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Midi files play in Cakewalk but can't get my midi keyboard to input to Cakewalk


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Hope someone can help, I can download midi files from the internet and they play them using vsts in Cakewalk no problem but I've had no success trying to play my midi keyboard which is linked with a midi/ usb lead. I've selected the input as usb. Is there anything else I can try or do I just need to by a new lead?

Many thanks in advance.

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3 hours ago, dominic snell said:

Can you thing of anything else I can try?

If I had that issue, I'd check to make see if midi data is getting into my computer from the controller/keyboard. I would try MIDI-OX as well as recording midi data. If data is coming in, I'd look for how the data is being routed to my sound device(s) and check settings that control the sound. 

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On 8/28/2024 at 3:02 AM, dominic snell said:

I'm using a midi/usb lead out of a korg synth.

So it's an older synth with only 5-pin DIN connectors and no built-in USB?

If so I would recommend you get a "real" external audio interface with MIDI DIN I/O; MIDI-to-USB cables are notoriously problematic.

Buy used if cost is an issue. I almost never buy new gear.

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Thanks everyone. I will see if downloading midi ox can make any sense of things and let you know. This keyboard used to do this ok linked to a very underpowered laptop a few years ago. I have tried 3 different leads and one other midi keyboard. Anyway, I'll try Ox

Thanks!

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plugging one midi keyboard into pc I get "c1 note on" in midiox monitor input when I turn the keyboard on, then nothing else when I play or even when I turn off. Trying the other midi keyboard through the same midi/usb leads I get millions of "timing clock "and some "active sensing" and if i play a note i get "note on" but not "note off"

but because of so many "timing clock "messages it is very difficult to see the others.

Through the second midi/usb lead I get nothing at all from either keyboard

Does this help pinpoint anything?

Dom

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The single "c1 note on" does seem weird.

Some of your "note on" events could have 0 velocity, which means note off.

"midi/usb lead": if it's a typical midi/usb adapter, one midi connector is input  & the other is output. Also, you could mention the make & model of your adapter, in case it's one that is known bad.

"timing clock" may be configurable in the synth. Or maybe midi-ox can filter it out of your display. Also active sensing.

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