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Prokeys sono 61 user guide – M-AUDIO 61 User Manual

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ProKeys Sono 61 User Guide

Recording MIDI and triggering sounds on an external sound module

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Add A Track

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MIDI

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Audio Out

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Audio Out

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ProKeys Sono 61

Recording Software

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Monitors

MIDI RCA

“ProKeys

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MIDI Out”

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“MIDI Out”

function

toggled in Edit

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MIDI

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MIDI via USB

MIDI via USB

Like the previous scenario, ProKeys Sono is used to record to a MIDI track within the computer’s sequencing software while
simultaneously routing this MIDI information back to ProKeys Sono . However, instead of routing the MIDI signal back to the
ProKeys Sono internal sound engine (i .e ., “the “ProKeys Sono Voices” MIDI port), the MIDI signal is routed to the
ProKeys Sono MIDI Out jack (i .e ., to the “ProKeys Sono MIDI Out”

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port within your software) . This results in MIDI data

being sent to an external MIDI sound module .

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The MIDI sound module receives data from the ProKeys Sono MIDI output jack and generates audio (sound) that is routed
back to the RCA inputs of the keyboard . This output of the sound module can then be monitored through the headphone
outputs of ProKeys Sono or via speakers connected to the 1/4” outputs (as shown above) .

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The order and naming of the MIDI output ports may vary slightly depending on your operating system and sequencing

application. If ProKeys Sono is used as a class-compliant device under Windows XP, its output ports will appear as “USB
Audio Device” and “USB Audio Device [2].”

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The ProKeys Sono “MIDI Out Mode” setting must be configured correctly for your sequencing application’s MIDI output to

appear at the MIDI output jack on the back of ProKeys Sono. Please see the section entitled “MIDI Out Mode Key” in the
“ProKeys MIDI Output Settings” chapter to find out more about this setting.

TIP: Follow the
method described
in the “Recording
the Aux Inputs to an
Audio Track” section
of this chapter to
record the output of
your external sound
module as audio
within your recording
software.