I've connected my a station to my computer joystick port using a midi splitter, but I don't know how to see if my computer knows its there, becuase it doesn't show up in cubase sx, does anyone know what my problem is.

Cheers Alex

I'm thinking i need to enable the midi thru on cubase anyone know how to do this.

no it wasn't that any one got any other ideas

Make sure the joystick MIDI port is enabled in cubase (device setup I think.. I still use VST!)

Play some notes on the keyboard.. does the MIDI In display on the right of the transport bar show any action?

Open a new project.
Add a midi track - set the output to channel 1 of your soundcard.
Draw some notes in the piano roll editor.
Turn off recording/monitoring of the midi track.
Loop it and play the loop.
Connect headphones to the synth.
Change the track output to channel 2 then 3 etc until you hear sound.

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Setup a midi track and hit record. Play some notes on the synth. This should tell you if its transmitting data at least. If not you need to look at your leads/interface.



Dave

yeah the port is working cause I've got a midi merge box connecting my controller and the synth to the computer. and when I press the keys on the controller the input bar on cubase moves.

But when I press the key in the edit page in cubase the synth doesn't make a noise, also when I press the keyboard the synth doesn't output sound.

xanda123 wrote:

But when I press the key in the edit page in cubase the synth doesn't make a noise, also when I press the keyboard the synth doesn't output sound.

Ok so when you draw in notes on the piano roll page you get no sound from the synth once you start playback in Cubase?

You say "when you press the keyboard the synth doesn't output sound". Do you mean the keys in Cubase Piano Roll Editor or the keys on your synth

What midi channel is the synth set to recieve on? It there a way to enable midi input on the synth? Have you tried this (drawing notes in Cubase and playing back the sequence) with a different synth?

Take Care,
Dave

I think it must be the midi out part of the joystick splitter because when I turn knobs on the synth the midi input bar moves in cubase, but when I press the notes on the edit page the a-station's light that flashes when theres midi coming in doesn't flash.

I'll take the lead back to maplin tomorrrow and see if they can test it to see if it works properly.

Half the Joystick Midi dongles I've seen in my life were labeled backwards

nF

yeah i've tried it both ways, the midi input works fine but theres nothing happening in the output.