alesis into your macbook. Also, do you have any other instruments/mics you are recording at the same time? If not, then another reason to skip the mixer.
Then it seems all i need is another Y adapter 1/4" to headphone jack. I'm already using one for my monitors.
RyleeStrange wrote:
Then it seems all i need is another Y adapter 1/4" to headphone jack. I'm already using one for my monitors.
Yes. You could double check by 'borrowing' your monitor cable to hook up as described and monitor with head phones if you have some. That way you know for sure.🙂
Cool thanks for the speedy response and all the help!
Hooking up sound modules through MIDI Controllers
