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Cakewalk won't detect MIDI signal from TD20 vdrums


Gman911

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I cannot get any recording out of my Roland TD 20 from MIDI output into Cakewalk. Cakewalk does not detect a MIDI signal. Using USB MIDI cable in Win10. ("USB Midi" detected, all on Omni). I know MIDI does not have its own sound; this is about no input into cakewalk (detection by). Keyboard works perfectly but not getting same with TD20 MIDI.  Novice recorder here. Thank you for any help!

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First check that your USB MIDI cable is enabled within Cakewalk, by ensuring it's checked in Preferences->MIDI->Devices->Inputs

If it's still not working, try using the other MIDI plug on the USB MIDI Cable. I've got a few of these I use for testing, and they're pretty inconsistent in their "MIDI In" / "MIDI Out" labelling - i.e. sometimes "MIDI Out" means "This is the MIDI Out" and on others it means "Plug this into the MIDI Out".

 

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Problem solved! 

Thank you for you input. Turns out it was the proverbial bad cable (cheap). I ordered a wireless MIDI and it works (omniloop, etc.) Now latency issue with wireless. Ugh.

Ordering a high quality USB MIDI. I can live with the cable.

Thanks!

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