The first step in getting MIDI in and out to function properly is to make sure the cabling to your external keyboard is correct. You need to connect MIDI Out of your keyboard to MIDI In of your interface, and MIDI Out of the interface to MIDI In on the keyboard. If you are using external sound modules, connect them via the MIDI keyboard’s Thru jack.

Set the Now time to where you want the program change, and choose Insert | Bank/Patch Change. The choice you make will be placed on the active track (Back to top)

Your serial number is located on your Cakewalk registration card. If you cannot find this card, or if you sent it to us and did not copy the number down, you'll need to call our Customer Service team at 1-888-CAKEWALK (press 2 when prompted). They'll be able to find your number or tell you how to receive a new one. (Back to top)

Please call our Customer Service team at 1-888-CAKEWALK (press 2 when prompted) to receive your CD Key. You will need to provide them with your Cakewalk serial number in order to receive the CD Key.(Back to top)

I am visually impaired and the Cakewalk mouse cursor is no longer recognized by my screen reader software application.

You'll need to determine if this is a recording problem or a playback problem. To determine which one it is you'll need to start with a new file in Cakewalk. Click the Record button and play 4 notes. Stop recording and open the Event list view from Cakewalk's View menu. If you see 8 note events look at the Channel column in the Event list. If there are 2 different Channel numbers listed in this column, then your instrument is transmitting on multiple channels.

If Cakewalk doesn't currently have the definition for your instrument, you may have to create the definition yourself. We do offer step by step instructions on how to do so here. You might also consider posting a request for the definition on our General newsgroup, which you can access from our Newsgroups page. Often, another Cakewalk user has already created the definition, and will email it to you. (Back to top)

There is an appliation called MidiBridge9x that allows applications running in Classic to access the OS X core MIDI. Many users are experiencing excellent results with it. You can find out more at: Yes, Xx is being ported to OS X. MetaSynth 4 underwent a significant transformation from earlier versions and we just were not able to get Xx done at the same time -- and we didn't want to sit on the finished MetaSynth 4 until Xx was done.

If you have an external MIDI instrument, make sure that your MIDI cables are plugged IN to OUT and OUT to IN. On the PC, go to the Options menu and select Midi Devices and choose the MIDI In and Out of your sound card/MIDI interface on both sides. Make sure you have speakers connected to your MIDI instrument. If you are playing back to the onboard synthesizer of your sound card, select that item on the output side of Options | MIDI Devices. Make sure you have speakers connected to your computer.

Some users have fixed similar problems by disabling the audio capabilities of the voice modem, if you have one. This can be disabled in Control Panel | Multimedia | Advanced | Audio Devices.

No. However, it is possible to write a program that reads a MIDI file and outputs a file that can be input to Mup. Two programs that do this, called "mtm" and "midi2mup" have been donated by Mup users. They are limited, and not supported by Arkkra Enterprises, but may be useful for some people. Check out the programs donated by Mup users.

Yes, but it is a bit tricky... MusEdit is mainly a notation editor rather than a real-time MIDI scoring tool. Right now MusEdit is mainly for guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and other stringed instruments, flute, clarinet, and other woodwinds, trumpet, trombone, and other brass instruments, percussion instruments, drum kits, vocals, acoustic piano, and for all the other instruments which don't have MIDI output (ie. virtually everything except electronic keyboards).

The simple answer is that .sht files aren't MIDI files. The .sht extension is short for .shtml, which is the normal extension for html files that contain server-side features. Many servers (like the one I use) are configured to work with truncated, three-character extensions to accomodate name length limitations for files prepared in DOS or Win3.x environments (like the one that HymnSite.com was originally prepared with!). Instead of trying to play an .

First make sure you have a device setup in preferences for your keyboard and all your other MIDI Hardware devices. If there are devices already automatically defined as attached to the ports used by your hardware, edit those devices to match what's connected. Make sure the keyboards are defined as in fact having keyboards. Intuem help will show you how to describe the various types of MIDI hardware.

The kX driver is a kernel-streaming WDM driver, and a latency as low as 10 ms can be expected under Sonar (depending on your hardware/software setup). Currently, DirectSound2D and DirectSound3D are fully supported. DirectSound3D support is under constant development, however it can cause issues with some games. Any offers to help with implementing support for DirectSound3D would be gladly accepted (skilled programmers only please!).

If you need more than 256 keydesk switches you must use MIDI, which can accommodate up to 512. Otherwise it largely depends on issues like whether you can build the parallel port interface yourself (although a PCB is available). Also some recent sound cards do not have any MIDI ports at all, which would mean you having to buy a separate USB MIDI interface. The parallel port option provides a relatively simple and unified way to handle all the keydesk switches, including stops, pistons, etc.

After installing the latest update for DartPro 98, I don't have a shortcut to CD-Recorder 4 Basic in my 'Start' / 'Programs' folder. What's going on? How do I fix this?"

Partially, but the current version still can't open all MIDI files, but anyone who purchases MusEdit is entitled to future upgrades for free (by download from the net) so you will be able to update this feature as it improves.

MIDI Solutions products are powered through the MIDI cable - no batteries or wall adapters are required! MIDI Solutions products are programmed by sending them MIDI System Exclusive messages. All that's needed to do this is a computer with a MIDI interface - the Edirol UM-1EX, Edirol UM-2EX, Yamaha UX16, and M-Audio Uno (later models only) are low cost USB MIDI interfaces that can be used for this purpose (avoid the MIDI interfaces on this list).

In rare cases, the MIDI hardware on the device that is connected directly to the MIDI Solutions box cannot provide adequate power for the box. There are several ways to work around this problem. Sometimes, the order of the devices can be changed so that a different device powers your MIDI Solutions product, or a copy of the data from a MIDI Thru can be used. In other cases, a simple modification can be made to the device to provide the power.

The software only displays files for conversion that have a supported extension. PDF FLY converts .pdf, .ps, .eps and .prn files while META FLY converts .wmf and .emf files. If the file you wish to convert has a different extension or no extension and you are sure that it is a supported format, then you should rename it to include the correct extension so that it appears in the dialog for selection.

OrganAssist is designed for the purpose of easy recording, editing and playback on multiple instruments. Once a file is exported to MIDI this is no longer possible. However, the editing features of OrganAssist may not meet all needs (particularly notation) and so an Export MIDI function is provided for this purpose.

Download the 16 Channel Multitrack Template, save it in your Cakewalk folder or the folder you specified in Tools | Global Options | Folders | Templates. Choose Tools | Project Options | Clock and select MIDI Sync. This tells Cakewalk to use the external sequencer as a clock source, instead of using Cakewalk's internal clock. Press record in Cakewalk. The "Waiting for MIDI Sync" message will display.

Specify the correct directory in Options | Global Options | Folders (Tools menu in versions 8.0 and 7.0). Cakewalk 6.0x and earlier - You can instruct Cakewalk to look at a specific folder when you click File, Open by adding the following line to your WINCAKE.INI file. This file is located in your Cakewalk directory. The example below would make Cakewalk look in D:\SONGS when you click File, Open.

You can enable a setting called DrawPlayingAudio. You need to add the line below to the [Wincake] section of your CAKEWALK.INI file: