Midi Newbie Using Pro Tools Free, Midi is a good thing, right? Options

[cydonia]

Hello.

Well i've been using pro tools free for audio recording, G4 450 448 MB Ram, OS 9.2. Kind of getting the hang of it.

I'm using a my old 4 track cassette recorder, apparently for its "pre-amp" capabilities. I also have an imic.

Most of the music i do is synth, techno, with some vocals.

I've been recording audio using my synth, but i recently bought a midiman midisport 2X2. I want to use midi, i've figured out how to record a track, but i can only play the sound through my keyboard. If i create an auxillary track, i can hear it through my computer speakers, but once i'm done recording and turn off the keyboard, i can't get any sound from the computer. I know there's a difference between midi files and audio, but i'm having a really hard time getting my head around this stuff. I'm reading the manuals, it just isn't clicking. It's too technical.

I'm used to plugging my synth into the 4-track, hitting record and that's it. Is this possible with midi? Can you offer some advice?

Thanx!

[kaboombahchuck]

cydonia,
Glad to see you are begining to see the light at the end of a very long tunnel. Midi is great, once you figgure out what it actually is.
Personally I love it. There are persons out there that are much better at it than I am ( the finished poduct). I like being able to lay a midi track down as one sound, then changing my mind, and poooof.....changola! It don't matter the change I have in mind. Tempo, sound, editing of notes, copy, paste, cut, humanize quantanize,,,on and on.

You can make an intire song in midi, as bjkiwi said. I have a 64 voice multitimbral synth module, so theoretically I can do 64 different track at a time. I generally use outboard effects. Midi gives me a chance to find that perfect effect, without effecting the sound. So yes I do use alot of tracks making the final product. But if you like the sounds you have using the midi sounds you have available, only 1 audio track is required.