It’s a good idea to get an audio interface even if your keyboard has a USB output. An audio interface can allow you to connect microphones, guitars, and other instruments to your computer as well as a keyboard.
Alternatively, if your keyboard has its own built-in sounds that you would rather use instead of MIDI, you can connect your keyboard to the audio interface using a ¼ inch cable. Connect the cable to the Audio Out or Headphone Out port. Then connect the other end of the cable to the audio interface. Using this method, you will need to treat your keyboard as an audio instrument instead of a MIDI instrument.
Click Setup in the menu bar at the top. Hover your mouse cursor over MIDI. Click the checkbox next to your keyboard name. Click Ok.
Click Setup in the menu bar at the top. Click Peripherals. Select your keyboard’s protocol under “Type”. Select your keyboard under “Receive From” and “Send To”. Click Ok.
Click Track in the menu bar at the top. Click New. Select Audio Track or Instrument Track in the second drop-down menu. Click Create.
Click one of the insert panels in the instrument track. Hover over Plug-in’. Hover over Instruments. Click an instrument.
Visit the keyboard manufacturer’s website to find and install the latest drivers for your keyboard on your Windows or Mac computer.
