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Windows 10 and USB MIDI conflict with Microsoft GS Wavetable synth

Anonymous
2018-01-24T21:30:52+00:00

I'm using a MIDI sequencer (Forte3) on my laptop running windows 10. and am having trouble connecting it to my MIDI keyboard

Forte is a legacy (x86) software tool

I have connected my midi keyboard to the laptop using a USB to MIDI cable

The midi cable is recognized in Device Manager under Sound,Video and Game controllers as 

USB 2.0 MIDI

General info

Sound, Video and Game controller

(Generic USB Audio)

Device status 

This Device is working properly

In Forte  I've selected USB 2.0 MIDI as my MIDI input/output device and when I test it (using the FORTE test function) it plays properly through my MIDI keyboard.

However when I start the sequencer playing a midi sequence, it plays through the Microsoft GS wavetable Synth and not the USB MIDI 2.0 device that was selected.

In earlier versions of windows this problem was fixed by selecting the USB device as the Default windows MIDI playback device.

I can't find anything that corresponds to this in windows 10.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-01-27T22:00:56+00:00

    OOPS forgot the link to the tutorial

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfbbzN9XuPw

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  2. Vijay A. Verma 104.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-01-24T23:04:43+00:00

    Option 1 - Use the Hardware & Devices Troubleshooter

    https://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-use-built-in-t...

    Option 2: Update MiDI cable driver

    Windows Key+X (Or right click on Start)

    Click Device Manager

    Expand Sound,Video and Game controllers

    Right click on entry below

    Click Update Driver Software

    Click Browse my computer for driver software

    Click Let my pick from a list of device drivers on my computer

    Choose the driver

    Click Next to update

    If this does not work, select Search automatically for the updated driver in place of Browse my computer for driver software

    Restart your computer

    Option 3: Update driver from manufacturer's website

    Go to the website of the Sound,Video and Game controllers's manufacturer or computer's manufacturer

    See if some driver is released for your model and OS

    If yes, download that

    In Option 2, you click Update Driver Software, in place of this, click Uninstall

    Install the downloaded driver

    Restart your computer

    Option 4 - Rollback the Driver

    Windows Key+X

    Click Device Manager

    Expand Sound,Video and Game controllers

    Right click on entry below

    Click Properties

    Go to Driver tab

    If there is rollback option, click it

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-01-27T21:59:44+00:00

    OK 

    I've done some research and have found that to fix my problem I will need to change my Default Midi Device using Regedit and was wondering if anyone knows how to do that.

    The default device is Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

    I want it to be my USB MIDI device

    As windows after XP no longer has a user controllable midimapper it will have to be done manually

    I have found the following tutorial on youtube for changing the default to another software based synthesizer but nothing to change it to a USB connected Synth.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-01-25T19:27:35+00:00

    Thanks for this:

    Should have said that I've already tried this with no success

    No new drivers found to install (no drivers from MFG)

    Mostly I think that what I need to do is to change the default midi device in windows.

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