if anyone can suss this out, mannnn, i would be so happy
so its windows 10, latest cubase 9 pro, and the midi keyboard is an acorn masterkey 61. it has always worked in cubase then randomly doesn’t anymore.
ive done the following
reset the keyboard, restarted the computer/the keyboards drivers, factory reset the keyboard, used different usb3 ports on pc, run off a usb adapter, and powered adapter, checked its updated the driver, re installed cubase… like literally everything. even tried it on another computer… and guess what it works fine. cubase and windows see it, its activated in midi options, and other midi devices work with the computer.
man, if anyone can get this i offer £5 paypal and thats a genuine offer I know its not much but this is pissing me off so much and would really appreciate a solution else im forced to sell this keyboard. it worked fine for the last few months and works fine on my laptop. so weird.
thankyou for the reply. no i didnt, tried it now, no difference. the main thing is, that this keyboard works on my laptop plug and play and has always worked on the pc its not working on until today. i havnt changed anything and have tried literally everything
Its got to be windows messing up somehow (same version of windows on laptop though, 10) i tired the midi-OX program as reccomended on youtube to test midi input data, it wont take data says i need to quit the program to free up space. it will accept the other midi key i have though.
I did a windows backup 1 week ago, might try refresh to that i guess !! sucks.
swapped some usb inputs around on the pc, now it works. literally tried all the usb ports then swapped it with my mouse usb… now it works… lol… sorted!
might be a windows 10 update problem as someones suggested as the keyboard is old. might be usb 3 with a usb 1 product, a faulty keyboard, a faulty computer… oh god. so many things.
i got the same versions of windows on my laptop and it works with that. i think im just gunna buy a new midi keyboard with midi out, tried and tested! i had problems with the latest m audio ( it was the keyboard itself) this year too. not much luck with midi keyboards this year!! thinking ill get this anyway,
just cos it has midi out, and everything I need for the price I want to spend. Ideally I want the latest pro AKAI midi keyboard but that will have to wait for now
I’m too experiencing the same problem you did, I set the volume at 100 (the keyboard volume control toggle) but then the keyboard glitches out half way in trying to make music and flicks it to 47 volume, I had to push the volume toggle to max for it to stay consistent, the only problem is that if I’m using a sample library on kontakt it shows red on the volume bar, so it will be distorting the sound and dynamics, I can’t afford a new midi keyboard, so I will have to endure this faulty keyboard until next year when I’ve saved enough money.
So if your looking to buy a keyboard, stay away from Acornmasterkey61 (works fine for a while then glitches)
I’ve only been making music for about a year or so now, all this time I’ve been battling the sound, I’ve literally had to render tracks 4 or 5 times thinking it was a CPU error… all this time the problem has been right in front of me!!!
when I can afford, does anybody have any tips of what midi keyboard I would be best to pick up, my budget will be 50 - 150 hopefully there will be 1 around that price range that doesn’t break, if there’s one a little more, I might consider it, I just wanted the advice from a professional, somebody who has experienced my hell and found something worth picking up.
Device Manager,USB properties, untick :“Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”
And this:
Energy saving
Any energy saving option should be deactivated in favor of continuous operation.
Open Control Panel ▸ Power Options ▸ Create a power plan ▸ High Performance and set the computer sleep time to ‘Never’.
Once set-up, go to Change plan settings ▸ Change advanced power settings ▸ USB settings and disable the ‘USB selective suspend settings’.
Uninstall unused applications and plug-ins.
Remove or disable unused components (WIFI, webcams, printers etc.).
Minimize background tasks as much as possible. This also includes online storage solutions as Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, etc. They are often not considered, even though constant synchronization can stress the system significantly. Even if you do not experience performance difficulties, it is advisable to pause cloud services at least while recording.
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) - long-term audio recording tests have shown audio glitches every few hours on some systems if the ‘Link Power Management’ option in the RST control panel ▸ Performance is enabled. Disable it if similar issues appear and the software is used.
