Looking for sound card to use with Maschine

[krushing]

You don't really need the MIDI ports on the Maschine for its regular usage - just the USB connection.

[Daisuk]

Originally Posted by krushing

You don't really need the MIDI ports on the Maschine for its regular usage - just the USB connection.

Ah, haha, that's useful! Thanks! What are they for, then?

[godphaser]

It's a built in MIDI interface.

[mike vee]

if you want a really solid and professional sound card for somewhat cheap look for a lynx L22 used

[Diametro]

Originally Posted by Daisuk

Ah, haha, that's useful! Thanks! What are they for, then?

If you want Maschine to control another piece of MIDI gear or have it be controlled by that gear ... For instance, sending bpm message to your Kaoss Pad so the tempo-synched effects (e.g. delays) correspond with Maschine's bpm and it sounds right ...

[Daisuk]

Originally Posted by Diametro

If you want Maschine to control another piece of MIDI gear or have it be controlled by that gear ... For instance, sending bpm message to your Kaoss Pad so the tempo-synched effects (e.g. delays) correspond with Maschine's bpm and it sounds right ...

Ah, of course! That sounds like funl!

Thanks for the sound card tip, mike, I'll check it out!

[Diametro]

But ... for the Kaoss Pad to process a Maschine sound or group of sounds you will need an audio interface that has at least one or two routable outputs ... It's actually VERY easy and convenient in Maschine to do this and can give your Maschine sound some differentiation from all the internal effects ... (I have a Kaoss Pad3 that I like to use with Maschine in this way ... )

Good luck ... Just remember, as long as it sounds good, there's really no "wrong" way of doing things ...

[Daisuk]

Originally Posted by Diametro

But ... for the Kaoss Pad to process a Maschine sound or group of sounds you will need an audio interface that has at least one or two routable outputs ... It's actually VERY easy and convenient in Maschine to do this and can give your Maschine sound some differentiation from all the internal effects ... (I have a Kaoss Pad3 that I like to use with Maschine in this way ... )

Good luck ... Just remember, as long as it sounds good, there's really no "wrong" way of doing things ...

Nice, thanks for the input! I'm not a very experience gearslut, so I'm not quite sure what kind of an audio interface you are referring to. Can you give me an example? A sound card with two special outputs?

Sorry for being a noob, e.