If I plug a piano using usb, straight into the laptop, will it show up on pro tools?

[whoplaah]

So, I'm using Pro Tools MP9, & my question is, if take a piano (Casio wk-1630) & plug it straight into my laptop, using a MIDI cord to USB converter, will it show up & work on pro tools? Mind you, I'm using a MIDI interface in another USB slot. So. MIDI interface in one slot. Piano (MIDI to USB) in another slot. Will the piano work & record?

[Shan]

Originally Posted by whoplaah

...using a MIDI cord to USB converter...

Do you mean a cable, or an actual USB MIDI Interface? Two MIDI Interfaces will show up as separate devices in your system.

Shane

[whoplaah]

Originally Posted by Shan

Do you mean a cable, or an actual USB MIDI Interface? Two MIDI Interfaces will show up as separate devices in your system.

Shane

Yes, sorry, an interface. I called it a converter..

[Shan]

Two or more USB MIDI Interfaces will show up as separate devices in your system.

Shane

[whoplaah]

Originally Posted by Shan

Two or more USB MIDI Interfaces will show up as separate devices in your system.

Shane

Okay, but, say I'm recording piano on one MIDI, & my headphones are plugged into another. Will I be able to hear what I'm recording on the other one, as I'm recording it?

[albee1952]

I'm still not clear on exactly what you want to do here. If you are asking, can you record SOUND from the Casio via the USB connection, then the answer would be no. It should work to send MIDI into Pro Tools and you can use a plugin VI on a stereo instrument track(like MiniGrand or DB-33). How are you currently getting audio in and out? Some kind of interface for the computer's audio ports?

[Shan]

Originally Posted by whoplaah

Okay, but, say I'm recording piano on one MIDI, & my headphones are plugged into another. Will I be able to hear what I'm recording on the other one, as I'm recording it?

A dedicated USB MIDI Interface, as you were describing earlier, will not have a headphone jack. Your USB MIDI Interface will operate as a separate device from your audio interface. What are you using to record and monitor audio within Pro Tools?

Shane