What kind of soundcard do you have? How you wire it up depends on how those two TRS jacks on the soundcard are configured.
Basically, you’d want a 3.5mm to split mono cable like this running from the NTS-1 mini out to the two mono inserts on the soundcard. That gets audio from the NTS-1 back to the soundcard inserts - you’ll have to use two separate channels in the soundcard to control left and right from the NTS-1 since they’re mono, then mix them.
Assuming you want to send audio to the NTS-1 from the soundcard for processing and not just record the sounds straight off the Korg, you’ll also need one running from the soundcard output(s) to the mini stereo in on the NTS-1. The question is what kind of output the soundcard has. If it has dual mono outputs, you’ll need the same kind of cable as before. If it has a stereo output, you can use a mini stereo to 1/4" stereo cable like this to get audio from the soundcard into the Korg.
At first I thought someone was sampling the sound of doing their laundry in a bathtub and I was like “lol pretty tame next to nuclear chernobyl pianos”.
I have a pile of old mic stands in my studio that I picked up for free and have been wondering how to best put them to use. Perhaps a lamp or two…but this had not occurred to me.
Not so easy.
I want to use the soundcard’s inserts, which are mono TRS cable so each plug is an output and return…
I just can’t figure out which adapters you use
Ah, so they’re actually wired as inserts. That does complicate it a bit. What you need to do is split the signals and recombine them.
You’ll need two insert cables (like a Y-cable, but actually splits the T/S into a single cable), two 1/4 TS to 1/8 TRS cables, and 4 female to female TS adapters.
What you’ll do is plug the both of the tip ends from the soundcard into the the 1/4 to 1/8 cable running into the stereo In on the Korg, and both ring ends into the cable running to the stereo Out (the insert cables are labeled). The cables will actually be crossed over, meaning both the Ins and Outs are going to the same place.
All this is probably better accomplished with a small mixer if you have one available, to keep from having to convert with the female adapters and to keep noise down and gain consistent.
Not that Akai uploaded the Force 3.05 video, I can admit that the update is really cool.
Arranger mode is nice, works better for audio than it does for midi, but that is not the best part of it.
The crossfader is now super useful, it can be assigned to multiple parameters at once, add a range a value, save multiple assignment.
Same goes for the XY effect, with 4 scenes and a pad grid.
And an envelope follower…
There’s a new feature I didn’t notice in the beta and it’s a massive deal to me.
New note mode on drum view lets you play samples chromatically and keeps the warp setting. Small thing that makes a whole difference to me.
Just saw the update. Midi Multi will be a help for me, plus the working arranger mode. It will be nice to just try sequencing my synths, and to set one of them as the master so that I can understand what I’m playing in (still don’t get how the pads organize notes tbh). With the arranger mode, I could see myself sequencing my synths and then recording one on each pass so that I never have to worry about routing audio interface inputs and drivers and such. Then I can take the stems into FL for mixing.
it does a good job. when i was servicing Jason’s (Neon Cities guy) I had them both side by side. Its no clone, and is SIGNIFICANTLY more deep than a 106, but one can certainly coax 106 patches out of it.
