USB hookup

• May 21, 2018 - 16:53

I have a Yamaha P45 piano. I have just composed a simple tune on Musescore and would like to hear what it sounds like on my Piano. Unfortunately musescore doesn't see my piano. I'm running Win 10 64bit, have downloaded the relevent Yamaha driver. I have confirmed that the piano will play MIDI using both Media player and VanBasco's with any random MIDI song from my collection. I have tried JACK but that doesn't work at all and checked the system using MIDIOX. I have exported my composition as a MIDI file and it works well with VanBascos which is not the workaround i want. All things point to a missing in MUSESCORE. Has anyone solved this problem yet and would like to pass on their knowledge please?


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When you say MuseScore doesn't see your piano, can you be more specific? Have you started MuseScore after connecting and turning on your keyboard, are you going to Edit / Preferences / I/O, and you aren't seeing your keyboard listed as an option under MIDI Output? What are the other settings you have in that dialog? Have you tried Help / Revert to Factory Settings, to make sure the problem isn't some customization you had performed?

In reply to by Garyweldon

Hmm, those settings shouldn't be blank. With nothing selected in API or Device, you probably will have worse problems than just MIDI output. Are you getting any sound at all? Did you try Help / Revert to Factory Settings yet? It sure looks like MuseScore isn't detecting any audio devices at all. Or, hmm, did you start MuseScore from the command line, using the "-s" option to disable the Synthesizer?

In reply to by Garyweldon

Wait, what?!? Your binary is 'Jackd.exe' (Windows, I assume) but you use ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) as a driver? And why do you start the jack server with a custom name? MuseScore doesn't even work with a non-default named jack server (N.B.: it should be possible to configure that ...).

In reply to by Garyweldon

My guess is that the first time you started MuseScore, you had the USB mixer connected and MuseScore was using that as your audio device, then things got confused when you started MuseScore again later and that device was missing. Which is why I suggested Help / Revert To Factory Settings, but really, simply selecting any available device in that dialog should have worked. Feel free to keep experimenting to see if you can verify my hypothesis, or just leave well enough alone :-)

In reply to by Garyweldon

So, it sounds to me like your computer lacks any form of audio hardware whatsoever other than that mixer - true? If not, try the Revert as I keep suggesting, also rebooting, then - with neither the mixer nor the keybaord connected - start MuseScore and tell us what you see in Edit / Preferences / I/O, and also say if playback works through your computers internal speakers (assuming it has some).

In reply to by Jm6stringer

Latest results. Have now unplugged the Behringer desk. Plugged in a pair of 'phones into the 'puter's front 'phone socket. Reopened Musescore and played something. The sound came from the 'phones's but the Piano had disappeared from the MIDI list.

In reply to by Garyweldon

NextL: i unplugged the P45 and restarted Musescore. Sound still came from the 'phones. Next: Shut down Musescore plugged the P45 back in (the 'puter registered this) restarted Musescore and this time the sound came from both the P45 and the 'Phones. Shut down Musescore. Next: unplugged the Phones, P45 still plugged in< restarted Musescore. P45 has disappeared from the MIDI listing. Next: 'phones back in, P45 back in, restart M/s, all working. I can only conclude that in order to make a MIDI device work there has to be some sort of analogue device connected too.
Footnote: there's an audible delay between the MIDI device and the 'phones.

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