Cubase 13 Pro, no sound from Virtual or MIDI Keyboard

[Aleque]

Hi

So I finally bought Cubase 13 Pro and Absolute 6 and I am testing out Halion 7. The weird thing is, neither my Virtual Keyboard, nor my MIDI keyboard seem to work to produce any sound. When I use my MIDI keyboard, then I see the blue signal bar appearing on the transport panel (lower right), but no sound. But when I click on the keyboard notes within the VST itself, then there is sound.

Any idea how to fix this?

EDIT: Also, my MIDI keyboard seems to be detected without problems by the program. Its name appears correctly in Studio > Studio Setup > MIDI Port Setup

EDIT 2: Ok, weird - on the Inspector Panel, Input Routing, it said “Missing: 3- Axiom 25”. I changed it to “All Midi Inputs” and it works. But I am wondering why it wasn’t set to “All Midi Inputs”, per default.

EDIT 3: I am trying to enable “Map Always” on the Missing Ports popup and see if this will permanently solve the problem.

[cubic13]

If there is an incoming MIDI signal not detected by Halion 7, I would check again these :

• the Monitor setting of the involved track
• the MIDI channel(s) used with the different Halion 7 Sound slots.
• the state of the Preferences > MIDI > MIDI Thru Active setting : it should be ticked.
• and yes, the MIDI ports setup : something seems wrong in it, at this point : a screenshot of your Studio > Studio Setup > MIDI Port Setup panel could help.

Beside this, it seems that you are making a confusion between inputs and outputs with your two screenshots and, more important, DO NOT try to ‘Map Always’ the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth : see here why so…

[Aleque]

Hi, thanks for your reply. I am still relatively new to Cubase, especially the newest version and its settings and plugins. I am attaching some screenshots below. Not sure if they will appear in the right order.

@cubic13

the Monitor setting of the involved track

Is this the one? (the orange speaker button on the screenshot)

@cubic13

the MIDI channel(s) used with the different Halion 7 Sound slots.

Sorry, I am not sure what you mean by this.

@cubic13

the state of the Preferences > MIDI > MIDI Thru Active setting : it should be ticked.

It was already ticked.

@cubic13

and yes, the MIDI ports setup : something seems wrong in it, at this point : a screenshot of your Studio > Studio Setup > MIDI Port Setup panel could help.

Posting another screenshot (of my MIDI settings)

@cubic13

it seems that you are making a confusion between inputs and outputs with your two screenshots

You are right, my oversight.

@cubic13

DO NOT try to ‘Map Always’ the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

I already mapped it. How can I undo this?
EDIT: Nevermind, I followed these instructions https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/10031200615314-Windows-please-hide-Microsoft-GS-Wavetable-Synth-in-Cubase-and-Nuendo-for-improved-stability and now I can see the GS thingy again. Now I have unchecked it and it looks like this. I hope, that is what you meant:

[cubic13]

@Aleque

Is this the one? (the orange speaker button on the screenshot)

Yep…

@Aleque

@cubic13

the MIDI channel(s) used with the different Halion 7 Sound slots.

Sorry, I am not sure what you mean by this.

I was talking about the MIDI channels set in the different sound slots inside Halion 7.

Do at least one the slot has a MIDI channel matching the track inspector output channel setting ?

Beside this, your MIDI Ports Setup seems OK.

@Aleque

I already mapped it. How can I undo this?
EDIT: Nevermind, I followed these instructions https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/10031200615314-Windows-please-hide-Microsoft-GS-Wavetable-Synth-in-Cubase-and-Nuendo-for-improved-stability and now I can see the GS thingy again. Now I have unchecked it and it looks like this. I hope, that is what you meant:

Yep, exactly. Let us know how things go from here.

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EDIT - Looking more closely at your MIDI Port Setup, I see two input ports from the Axiom 25. Have you tried both, and if you know it, what is the purpose of the Ext MIDI In one ?