I’m a new user to Dorico (and loving it!) - but every session, at some point, Dorico Note Entry stops recognizing my Midi keyboards. I need to quit and re-launch Dorico to solve the problem. (I can still play the keyboard and hear the sound played by Dorico)
I saw discussions here suggesting that this is a system MIDI issue, but I have 2 MIDI keyboards connected to my computer, and they both are still recognized by other MIDI software (and by Dorico, except for Note Entry), so it’s not a connection issue.
Can you give us more information? What OS? How are the MIDI devices connected?
Do you still see the little green light in the bottom right corner of Dorico’s window when you play on the keyboards, or is there an exclamation mark there?
You may get more help if you supply a Diagnostic Report (from the Help menu) after it has happened.
Thanks!
Working on Mac OS 12.4, Midi keyboards are connected through USB.
There’s a green dot on the bottom right corner (regardless if I play or not), and Dorico does play the correct sounds when I do, but does not receive note entry until I re-launch.
Also - I’m realizing this happens when I use a MIDI trigger on another software (“Transcribe!”) - after I use a playback MIDI trigger, Dorico (sometimes, not always) stops responding to MIDI note entry
I sometimes have a similar problem (MIDI keyboard keypresses not recognised). My solution, switch keyboard off (little switch at the back) and on right away. The key presses work again.
Then may be your Transcribe software is grabbing the midi data?
macOS has a utility, called Audio-Midi Setup. If you launch it and switch to the window with the midi devices, you might get some information from it, not sure though…
Sorry, but from the log files I also get no hint, at least not from the audio engine side. @roeeli , you say that the green light in the right bottom corner of the Dorico window is always on, is that correct? If that’s the case then one of the MIDI devices must be constantly sending some MIDI data, like MIDI status or controllers. I wonder if Dorico might get flooded and can’t handle data any more at some stage.
In the Dorico Preferences dialog on the Play tab are some Recording options if you scroll down a bit. One of them is called Filter out MIDI Controllers. If you tick that one, does it get any better.
The fact that the VSTInstruments still react to the MIDI events makes me assume that Dorico itself has a problem with MIDI handling here. Maybe @PaulWalmsley could say something in this respect.
Thanks, seems like you’re right - I’ve got Stream Deck sending MIDI data to trigger Keyboard Maestro macros, and another dedicated MIDI controller attached - it seems like filtering MIDI controllers is doing the job. Thanks a lot!
I am having this same issue, but ticking “Filter MIDI Controllers” is not helping. I have reboooted, restarted (several times now) and still no luck. It seems to happen at least once a work session, ever since Dorico 6, that MIDI note entry just stops working. Usually restarting the program or replugging the keyboard fixes i but tonight, nothing is working and I simply have no MIDI note entry at all.. but the keyboard still triggers the VST sounds. I really hope if this is a bug, it gets fixed soon, it is making using Dorico a rather frustrating experience! I am running Dorico 6 on a Windows 11 laptop.
Joshua, welcome to the forum.
This is quite an unusual experience you are having and must be really annoying.
I myself never ever had any problems with MIDI recognition, it appears absolutely rock solid since I use Dorico from Version 1 onwards.
I suspect a hardware issue. Have you tried a different connection cable for your MIDI keyboard?
I also think that it might be a hardware issue, but also have a look at the bottom right corner of the Dorico project window. With every received MIDI event a little green dot shall light up. How about the time when you loose MIDI input, does also that green dot stop flickering?
Yes, the midi indicator light is stuck on solid green. I did try the “Filter MIDI Controller” fix as described above but it has not solved the problem.
I have tried two different MIDI keyboards with two different cables, connected one at a time both directly to the laptop as well as through an audio interface/USB hub.
Stuck on solid green sounds like a midi feedback loop, where you have it somehow configured to receive midi from a device, and are then sending midi back to that same device, which then forwards it on - and so on. For a test I would turn off midi through, and disable any and all midi outputs.
I don’t know if you use any midi virtual port software like loop be, but I might try one as a test as they have loop detection abilities. Just my thoughts.
I tried disabling MIDI Thru. Only result was that VST sounds were no longer triggered. I still got a solid green light when I tried MIDI note entry. Not sure how to disable additional MIDI Outputs. I don’t have any additional midi routing software that I’m aware of running while using Dorico. I’m afraid I’m not very literate when it comes to the technical side of MIDI.
I have installed MIDI-OX, have no clue how to use it, now what?