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hi, I'm kinda new to this

I'm trying to play and record drum sounds from my Boss DR-670 Drummachine via Midi into Ableton Live. I'm using a M-audio fast track pro as an audio interface, connected the drummachine midi out to the interface's midi input.

when i play a pattern ableton shows midi signals and i can record "notes" but can't play or hear sounds!

can anyone help me or are there any tutorials considering this

many thanks in advance

you have to have an istrumnet on the midi track for the notes to play. Midid signals are just on and off signals .

Have you put a drum kit on the midi track ?

i dont get it, it must be possible to play and record the sounds that are getting produced by the drummachine via midi! i dont want to use it as a midi controller, i want to use it as a drum synthesizer!

or is this impossible!?

*edit* may i got i wrong an midi is only for signal processing and not for actual sound transfer!?

MIDI is just the score - notes, dynamics, tempo, etc - you need to connect it to an orchestra to get sounds!

The answer is simple - you connect the audio outpus on the drum machine to the inputs of a soundcard, then you can record the audio.

oke so i just have to play around a bit with the master / slave thing to sync ableton to my drummachine or the other way around i guess