Hi Dan

I just tried the keyboard and cable with an old Win95 machine (ancient
soundblaster card and cakewalk express). It worked perfectly: accurate midi
entry, no delay.
So I'm narrowing it down to these new drivers (kx project), a conflict or
incompatibility of some sort (although it's quite clear my card is
supported) - or perhaps some mistake I made in their installation. (I tried
reinstalling: no change.)
If I uninstall these, should my system return to the way it was? Sorry if
I'm being a bit dumb here, I'm not sure of all the steps I need to go
through.

Jon

"Dan Ash" wrote in message
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John,

If you're using a sound source in the keyboard, make sure your setting
LOCAL=OFF.

In my experience, replacing midi cables or cleaning MIDI plugs and
reconnecting to the computer sometimes helped.

If you're using a midi thru box, try connecting straight to the computer
or sequencer.

If you're working on a computer, make sure you have the latest driver
for your MIDI interface.

I also had a cheesy keyboard controller where the midi port was just no
good...

HTH,

Dan Ash
White Plains, NY


Jon Riley wrote:
I've been using computer sequencers for a while, with step time entry
only,
but I recently tried playing notes in with a midi keyboard for the first
time (yes really). It worked fine for a while (maybe an hour or so),
then
strange things started to happen.
It seems as if the midi messages are misfiring somehow. I either get
notes
not appearing, not switching off (sustaining), or random low notes
appearing. These always seem to be bottom C (5 octaves below middle C) -
no
matter what note I hit.

My equipment is as follows: Win2K, 736 chip, 256 RAM, SBLive card with
newly
installed kX project drivers, Sibelius 1.4 notation software, Yamaha
YPP-50
keyboard. I've tried using a different keyboard (Yamaha P-90) or
recording
into Cakewalk, and the same thing happens.
I don't have another midi cable to test if it's that.

Anyone recognise this phenomenon?

JonR