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Midi issues, Win 7, 64 bit.
Hi.
I am running Windows 7 professional, 64 bit, and trying to connect to a Roland Piano using midi. It does not work.
It’s not the piano in any way, I’m sure of this – latest, 64 bit Win 7 drivers, and other midi instruments tried.
It is not the program, I have tried a win 7 64 bit compatible program (Sibelius First) to talk to the piano, as well as Midi-ox. Neither work.
All drivers are correct I believe, including the driver on the piano. I don’t think it is the lead, as I have used two different types of lead at separate times, i.e., a USB A-B lead and a EMU USB midi 1 x 1 lead. All drivers correct, Win 7 64 bit.
I don’t think it is some kind of voltages output on the USB sockets, as I have tried all three USB sockets on the laptop. And no USB problems with anything else, so I don’t buy this excuse.
So, in summary, I start with laptop and the Roland piano on. I insert the USB A-B lead into the laptop, and it says on the piano screen ‘USB connected’. After starting Sibelius First, I go to ‘File/Preferences/input devices, and both the Roland digital piano and/or Emu 1x1 are visible. At the instant I check the ‘use’ tick box, the ‘40201, undefined external error MMSYSTEM/IN’. Error comes up. And it is the same whether I try to use the USB A-B lead or the Emu 1x1midi lead.
There are no errors visible in device manager. Under ‘Sound video and game controllers’, I have EMU XMidi1x1, Roland digital piano, High definition audio device, IDT high definition audio CODEC. All 4 are healthy looking.
But if I Go to ‘Start’ and click ‘Control panel’ and open Sound, and then if I go to under Playback, and right click on the blank space and select “Show disabled devices”, there are no other disabled devices visible. Just: ‘Speakers/ headphones, IDT high definition audio CODEC’ as the default device and ‘Independent (RTC) Headphones, IDT high definition audio CODEC not plugged in’, and ‘Digital Audio HDMI, not plugged in’.
I now believe that the problem is with Win 7 64 bit. Any ideas anyone?
Am I going to cure this, or is there something fundamentally wrong with Win 7 64 bit?
Would it, for some weird reason, be more likely to work on a desktop with another physical configuration, perhaps Is it worth re-installing Windows 7?
And are Macs better from a midi point of view?
Thanks in advance for any help, views, or ideas.