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Good day good people of this forum, and greetings from Norway. I´m a proffesional musician and subject teacher in music, and i´ve just bought my first Nord Stage EX! Woho!
Coming from a line of musicians that have grown accustom to MIDI, and mac, I have always based my riggs around having one master keyboard, and some controllers. To my great greef i see that the NSEX88 does not support USB-MIDI! 
Is this true? And if so, what to do?
I use Mainstage and Logic + Live, All the time, and are depended on having easy access from the master keyboard, as i use some Omnisphere pads under the piano, Arturia Moog´s, and trigger some samples, etc...
What can i do to get a smooth experience? Is it best to get a usb-midi convertor? An soundcard with midi? Please give me some idéas!
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Hi Buschmann
welcome to electro-music.com 
USB is only for the editor so communications must go thru midi.
it is not a big deal. either use an audio/midi or midi interface.
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Thank you for quick respons!
What kind of interfaces would you recommend for mac?
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| Buschmann wrote: | | Good day good people of this forum, and greetings from Norway. |
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| Buschmann wrote: | Thank you for quick respons!
What kind of interfaces would you recommend for mac? |
Something from Motu, Roland/Edirol/Boss or M-Audio?
The MOTU MIDI Express 128 USB or the MOTU Micro lite USB are nice. If you need something that can run standalone without a computer then the MOTU Micro Express midi is an option. Keep in mind that way too many of the modern midi interfaces actually require a computer in order to run at all and you might want a proper stand-alone MIDI patchbay/ merger/processor ( with computer interfacing over USB ). A USB midi-interface for project studio use will usually be a dead duck for live use.
And even if you find something that is a stand-alone MIDI patchbay/ merger/processor.. you must still make sure that it actually does what you want it to. An important issue is how you can save settings and recall setups.
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| Buschmann wrote: | Thank you for quick respons!
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anything goes, really  that's up to you (I use MOTU but it could be M-Audio, Edirol, whatever that suits your needs)
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Hey another Norwegian, to the forum.
We have another Norwegian Teacher as well but he is a little strange, actually all Norwegians are a little strange so forget that.
The Motu midi express 128 is a good interface.
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Buschmann
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Thank you guys so much!
Now i need an explanation, or rather an opinion on how this would work out live. I like as few "thingys" as possible, to keep a clean workstation, and less wires to tripp over when I play. (or for the drummer to tripp over, is more correct to say..)
What im really asking for is: Would it not be better having one soundcard that would handle all of this? Sound inn/out and Midi inn/out in one box?
Or what are your opinion? A dedicated midi device and a dedicated soundcard?
And yes, we Norwegians are kinda strange. I guess it comes from our viking blood 
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Your website aint loading at all, or mabye thats the point?
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| Buschmann wrote: | Would it not be better having one soundcard that would handle all of this? Sound inn/out and Midi inn/out in one box?
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if you get something like this audio/midi interface the drummer would have a hard time trying to trip over a single firewire cable connecting it to the computer (making sure you keep it close to the NS88EX )
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| Buschmann wrote: | | [...]or mabye thats the point? |
Thats what I made of it anyway 
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