That part was the funniest part of the whole video 
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Can someone tell me if the USB Midi cable is a standard cable with a USB Type B plug on one end and a USB Type A or faster 3.0 on the other end or is it a special data USB cable?
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There is no such thing as a “USB MIDI Cable.” MIDI devices either use standard MIDI cables or standard USB cables. Which USB cable they use (and what speeds are supported) is up to each device.
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When you say standard Midi cable are you referring to ones with din plugs that connect to the In, Out, and Thru ports on the controller?
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Yes. MIDI uses either those for MIDI transport, or more recently, MIDI over USB using standard USB cables.
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It gets complex when you have multiple midi devices talking to each other via your DAW. I used my external sequencer as the master controller for my drum machine and 2 synths. 
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It also gets complex between MIDI hosts and devices, if you have a bunch.
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Got it and thank you for the link.
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Nice Pam! You’ve opened up a whole other level of opportunity for your musical development. MIDI can seem daunting, but starting with little steps and learning what MIDI messages do and how you can make your creations sound more expressive are worth the effort. Once you dive into those software instruments, you will find they each have their own options for what you can control. The each should have a manual that will talk to MIDI controller messages, that you can then program into a fader or knob to control in real time (panning, cutoffs, resonance, distortion, etc). There is actually a MIDI standard, if you google it, you will find the page, there is some intro to the standard, all the way up to full message implementation (of course every DAW, has its nuances for what it does and does not do). Plenty of folks on here to ask questions and can help
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Thanks @Sully . I’ve pretty much given up on all those sliders, knobs, buttons, and pads. I have no idea why I would even need them, and to me it’s not worth the time trying to figure it out. The manual that came with this keyboard is pretty much useless in that regard.
To me, it’s a piano keyboard with a bunch of flashy bling that I don’t need. I’m enjoying getting back into piano playing, and oddly, discovering that I’m better at it now that I’ve learned to play bass. I just ignore all that nonsense above the keyboard.
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Happy to help you out sometime. I had to help some folks in my Logic Pro class out recently. I can always zoom if you want. You will be surprised, I could get you up and going fairly quick with some basic things that will make a huge difference. On vacation now, but seriously, willing to help sometime.
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Bass playing has infinitely helped my sax efforts for sure.
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Thanks @Sully I appreciate it. If I ever encounter a problem in which I find a need for all that bling, I will definitely reach out to you.
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Download the full manual from M-Audio.
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To give you a tactile, physical control over the virtual sliders and knobs in your DAW.
For example, mapping the sliders to the track and master level controls, and the knobs to parameters in plugins.
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I understand that, but my question is why would I. It’s just as easy for me to reach over to the laptop and make whatever adjustments I need directly in Reaper. Why would I want/need to do that on the keyboard while I’m playing/recording? I don’t mind spending time learning how to do something if there is an important need for it, but this all just seems like trying to fix something that’s not broken.
Am I missing something?
Yes, in my opinion you are, but that’s ok. If you don’t think this would be important for you, I’m not going to try to talk you in to it.
Just take it for granted that the reason all those knobs and sliders exist, and that people frequently buy additional controllers just to get more knobs and sliders, is that a lot of us feel that it makes things a lot more convenient, easier, and less of a hassle to manage when you map the virtual controls to physical tactile controls immediately accessible while mixing or playing.
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Can you describe a situation where you would need this ability? I’m not trying to be a smart-ass, I’m just trying to understand the need for this and then maybe I’ll take the time to learn it or to reach out to @sully for help as he offered.
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I did