MAJOR CONFUSION WITH EXTERNAL INSTRUMENTS

Henry1970 · April 7, 2019, 10:16am

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2019 10:01 pm
Hello all I am a new user and going through a steep learning curve.
I am just going crazy trying to setup and route external instruments in 9.5 and it’s confusing the s***t out of me(are we aloud to curse here because that’s what I feel like doing) does everyone at Steinberg not use hardware, because I called there too and told me, most people don’t
?? Well ok, I guess I’m a dinosaur at the young/old age of 40. I have alot of hardware, and I want to use it, but there are things that I’m just not understanding.
I’m using a pc and my Presonus AR16 mixer as an interface along with my motu midi PATCHBAY, and a nektar p4 controller and quite a few full synths THAT I don’t want to use with a controller, or it would defeat the entire purpose of working with classic synths, with all of the knobs, bells and whistles, already on them. I had to repeat that close to five times when I called Steinberg. They told me “most people dont do it that way , they control full synths with a controller” unbelievable and I also have modules with no usb connections, only midi and I am having a really tough time getting everything right.
I can deal with the hardware that have USB connections, I create an audio track and choose not connected in the inspector and it works, but with no midi and I’m sure there is a better way than that. But as far as the ones with no USB, I’m screwing up really bad…
If anyone can be kind enough to give me some pointers, doo’s and don’ts it would be of great help, because I’m really starting to think it’s me, and I feel like I’m SLOW , LOL. Thanks and I’m looking forward to everyone’s comments.

48 year old dinosaur here…
Your post is indeed a bit confusing…
I don’t have much gear that classifies as classic synths, but my Alesis D4 and Quasimidi Quasar (and my old Roland W-30 that I don’t really use anymore) only have Midi, no USB. I use my old eMagic Unitor8 Midi interface to “control” them.
But I don’t understand why you have a Nektar controller, when you don’t want to use a controller??