1 Reply Latest reply: Nov 11, 2014 1:46 PM by SteveG(AudioMasters) RSS

    Connect my CASIO CTK-4200 to Audition

    sebwa23 Community Member
    sebwa23 Nov 11, 2014 12:59 PM

      Hi! I got an new Casio CTK-4200 about half a year ago and now I want to connect it to audition to record some music. I have connected the casio to my PC via USB and installed the latest Audition from creative cloud. The keyboard shows up in the device control panel as Casio USB-MIDI. I have basiclly no  experience at all with recording software. My dream scenario would be:

       

      1. To  use the Casio keyboard as a controller for synth sounds in audition (that is, I choose sound settings in audition, play on the casio)
      2. If the above does not work, I would simply like to record whatever is being played on the keyboard

       

      I can not however work out how to do any of these in the Audition software. I found the keyboard in the "controller surface" settings in preferences so the software clearly knows about the Casio.

       

      Id be glad to get any help on this subject.  Thank you!

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        • 1. Re: Connect my CASIO CTK-4200 to Audition
          SteveG(AudioMasters) Community Member
          SteveG(AudioMasters) Nov 11, 2014 1:46 PM (in response to sebwa23)

          Sorry to disappoint you, but...

           

          I suspect that the reason you found the keyboard under the controller surface settings is that it uses the same interface - but I'm afraid that's about as far as it goes. Audition doesn't support MIDI, which is the protocol you would need to be able to record the keyboard. Also, as a consequence it has no sounds available. This is fundamentally because Audition is an editor, not music creation software. This has been discussed at length here before, but nothing about this situation is likely to change. It's not an area in which Adobe has any significant experience at all, and they'd spend forever playing catch-up with the rest of the software that's done this for ages. The only way you could record the output of your Casio would be as audio from the device itself, which is clearly not what you're trying to do.

           

          If you want to achieve the results you are looking for, you'd be much better served by using proper music creation software like Reaper, which is designed to do exactly what you want - although as an editor, it leaves a lot to be desired.