Midi Controller, Synths, etc. Issues

Midi Controller, Synths, etc. Issues

04/28/10 6:06 PM
Eze member Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Posts: 290	Haven't posted here in a while, I kinda missed this place... So I guess we could all help each other, since lots of time tech support are douchebags... Anyway... Last year I bought a Yamaha KX 49 midi controller. I only used it on my desktop computer, and it worked great... until I bought my laptop 2 weeks ago. I tried installing the KX 49 drivers into the laptop and I had tons of problems. So I kept turning the midi controller on and off (I had to, every time I had to install it I had to turn it on, so to try again I had to turn it off, I didn't just turned it on and off for no particular reason),and started noticing that after a while of being on it froze (it has a light that blinks showing the tempo of the arpeggietor). So I tried using it on my desktop computer, and now it has the same problem in that computer too! I finally found out the windows version I had wouldn't support any midi controllers,so I changed it, and I was able to install it, but I'm still having the same trouble! I tried restoring the factory settings, I don't know what to do Suggestions? I read the manual, there's nothing in there that could help me, I downloaded the updated driver... I don't know what elese to do.
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04/29/10 12:23 PM
brickisred member Joined: 08/09/09 Posts: 341	Get a MIDI to USB interface, like the M-Audio Uno USB. Plug only the MIDI out of the controller to the MIDI interface. Anyway, what version of Windows are you using? If it's older than XP, forget about it.
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04/29/10 2:24 PM
DSP_2 member Joined: 09/04/08 Posts: 102	Try to force manually in device manager. Works on many things, but could make your O/S Unstable.
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04/30/10 6:37 PM
Eze member Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Posts: 290	DSP_2 posted: Try to force manually in device manager. Works on many things, but could make your O/S Unstable. How do I do that? brickisred I've been using it with windows XP for a year, and now it freezes both on XP and Windows 7 Ultimate. It's not the OS, because I didn't change anything on my desktop computer (the one that has XP) and the controller started freezing anyway.
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04/30/10 9:21 PM
brickisred member Joined: 08/09/09 Posts: 341	Hm, check if your controller has some kind of "Global Settings". Try disable its MIDI In/Receive. Whenever my hardware synths act funny, it's usually because a program is trying to send it weird instructions.
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04/30/10 9:33 PM
Eze member Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Posts: 290	brickisred posted: Hm, check if your controller has some kind of "Global Settings". Try disable its MIDI In/Receive. Whenever my hardware synths act funny, it's usually because a program is trying to send it weird instructions. I could try that... It would be weird, since I've been using it for a while and it started doing this a few days ago, but I guess that's the way techology works haha.
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05/01/10 6:50 AM
no44 member Joined: 06/24/08 Posts: 1,487	OS? MIDI/Firewire? MIDI/USB?
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05/01/10 4:31 PM
Eze member Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Posts: 290	Midi/USB
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05/01/10 10:49 PM
no44 member Joined: 06/24/08 Posts: 1,487	Again, what OS? Does it show up in your device manager? Is the problem within the program you are using? Does the driver have signatures? If not you may have to disable automatic signing enforcement.
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05/02/10 6:45 PM
Eze member Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Posts: 290	I tried it with windows xp and 7ultimate in different computers, there's no problem with the soft, the driver does have signatures. But how can all that freeze the controller? Shouldn't that affect the computer?
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05/04/10 5:08 PM
DSP_2 member Joined: 09/04/08 Posts: 102	Check the USB cable, it may be too long or damaged that causes bad signal to pass. Have you tried external power source for your controller? Could be a bad chipset on your laptop.
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05/09/10 9:02 PM
Eze member Joined: 04/12/08 Location: Buenos Aires Argentina Posts: 290	It's not the cable, I've tried another one that works fine and still had the same problem. The controller freezes in both my computers, and it worked fine in one of them for a year, so I don't think it's the chipset, BUT I still haven't tried the external power source, wich I should and I will and I'll keep you posted
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