Midi keyboard problems

funkydunkey

Hey all.
I have a very basic understanding on midi but am eager to learn. I recently bought a midi keyboard. a nice CEM. only thing is im running Vista and there is no support for this. drivers for the board i have go up to XP only. no reply to emails etc from support. Id like to use this for recording etc and live also if possible.
So, I know Xmusic do a 1 in / 1 out Midi to USB for about €50. Do ye think this would avoid having to use the CEM driver?

Also if i wanted to use this live is there a decent cheapish (~€100) device i could use to get some good sounds into a PA without a laptop?

BuddhaJoe

If its a UF series keyboard you can get it to work under Vista:

1) Install the UF driver on the cd. After the installation, Vista says that a file .INF is incorrect so we need to alter this.

2) Go on the directory of your UF driver (should be something like C:\program files\uf\driver..) and find the file MDUSB.INF. Open this file with notepad and delete all its content.

3) copy & paste this in the now blank file:

[Version]
Signature="$CHICAGO$"
Class=MEDIA
provider=%MSFT%
LayoutFile=layout.inf
DriverVer=11/07/2005,1.0.5.0

[SourceDisksNames]
0="DDK MdUsb Sample",,,

[SourceDisksFiles]
Mdusb.sys=0
Mdusb.inf = 0
hxdll.dll = 0

[Manufacturer]
%MfgName%=Microsoft

[Microsoft]
%USB\VID_7104&PID_2202.DeviceDesc%=Mdusb.Dev, USB\VID_7104&PID_2202
;;;%USB\VID_2702&PID_2702.DeviceDesc%=Mdusb.Dev, USB\VID_2702&PID_2702

[PreCopySection]
HKR,,NoSetupUI,,1

[DestinationDirs]
Mdusb.Files.Ext = 10,System32\Drivers
Mdusb.Files.Inf = 10,INF
MIDUSB.Files.User = 10,System32

[Mdusb.Dev]
CopyFiles=Mdusb.Files.Ext, Mdusb.Files.Inf,MIDUSB.Files.User
AddReg=Mdusb.AddReg

[Mdusb.Dev.NT]
CopyFiles=Mdusb.Files.Ext, Mdusb.Files.Inf,MIDUSB.Files.User
AddReg=Mdusb.AddReg

[Mdusb.Dev.NT.Services]
Addservice = USBMIDI, 0x00000002, Mdusb.AddService

[Mdusb.AddService]
DisplayName = %Mdusb.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 3 ; SERVICE_AUTO_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %10%\System32\Drivers\Mdusb.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Base

[Mdusb.AddReg]
HKR,,DevLoader,,*ntkern
HKR,,NTMPDriver,,Mdusb.sys
HKR,Drivers,MIGRATED,0,0
HKR,Drivers\midi,,0,
HKR,Drivers,SubClasses,,"midi"
HKR,Drivers\midi\hxdll.dll, Description,,%MIDUSB.SvcDesc%
HKR,Drivers\midi\hxdll.dll, Driver,0,hxdll.dll
HKR,Drivers\midi\hxdll.dll,External,1,01,00,00,00

[Mdusb.Files.Ext]
Mdusb.sys

[Mdusb.Files.Inf]
Mdusb.Inf

[MIDUSB.Files.User]
hxdll.dll,hxdll.dll,uniquetempfilename,2

;

---

;

[Strings]
MSFT="Central Music Co."
MfgName="Central Music Co."
USB\VID_7104&PID_2202.DeviceDesc="UF USB MIDI Driver"
;;;USB\VID_2702&PID_2702.DeviceDesc="UF USB MIDI Driver"
Mdusb.SvcDesc="UF USB MIDI Driver"
MIDUSB.SvcDesc="UF USB MIDI Driver"


4)Go to Device Manager in Control Panel and find the CME device on the "unknown device" list next to a exclamation mark

Double click on this and on the "General information" page -> click on "Reinstall driver" and "Find manually software on the pc" and select the directory of UF driver...(C:\program files\uf....etc etc)

5) Now it should work.

funkydunkey

thanks a million for the help there. that got the driver installed. did you come up with that yourself?
for some reason i cant seem to get it to work with reaper software however.
im using a Line6 X3 live mainly with reaper with no problems. when i go to add the UF6 in preferences>midi devices it allows me enable it but says "the following midi inputs could not be opened: UF Midi In" Do you think it is some way clashing with the X3?

Zangetsu

Yeah, you will have to single track them or get an audio interface that takes a DI/Line and midi at the same time... Same happens to me with my midi keys and X3.

It sees the X3 and the midi as 2 seperate interfaces, you can only use one at a time afaik...

funkydunkey

thats a pity. i suppose ill have to try and use fruityloops or something similar for the time-being just to get a sound out of this keyboard.
many thanks