Topic: connecting a Casio CDP-220R?
I am new here and was wondering if a CASIO CDP-220R with General Midi Compatibility: Level1 with a USB type B connection would work with Pianoteq? I have a PreSonus Studio 24c interface with MIDI in and out.
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deadnoise wrote:
I am new here and was wondering if a CASIO CDP-220R with General Midi Compatibility: Level1 with a USB type B connection would work with Pianoteq? I have a PreSonus Studio 24c interface with MIDI in and out.
The Casio should be fine. Have a play with the demo versions see how you get on.
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deadnoise wrote:I am new here and was wondering if a CASIO CDP-220R with General Midi Compatibility: Level1 with a USB type B connection would work with Pianoteq? I have a PreSonus Studio 24c interface with MIDI in and out.
The Casio should be fine. Have a play with the demo versions see how you get on.
Great. I should have done that first but wasn't sure since the keyboard is a bit old. Thank you.
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Key Fumbler wrote:deadnoise wrote:I am new here and was wondering if a CASIO CDP-220R with General Midi Compatibility: Level1 with a USB type B connection would work with Pianoteq? I have a PreSonus Studio 24c interface with MIDI in and out.
The Casio should be fine. Have a play with the demo versions see how you get on.
Great. I should have done that first but wasn't sure since the keyboard is a bit old. Thank you.
It will work with midi keyboards a lot older than that. It will work with midi controllers from the 1980s onwards, so your 220 is a relative youngster!
The midi on your controller should be fine to control VST instruments. To the best of my knowledge what these Casios don't offer is audio out over USB, so direct comparison over any studio monitors you may have isn't so easy.
To record the Casio internal sample instruments you would have to hook up the headphone out to your audio interface. However Pianoteq's sounds are in a completely different league, especially against the particularly weak electric piano Rhodes and Wurli sounds. To be fair most VST sample instruments will wipe the floor with the internal sounds too, but Pianoteq recreates the instruments together with a playability of the highest calibre.
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deadnoise wrote:Key Fumbler wrote:The Casio should be fine. Have a play with the demo versions see how you get on.
Great. I should have done that first but wasn't sure since the keyboard is a bit old. Thank you.
It will work with midi keyboards a lot older than that. It will work with midi controllers from the 1980s onwards, so your 220 is a relative youngster!
The midi on your controller should be fine to control VST instruments. To the best of my knowledge what these Casios don't offer is audio out over USB, so direct comparison over any studio monitors you may have isn't so easy.
To record the Casio internal sample instruments you would have to hook up the headphone out to your audio interface. However Pianoteq's sounds are in a completely different league, especially against the particularly weak electric piano Rhodes and Wurli sounds. To be fair most VST sample instruments will wipe the floor with the internal sounds too, but Pianoteq recreates the instruments together with a playability of the highest calibre.
Recording from the headphone jack is how I had to do it in the past. I don't use the onboard instruments for production. Its main use is just as a piano for me to play and practice on, but as you know the sounds fail to inspire or keep my interest. I would love to be able to practice music on a fortepiano or harpsichord