recording midi controller into audacity? ( or any program)

[BassAddict04]

so I just got a m-audio o2. And I can use it with reason,but I dont want to record into that, I want to record into Audacity, but I heard you cant? so what are my other options? thanks

[landrickromance]

yo, i've been wondering some things about midi controllers i just got a photon X25 and i've been looking for help myself. sorry i can't help you, but maybe you can help me?

[BassAddict04]

what u need help with?

[landrickromance]

i just about almost have no clue what im doing.

[BassAddict04]

well first i guess you need a program that can recieve the controller, like Propellerhead Reason,

[landrickromance]

well it came with cubase le, but i can't seem to get it to work on that.

[BassAddict04]

i have no idea how cubase works but im guessing theres a way to detect the controller. So go to prefernces im thiking and there should about detecting your midi controller. Once you do that, you cant just play the notes and expect a sound, you have to open up a program and patch that you wantt to use within the keyboard, thats for REASON though, not cubase, i have no idea how cubase works

[landrickromance]

well i found a program called "midi-ox" that lets me do that, but idk how to use sounds besides the presets? and idk how to make sounds?

[landrickromance]

oh yeah, and i plan on playing some live shows in the near future, do you have any idea what all i would need?

[BassAddict04]

well i found a program called "midi-ox" that lets me do that, but idk how to use sounds besides the presets? and idk how to make sounds?

i cant really help you there man sorry, or the live shows. But you should try youtube for like cubase tutorials or something, theres bound to be something like that.

[landrickromance]

these things are so confusing.

[mutant!]

you can't record midi data into audacity because audacity doesn't support midi capturing and it doesn't support vsts. frankly, if you're at all interested in making nice music you shouldn't even be touching audacity.

all professional DAWs (digital audio workstations - ableton live, cubase, sonar, etc) will be able to capture the midi data you input, and send that to a plugin that will translate the midi data into sound.

why don't you want to use reason?