Need help with inputs, for cakewalk sonar.

[connor armitt]

I've only just started using cakewalk sonar, and I set up the Vital synth plug-in and went into it. Pressing notes with my mouse is completely fine, but whenever I try to input to the VST itself I get an endless rain of short windows dings. I've dedicated all my USB (typing) keyboard strokes to the VST so im presuming the issue lies in my windows settings or with the plug-in itself. It's on VST-3, if that helps.

[David Baay]

2 hours ago, connor armitt said:

whenever I try to input to the VST itself

From what souce... a hardware  MIDI keyboard, Sonar's virtual MIDI controller or something else?

[Bass Guitar]

Seems like you computer keyboard is the problem. 
If you’re serious about creating midi music you should invest in a keyboard controller. They are not very expensive until you get a good one. But there’s a lot of good second hand stuff cheap. 

[Amberwolf]

2 hours ago, Bass Guitar said:

Seems like you computer keyboard is the problem. 
If you’re serious about creating midi music you should invest in a keyboard controller. They are not very expensive until you get a good one. But there’s a lot of good second hand stuff cheap. 

There are some that are both:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/387830215415

 

 

or this one that's much older and not actually midi...i have one around here somewhere, AT-style keyboard plug (looks like midi but isn't), flip it over for whichever side you want to use. 

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=72413.0

 

 

[Glenn Stanton]

i had one of the creative keys keyboard which i used a lot when i just needed to tap out something quickly - velocity sensitve keys, and a cover to keep your wrists off it. unfortunately, by W10, it was no longer operable because the drivers could not be made to work, and  they had long since ended support. 

now i just keep my inexpensive keystation 49 in my keyboard drawer (below my typing keyboard) so when i don't want to switch positions and use my better keyboards, i can slide it out a few inches, tap in what i need and then back to work 🙂