Cannot find my USB device.

[Just_Listen]

I brought a MIDI to USB cable the other day and have connected it to my keyboard and into my computer. When I tried to use Audacity, it doesn't have a usb option under recording devices, only the computer's built in mic which is rubbish.

Please can anyone help?
Thanks

[kozikowski]

I can tell you what's wrong. MIDI isn't sound. MIDI is where the computer tells the keyboard when and how hard to push a certain key and then it let go. That's it. No sound.

To get the sound, you have to cable the headphone out of the keyboard (the way I did it) into a computer sound connection. That's exactly how I made this short sound clip...

http://www.kozco.com/tech/piano2.wav

The software that presses the keys is called a sequencer and I think the original CakeWalk software is the most famous. That's what goes down your USB connection.

Koz

[Just_Listen]

So do you know of any programs or any ways i can record with just this cable?

[steve]

If you want a free midi sequencer, try "Space Toad" http://www.spacetoads.com/
See here for more information about MIDI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_In ... _Interface