Michael S

UPDATE I believe all Cakewalk related options have been exhausted. I do not believe this is a Cakewalk issue but rather a MOTU issue. It perhaps has something to do with my installation/uninstalltion/reinstallation of MOTU software throughout this process. I've tried full uninstalls, including registry edits, of all MOTU software, followed by clean installs, but to no avail. Again, that everything works on my laptop, where I installed both Cakewalk and MOTU software on it for the first time, tells me this is a machine specific difficulty. If anyone has any MOTU/Windows ideas, I'm all ears (or eyes). Otherwise, I thank everyone for their contributions and assistance through this process. Thank you all, Michael

Thank you for adding your perspective. I went in and followed your suggestions. There were like 12 hidden MIDI devices installed. I deleted them all and left only one unhidden on active. Unfortunately, still a no. But it was definitely worth a try!

I really appreciate your assistance here. I did a clean install, following the prescribed steps. The onboarding process came up, but unfortunately, my MIDI device is still not being detected. I was hopeful, but alas, it did not work. Fearing we're out of ideas. But I do appreciate everyone's help.

UPDATE: Still not working but learned some things. I heard back from MOTU and they gave me some things to try. They suggested I try it on a different computer, so I installed Cakewalk on my Lenovo (Windows 11) laptop. Then I downloaded the MOTU drivers from their website. I rebooted and everything worked great. Windows recognized the MIDI device, and Cakewalk allowed me to select the MOTU input and output channels, just as it should. So it does work - on that computer. So then I went back to my desktop (only 3 weeks old) with Windows 11 as well and went through the following steps: Uninstalled Cakewalk and all related files. Restarted the computer. Uninstalled the MOTU drivers. Restarted the computer. Reinstalled Cakewalk. Restarted. Reinstalled MOTU. Restarted. Launched Cakewalk. Still nothing. One difference I noticed: On the laptop, the install was the first one and when I launched Cakewalk, it ran me through all the quick tutorials and such, as it's supposed to for the first launch. But on my desktop, it didn't do this, as if it's recognizing that I've already had Cakewalk installed. It even called up the screen with my recently opened files. So I am wondering what file(s) might be remaining after the uninstall that might be the culprit here. If I can find those and then do a completely clean install, perhaps things will work? Or, I can buy a new MIDI interface. But that's more expensive and my wife is tired of me spending money. 🙃

Thanks! Oh I have. Still waiting for a response.

Follow-up: I found an updated driver to the original MOTU MIDI Express XT on their website. It's from 2013, compatible with Windows 10. Downloaded and installed it, plugged interface into a different USB port, and....nothing. Oh well...

Thanks for the response. Driver is pretty old. Since the hardware is from 1997, MOTU's latest software doesn't speak to the old module. I always have to install the original software/drivers from the CD (old school!). I can certainly give your suggestion a try, but I'm not optimistic. Again, this is all just very weird since everything was working fine two days ago and then all of a sudden... I'd hate to have to spend $250 on a new interface. But alas...

Thank you for the response. It's been on MME. I toggled it to try both options, still nothing. Windows is definitely recognizing it as a MIDI device. Cakewalk, unfortunately, is not seeing it for some reason.

Hello! I'm using an older MOTU MIDI Express XT interface, plugged into my computer via USB. I've been using Cakewalk by Bandlab with it for awhile now and all has worked well. Recently, though, with no warning, Cakewalk stopped detecting the interface as a MIDI device. It no longer appears on the list of available devices, even though it is connected to the computer (and reads "MOTU USB MIDI (WDM) for 64 bit Windows" in Device Manager). I've tried everything - reinstalling Cakewalk, reinstalling MOTU software (old and new) - but to no avail. Anyone have any ideas?? Thanks! Michael S