Windows 10: Windows 10 Midi controller activation

HI,

I encounter a problem with a midi controller.

I have Ableton 10 on a Desktop PC running windows 10and when i plug in my device Akai key lab is working just fine.

THe problem stands when I connect the same controller with Ableton on my Laptopo also running WIndows 10.

I can choose the controller from ableton but once I go to preference to activate It just does not let me.

It happen also with other midi controller.

My question is to understand if this a problem of my laptop or if something wrong with windows 10, file missing on install process ecc....


Thanks

R

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MIDI Controller Installation

I have a very new Desktop Computer running Windows10. All up to date with plenty of juice (iCore7, graphic card, 5.1 speakers, etc.).

I just bought an AKAI LPK25 MIDI Controller. Just a little keyboard with the intention of entering notes into Finale (music notation software).

In the device manager under the Device Manager, under Sound, video, game controllers it is listed

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LPK25

Realtek High Defintion Audio

When I open the Realtek Audio Mixer it looks like the LPK Editor is listed along with Melodics which software for training using on a MIDI Controller.

Now I know I have sound. Groov Music player works, iTunes works, Melodic software works....

BUT NO SOUND FROM THIS LKP25. I can't figure out the problem. Any ideas?

I posted this under gaming on a Windows 10 computer because it seemed like the closest category where I would find someone that could help. Thanks.

 

Windows 10 not recognizing class-compliant MIDI Keyboard Controller

TL;DR: can I force Windows to use a MIDI driver when it mis-recognizes a device?

Basically, Windows will see the device, think it is a Generic USB Audio device instead of a MIDI controller, and installs the wrong drivers (without errors). the result is that I cannot use the device as a MIDI controller, which is, well, pointless.

Specifically, I'm using an Alesis V61 MIDI Controller: Alesis V61

It worked last summer, around July, but I've updated Windows since then. When I plugged it in via USB, it told me that it was "Setting up the device," but it ended up classifying it as a "Generic USB Audio Device" which is
wrong. In the device manager, it is listed under "Sound, Video, and game controllers."

I know the keyboard still can communicate, as I used an Alesis program to test it. However, since Windows does not recognize it as a MIDI device, it cannot be used for MIDI applications (an easy one to test is at multiplayerpiano.com).

Here, Alesis claims that the V series controllers they make (including the V61) are
MIDI class compliant, and thus
have no manufacturer drivers. Instead, they use generic, Microsoft-provided midi ones.

Naturally, the troubleshooters cannot identify the problem (most have nothing to do with hardware and devices other than keyboards, mice, and wireless things anyways), and the "Add a device" option seems only to work with wireless devices,
which this is not.

I have also tried restarting my laptop, unplugging the device and uninstalling it using the device manager, and searching the internet for answers. Many sites pointed to having 10 MIDI devices, but I only have this one. I have found some dead-end threads
and many that point to specific manufacturer drivers, which obviously don't apply here.

I'm using Windows Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763

Thanks for your help!

 

USB midi controller and Windows 10 update

Hi, I have an M-Audio Oxygen 8 midi controller keyboard that I was using through usb into a DAW (Reaper) for producing music.

It was working until the last Windows 10 update, but now Reaper doesn't recognise that I've got the device connected...nothing shows up as a midi device.

I've uninstalled all the USB connection in Device Manager, and the Unknown Device too, and restarted.

The USB connections all appear again, when I plugged in the midi controller it was installed as Unknown Device with no drivers.

What do I do?

Thanks