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Re: First part: by Fullofkittens 01/05/2019, 9:48am PST
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:

This is the setup:



I have MIDI out on the keyboard going to MIDI in on the Model D. I have the USB plug in the upper-left-most corner going to my computer. There are two jacks on the back of the Model D that aren't going anywhere. MIDI is set to channel 2 on the Model D.

My impression is that if I play something on the keyboard, it would go as MIDI into the Model D and the knobs and such would change the sound, and I could hear it via the headphones jack in the lower right. (The test sound is a red toggle switch just above the volume switch in the lower right corner.) I guess my first question is - is my assumption incorrect? Does the Model D not take MIDI from a keyboard and change the sound into something I can listen to via the headphones jack?


Your assumption is correct, that is what this box is for: taking MIDI notes and turning them into sounds that you shape via the knobs. It seems like you're almost there, something simple is going on.

POSSIBILITY #1: The MIDI channel your keyboard is sending is not the one the synth is listening on. Testing for this is simple enough: apparently there are DIP switches on the back of the Model D that let you select the MIDI channel. Try setting that to each possible channel (1 to 16) and testing to see whether it starts working when you play your keyboard. I am 99% confident that this is the problem (your keyboard is sending on Channel 1 to a synth that's listening on Channel 2).

POSSIBILITY #2: Some setting on the synth is making it silent, e.g. its filter cutoff or loudness is all the way down, or the VCA level is all the way down, or the oscillators are turned off. That doesn't seem to be the problem based on what I'm seeing in the photo though.

Did you get to a place where you can record MIDI notes from your keyboard in a DAW (e.g. Ableton)? If so, that's going to be the most convenient way to control the routing of MIDI channels to and from devices. I would go "keyboard -> DAW -> Model D" because 1: it will let you record and playback 2: it will let you create arbitrary sequences via drawing notes in the DAW and 3: you are going to lose your fucking mind once you get this thing working and use Live's Arpeggiator in tandem with twiddling knobs on this thing.
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        FoK, are you up on synthesizers at all? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/06/2018, 12:20pm PST NEW
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                    Re: Arturia CS-80V (software) 150 bucks, free demo by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/07/2018, 12:40pm PST NEW
                        Is your intent to have physical synths? by Entropy Stew 12/07/2018, 1:20pm PST NEW
                            Also: dealing with outboard euipment is a lot more complicated and $$$ NT by Entropy Stew 12/07/2018, 1:22pm PST NEW
                            Re: Is your intent to have physical synths? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/08/2018, 9:37am PST NEW
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                                        Re: Fuck Pro Tools and anything owned by Avid. (DAW recommendations!) by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/10/2018, 8:36am PST NEW
                                            Re: Fuck Pro Tools and anything owned by Avid. (DAW recommendations!) by Fullofkittens 12/10/2018, 12:55pm PST NEW
                                                P.S. maybe I should have read the upthread conversation NT by Fullofkittens 12/10/2018, 7:38pm PST NEW
                                                Re: Fuck Pro Tools and anything owned by Avid. (DAW recommendations!) by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/19/2018, 5:19am PST NEW
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                                                    Re: Fuck Pro Tools and anything owned by Avid. (DAW recommendations!) by Fullofkittens 12/19/2018, 8:31pm PST NEW
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                                                    Re: First part: by Fullofkittens 01/05/2019, 9:48am PST NEW
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