I've been toiling with the idea of using existing equipment snd adding vst's to my performance setup. I have a MOTU 5in/5out interface I Have never used. A M_Audio Oxygen 49 keyboard, and assorted laptops I'm no longer using. I also have a PSR 740 I'm not using in any way. Picked up copy of VIP 32 bit and 64 bit to run everything. Using PSR3000 s main accompaniment keyboard. And this brings yp many many questions.

#1 Should I use the 740 (61 note manual) for main MIDI controller or the Audio Oxygen. The 740 would offer the full 61 note manual. The Oxygen offers the 8 sliders one can use like drawbars.

#2. Do I need to use the audio interface or can I hook this up direct?

A lot more questions for the future but that will do me for now.

Have a good read of this (Including the audio pages) and it should get you going as to what you wish to achieve.

Have fun

Bill

Thank you Bill For the link. A Lot of material there. Most of this stuff I'm familiar with but will go through it in hopes I'll pick up something new.

Ekurburski,

How did you go with all this, I would like to know an update if you don't mind?
1. From what I can find out the Yamaha PRS models were never really good at being used as midi controllers like the Tyros/ Genos models - the midi was not developed/ installed to run as such in the lower models.
2. An audio interface is usally recommended to connect your device or even a guitar through it, since it is a piece of hardware that expands and improves the sonic capabilities of a computer for any instrument really. But some are better than others.

Like a Behringer UM2 U-Phoria 2×2 Audio Interface are great and cheap to buy but the thrtough put level is lower/ weaker than say a Focusrite Scarlett Solo (Gen 3) 2-in, 2-out USB audio interface. The Focusrite are widely used but the price can be off putting ( well to my pocket anyway).

There are simpler interfaces that you can run directly from a 2 x midi keyboards to.

The M_Audio Oxygen is a great board and by using the above or a DAW on a Laptop/ Mac you can have a very straight forward setup.

So...... how did you go and what did you end up with?



Allan

That connecter to an Iphone , one version is a Yamaha i-MX1 iOS MIDI Interface, pretty cool.


Allan