Any external sound possible without the Link box?
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Hi I bought the sylphyo recently but it didnt come with a link box. Is there any way of getting external sound from it without the link box? It seems a lot to pay for it with no external sound
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Sure.
USB to Computer.
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The Link Box has the same synth as the Sylphyo. You need the Link only if you want to go wireless and/or for direct MIDI I/O via DIN jacks. -
Here's an image with some options ...
You can go Direct to Headphones to hear the Sylphyo on-board sounds.
You can also route the Sylphyo on-board sounds Direct to a Mixer.
Software Rendering is a more advanced setup. You route MIDI over a USB wire to a Host that runs some rendering software such as a Sampler (Kontakt, for example) or a Soft Synth, typically running in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). The digital audio output is typically routed to an audio interface and the resulting analog output is set to an output system - headphones, speakers, or an output mixer.
(The audio interface is technically optional: you could take the regular audio output from the laptop / host. However, you will likely not be happy with the latency - the lag in generated sound. Dedicated audio interfaces like the example Focusrite 2i2 are designed to reduce latency in a live sound setting.)
A fourth main option is not shown: Hardware Rendering. Routing the MIDI output to a hardware unit ("synth") that renders sound. Example hardware synths are a CraftSynth, a Yamaha VL70-m (a Patchman Turbo chip is recommended), or a DynaSample XpressO.
A hardware synth will typically take MIDI input over a DIN5 (serial) MIDI cable or a USB cable. If it takes input over a DIN5 cable, you will need an additional box to convert the USB to serial DIN5.
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@peter-ostry thanks Peter
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@clint thanks Clint
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@Clint "...The digital audio output is typically routed to an audio interface..."
Is it because you use usb-host input of audio interface that the PC detect Focurite as an audio output ? -
@fanch35 Yes, typically when I plug in an audio interface on a USB port to my laptop or desktop and install the drivers, then the available audio channels - input and output - of the audio interface will shop up alongside the pre-configured audio channels in Windows. (I think that is what you are asking).
Full disclosure: I do not use a Focusrite interface. It is a popular unit that I found a nice picture for the diagram ... I typically use RME interfaces - Babyface and UCX, specifically.
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@clint Thanks !
