Can't enter MIDI / I'm stupid.
I can't figure out how to input notes via a MIDI keyboard on 9.4. I have the box for MIDI selected at the top and the notation thing on, but I push keys and nothing happens. Is there a trick to this or can my keyboard not enter notes?
Thanks.
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Does your keyboard work with other notation programs on your computer? What operating system are you using? (Windows XP / Vista / Ubuntu / etc.)
In reply to Does your keyboard work with by David Bolton
I tried using it with "NoteWorthy Composer" - the only other free composing program I had before finding MuseScore. I couldn't figure it out there, so I'm not sure if the program couldn't take the keyboard or if I was missing something.
And I'm on Windows XP.
Thanks for the reply.
In reply to Thanks by iamcameron
What kind of cable are you using to plug it in to your computer? Is it USB or some other type? I don't have a MIDI keyboard at the moment and I'm not a MIDI expert but in the past I had to install the driver software that came with the cable in order to get the computer to understand the MIDI messages from the keyboard.
In reply to What kind of cable are you by David Bolton
It's just a pretty normal USB cable. The keyboard did come with a CD, but I thought that was a composing program and it looked too high-level for me. Also, I received some "device detected" message upon plugging in the USB cable.
In reply to What kind of cable are you by David Bolton
Just like you have to install a driver for a new printer on Windows you'll probably need to install a driver for your MIDI keyboard. Take a look at that CD.
In reply to Just like you have to install by David Bolton
I too can't enter notes via my midi keyboard. I'm a new user. The din icon is pressed in.
When I play a chord the program responds: 'No note selected: Please selct a single note and try again'. But I get no response at all to a single note.
Windows Vista thinks my keyboard is working properly, and the keyboard functions ok with Anvil Studio, which I've been using till I decided to try MuseScore.
Any suggestions?
alanpmcd
In reply to can't enter notes via midi by alanpmcd
It works here. So I will try to write a guidelines.
- Create a new score
- Press N on your computer keyboard (or press a key on your midi keyboard)
- Choose note value (for example a quarter) --> Press 5 on your computer keyboard
- press the desired note on your MIDI keyboard
In reply to It works here. So I will try by [DELETED] 5
Thank you lasconic. With patience, you are right: it works. I had misunderstood: I expected it to act like a sequencer when, after all, it is not a sequencer! I shall try to have a more sophisticated problem next time I ask a question here :)
alan