Digital piano keyboard MIDI input...
Dear Friends,
I own a Yamaha P85 Digital Piano and a Yamaha UX16 USB/MIDI Interface.
I successfully installed the UX16 USB/MIDI Interface driver.
I also successfully installed musescore (which is working great for all other purposes).
Additionally, I followed your excellent video guide on how to enter notes via a keyboard; however, when I press a key on my piano, no notes register on my musescore screen.
Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong?
Thanks!
Comments
Check that the MIDI input button is on in the toolbar near the play button.
Check that your MIDI interface is selected in Edit -> Preferences -> I/O -> Choose portMIDI input
Dear lasonic,
Thanks for your response.
Yes, the "enable MIDI input" button is on. Yes, my USB/MIDI Interface appears and is selected under the preferences, as you recommended.
I just don't get it. Whenever I play a note on my piano, it doesn't register on musescore. Why would that be?
Thanks again for your help.
In reply to re: lasonic by maestoso43
but have you selected a rest point for the note to appear?
Regards,
In reply to Just a guess by xavierjazz
Thanks for your help!
I have selected the measure and clicked on the "N." Is that what you mean by "rest point?"
Thanks!
In reply to re: rest point... by maestoso43
You actually have to select a REST itself, not a measure.
Regards,
In reply to You actually by xavierjazz
Xavierjazz,
Thanks for your suggestions and willingness to help.
I have tried to both (1) selecting a measure as the video tutorials suggested and (2) selecting a rest within a measure as you suggested.
Neither has worked, unfortunately.
Musescore appears to recognize my USB/MIDI Interface, yet it doesn't register keys played by my piano.
Gosh, I hope this thread isn't just becoming an annoyance to the musescore community. I just really want it work!
Thanks again everyone for your help.
In reply to Select a rest... by maestoso43
I found a solution!
The solution: I just had to switch the matching In/In - Out/Out to the counterintuitive and non-matching In/Out - Out/In. I just immediately thought that I was supposed to plug the cables into their matching sockets--but I was wrong. I was supposed to plug them into their non-matching sockets. Rookie mistake, I guess.
Oh well, hopefully someone else will benefit from this thread.
Thanks again to everyone who helped!
In reply to SOLUTION!!! by maestoso43
I had the same problem. Thank you so much for posting your solution- I also had In/Out cables backwards. Switching those fixed it for me too :)
In reply to SOLUTION!!! by maestoso43
I have a USB MIDI keyboard. Just like maestoso43, I have it connected, I have selected the appropriate MIDI input in the I/O options, and I pressed 'N' and selected a rest to enter notes on.
But I don't have any in/out cables to get backwards; it's just a single USB cable. :/
It's an Oxygen8 MidiMan keyboard, really cheap and no-brand. But I also have Mixcraft 4 installed, and it is receiving input from the MIDI keyboard, so I know I have the correct MIDI device selected in the options.
Help!?
In reply to What if mine is USB? by trmnshwrx
The other common mistake to make is connecting the keyboard after starting MuseScore rather than the other way around.
In reply to Select a rest... by maestoso43
I found a solution!
The solution: I just had to switch the matching In/In - Out/Out to the counterintuitive and non-matching In/Out - Out/In. I just immediately thought that I was supposed to plug the cables into their matching sockets--but I was wrong. I was supposed to plug them into their non-matching sockets. Rookie mistake, I guess.
Oh well, hopefully someone else will benefit from this thread.
Thanks again to everyone who helped!
In reply to SOLUTION!!! by maestoso43
Wow, who knew.
In reply to Wow, who knew. by [DELETED] 448831
Hahaha! Hey stevebob! Thanks for all of your help on the other forum!
I to am having the same problems with entering notes from a MIDI keyboard YPG-635) to my computer iMac (Maverick 10.9 OSX) using MuseScore. I have followed all the instructions on the video that MuseScore provides in their tutorials, but still have no luck. I am using USB AB chord from keyboard to computerI press Enable MIDI and enable sound buttons. I selected a bar to start. Mine turned the rests blue but hers also made a blue box. I selected rhythmic values on the computer keyboard. I press N for note entry mode - and whallah - NOTHING.
If anyone has had success or suggestions for correcting this problem, please respond. I'm getting frustrated.
Martha Lubowiecki
In reply to using a digital piano to input notes on MuseScore by lubowiecki
You've followed the sntructions on configuring Museascore to accept MIDI inout in your Preferences? You've turned the keyboard on before starting MuseScore? if so, then maybe try using screenr.com or similar to capture a screenshot video so we can see if you're doing something wrong.
Meanwhile though, I wouldn't spend too much time on this. MIDI input is no faster or more efficient than plain old computer keybaord input. Pressing an "A" on your computer keyboard is as easy as pressing an "A" on your MIDi keyboard. You really aren't missing out on much.
In reply to using a digital piano to input notes on MuseScore by lubowiecki
I own a YPG-635 and had to load a driver supplied by Yamaha: USBdrv2k_ (for Windows XP). Even though it's USB, it's definitely not 'plug and play'.
My installation CD (and YPG manual) only mentions Windows, not Mac. :-(
However, there is an older Yamaha UX16 usb driver specifically for Mac (one also for Windows) which may give you some functionality - I don't know, I'm on Windows - though it might be worth a shot.
You can Google it.
Also, the DGX-640 is the newer version of the DGX-630 (which is a YPG-635 clone).
See:
http://download.yamaha.com/search/product/?site=usa.yamaha.com&language…
for a Mac 10.9 driver for the DGX-640 which might also work.
If all fails, you can follow Marc's final bit of advice, given above: "Pressing an 'A' on your computer keyboard is as easy as pressing an 'A' on your MIDI keyboard. You really aren't missing out on much."
That's true, but on a midi keyboard, the precise octave is entered.
For me, the octave especially comes in handy while notating 5 string banjo music, owing to the presence of the repeating 'drone' 5th string (unchanging pitch/octave); and also because many passages are long progressions of 16th notes where note durations are not frequently changed. See the simple example attached.
Regards, and good luck.