David Herron

Thanks for your replies and advice, I'm pleased to say a few random/guesstimate box ticks has done the job for me.

While inserting as a soft synth, I selected Midi Source,  First Synth Audio Output, and in the 'Display Automation On' dropdown selected 'First Synth Audio Track'.

Transpose is now available as a Midi Plugin and it works.

I'll leave this here for anyone else who may get stuck with the same issue.

Thanks again for your speedy replies.

It's just a cheapo keyboard from Gear4Music, bought as a piece of fun, a VisionKey-1

I discovered that it is midi-compatible though so dl'd Cakewalk to give it a try and as I say it works, but Transpose doesn't appear to on Cakewalk for my own VSTs, although for Cakewalks own midi piano it does.

If I use the Octave +/- on the keyboard through it's own speaker it functions correctly, but Cakewalk appears to ignore the function completely.

Unless the answer lies in a midi setting to instruct it to follow the keyboards own octave setting?

Hi all,

I just bought a keyboard which does work via midi, and while the keyboard itself has an octave +/- button which works through the keyboards own speaker, when connected to midi the button does not appear to function while playing live in Cakewalk.

I have a Catch 22 situation however. If I add a VST as a Simple Instrument track and start playing, it will play through that VST. It's only a 37 key keyboard though, so I want to be able to transpose. Adding as a Simple Instrument will not allow me to add Transpose though. The flip to this is that if I add the VST as Midi Source it allows me to add Transpose, and Cakewalk recognises the keyboard inputs (the levels respond to key presses) but there is no sound.

I presume I am missing an option somewhere, and/or Transpose may be available when using SImple Instrument but I am not finding where or how.

Does anyone know the solution to this one please?