#Using better ears with external midi software
#Using better ears with external midi mac

In most cases, and in the case of our example with the Prophet 12, that will mean a USB cable from the synth to our Mac (or USB hub) in order to carry MIDI data. We’ll need to make sure our hardware synth is connected to our Mac. This is not just for more expensive gear from DSI and Moog for example, even some of Korg’s sub $200 synths and the affordable Arturia Brute-series are compatible with the set-up below:ġ. Korg, Arturia, Moog, DSI and many more have great external synths and gadgets to make music on, many of which will work with Logic’s External Instrument plug-in just by connecting a USB cable. But many of the most popular, new external gear has basic note-based MIDI (at least) built-in, so why not take advantage of the modern day amenities? We can certainly just use/record our external gear like say a typical guitar, or even just set-up MIDI tracks and audio tracks manually.

#Using better ears with external midi software

This will essentially create a hybrid audio/MIDI track, not unlike a typical Software Instrument track, except the MIDI that resides (or gets recorded) on that track will be fired out to your external gear and the resulting audio routed directly back to the same track…

that isn’t necessarily the case as LPX has us covered with its External instrument plug-in option. To get our MIDI parts (recorded or live) out to our external synth and then the resulting audio back into our song we would need a MIDI track, an audio track destination and all of the corresponding routing setup manually. Ok, so we have an external synthesizer or instrument, but how do we get it to work with our Logic studio without the need for multiple tracks? The goal here is to integrate our external gear with LPX just like any another plug-in in our library. LPX has a handy feature that makes it so many of the most popular and sought-after external synths/MIDI-instruments can integrate just as smoothly: It really doesn’t get any easier than loading up your favorite soft-synth, but that doesn’t mean they are as fun or inspiring as the real thing. In this week’s episode of The Logic Pros, we are taking a look at how Logic handles external MIDI-based instruments in the real world.