Can't get MIDI to work

rogerc · Post by **rogerc** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:21 pm

Music lovers,
Had MIDI working for a short time with MixCraft but I can't get it to work now.
I have a HP laptop and am trying to get my PSR S900 keyboard to talk with Mixcraft.
No luck.
I have unistalled the USB Yamaha midi drivers and reinstalled them but still can,t get the keyboard to record intoMixcraft or Mixcraft MidiI to play on my keyboard.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Roger

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:49 pm

Hi,

How does that keyboard interface with your computer? Does it have its own USB connection? If so, try a different USB port. Don't use a USB hub.

Is it working with any other software on that computer right now?

Greg

rogerc · Post by **rogerc** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:26 pm

It interfaces with a USB port and I am not using a Hub.
I also always use the same USB port for my hook ups.
I have one program that works with the keyboard and one that does not.
I worked a lot today with it and got it to work most of the time. I am now able to record off my keyboard and send midi to my keyboard but not in the voices I want.

I was wondering can Mixcraft record the voice I chose from my keyboard right into Mixcraft? I am now able to record into Mixcraft but it just records in the piano voice not the voice I am choosing on my keyboard.

roger

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:09 pm

Hi,

That's not the way MIDI works. Your keyboard is sending MIDI information, which is basically just info on which notes to play, along with some supporting info. In Mixcraft, click on the keyboard icon to the left of the track and you can choose different virtual instruments, so it's not just piano.

Greg

DrDoog · Post by **DrDoog** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:10 pm

you can, however, record your keyboard's voice if it has an RCA or TRS output, by using a sound cable to connect the keyboard to your soundcard.