For assistance with this setup in PreSonus Studio One, check out this video. You can also learn more about MIDI at this link.
In order to hear sound, you would need to tell your MIDI keyboard to trigger a 'virtual instrument' from within your DAW.
Unlike an audio signal, a MIDI signal contains no inherent 'sound', only instructions on how to tell a digital or virtual instrument to create sound. MIDI is a communications protocol that allows digital instruments to talk to each other it conveys messages such as what note to play, how to play it, and so forth. Why can't I hear anything?Ī: If you have connected your keyboard or keyboard controller to your computer or interface using a single MIDI cable, then you may not hear anything in your DAW. Q: My keyboard is hooked up to my computer via a MIDI cable.
