How can I use Oram zynthian to play on my external synth

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Hi all,
I try to use zynthian with ORAM as the central point in my setup, so I connected my external synth via USB in order to play it with my keyboard.
I spent a lot of time figuring out how I can get the midi from the keyboard to the synth. Without success. Both devices are known in Zynthian and playing the internal instruments is not a problem.

Is the function not yet implemented?

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What do you want to do exactly? Zynthian can route MIDI in many ways, so you have to specify the details.

If you simply want to pass-thru your keyboards MIDI input to your external device, then you have to:

  • create a MIDI chain
  • select ALL MIDI channels
  • don’t need to add processors to this chain, you can choose “none” from the list
  • from chain options, select the MIDI input devices (your keyboards)
  • from chain options, select the MIDI out devices (your external synths)

This should be enough.

Regards,

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and the not yet completed Oram user guide may help:
https://wiki.zynthian.org/index.php/Notes_on_Oram:_some_differences_and_new_features#Midi_Input

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Thank you, I am in some learning curve here.

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Hi jofemodo,
This is exactly what I want to achieve and I did as you described last week.
At first, this worked but a day later it did not anymore.

I have thrown away the old midi chain and set it up again. Now the connection between keyboard and synth is back again.

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