How do I connect 3P to MacBook Pro via Arturia Studio?

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damnedcat777
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How do I connect 3P to MacBook Pro via Arturia Studio?

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Title says it all. Using MacBook Pro from 2019. Arturia Studio interface with 1/8” midi inout. Which cables? How? Made by who? I’ve been trying for weeks and I have spent $100 on cables alone. NONE of them work. Does this NOT connect using Arturia, or 1/8” midi, or Mac OS? What’s wrong? Why isn’t there anything online about this?

Soooooo frustrating. This thing is a doorstop,
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Re: How do I connect 3P to MacBook Pro via Arturia Studio?

Post by wartaler »

Hi damnedcat777,

I presume your question is about MIDI, not about audio. (Audio is quite simple; if you want to record the audio, you just need 2 jack-to-jack audio cables to connect the audio outputs of the 3p to some inputs of the Audiofuse, set up a stereo audio track in your DAW using the 2 inputs and hit record.)

MIDI: The Audiofuse studio comes with 2 MIDI adapter cables, these have a TRS mini jack on one end and a female DIN on the other end. Use the ones that came with the Audiofuse, I think they are 'type B' adapters. You also need 5 pin DIN MIDI cables* - get 2 of them:
-Connect one of the Arturia MIDI adapters to the MIDI OUT jack port of the Audiofuse, connect a MIDI cable between the adapter and the MIDI IN port of the 3p.
-To record MIDI from the 3p, connect a MIDI cable from the MIDI OUT of the 3p, to the Arturia adapter connected to the MIDI IN jack port of the Audiofuse.
-For firmware updates of the 3p you need to connect both IN and OUT, so you really want 2 MIDI cables.

*MIDI cable: https://www.guitarcenter.com/Roland/Gol ... 0044677.gc

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