Windows 7 midi fix. Oustanding!

[paradiddle]

I just had a problem with none of my midi gear working in windows 7 (both spd-sx usb and m-audio audiophile midi) I could see the midi devices but nothing worked. Midi-OX would give me an Undefined External error.

Fortunately, this article worked for me.

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfser ... d=&Hilite=

This should be a sticky somewhere in the forum. It might be of help to someone.

Cheers!

[Shabdahbriah]

marking... just in case

[lfm]

It was already in my system though - the ksthunk.

I had problems when running Studio One 2 and an UC33 controller with that exact problem - you can define an external device but never get any data. Studio One actually made it unusable in the system as such if S1 was started.

But no problems with other software like Sonar and Reaper - if not starting Studio One.

Searching through registry further this device is referenced from HDAUDIO among others,

Thanks anyway.

[paradiddle]

I just posted it cuz it seemed like a general type of problem and a musician's nightmare. No one wants to re-install their 2 years old window. I'm too comfortable now.

[Jace-BeOS]

Thanks for sharing this. Hopefully i will remember it whenever i move to Win7, as i have an M-Audio ProjectMix I/O. Any idea what those things are that the article instructs to change?

[paradiddle]

Hi Jace,

Don't touch anything in the registry. This was last resort for me cuz my midi wasn't working at all even though the drivers were working A1. So if you don't have any prob, don't touch anything. If you have a prob, make sure that you exhaust all possible causes before modifying anything.

I don't think it just related to m-audio specifically cuz my Roland spd-sx wasn't working either but the audio part of the driver was fine. The spd-sx acts both has a midi controller and an audiocard at the same time.

Thanks for sharing this. Hopefully i will remember it whenever i move to Win7, as i have an M-Audio ProjectMix I/O. Any idea what those things are that the article instructs to change?

[lfm]

No one wants to re-install their 2 years old window. I'm too comfortable now.

I don't know if it's the servicepack updates that fixed it on my system or an installer from 3rd party software - but doing windows update is a wise thing to do I think.

Nice of you to share it with us anyhow.

[Hink]

I just had a problem with none of my midi gear working in windows 7 (both spd-sx usb and m-audio audiophile midi) I could see the midi devices but nothing worked. Midi-OX would give me an Undefined External error.

Fortunately, this article worked for me.

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfser ... d=&Hilite=

This should be a sticky somewhere in the forum. It might be of help to someone.

Cheers!

PM a mod and ask them to move it to the computer forum and make it a sticky...if they do not want to do that have them move it to the diy forum and I'll make it a sticky

[eifemon]

Is the midi-ox site down for everyone else?

[paradiddle]

Is the midi-ox site down for everyone else?

Seems so for now.

[ajw31]

Is the midi-ox site down for everyone else?

Seems so for now.

Server still down. Anyone know of a different link to the MIDI Yoke download file?

Thanks.

[paradiddle]

if your looking for a virtual midi cable I know of theses 2:

http://nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html

http://www.tobias-erichsen.de/loopMIDI.html

[ajw31]

if your looking for a virtual midi cable I know of theses 2:

http://nerds.de/en/loopbe1.html

http://www.tobias-erichsen.de/loopMIDI.html

Thanks, will download. I notice the commercial Chirp virtual keyboard software comes bundled with LoopBe30, the commercial version of the first one. I tried the Chirp demo which looked good but messed with my PC a bit.