Acid 8.0-MIDI External Device won't play notes -ACID Product Family

Subject:Acid 8.0-MIDI External Device won't play notes Posted by: ComProgsLtd Date:6/29/2011 8:00:21 PM I have gone over the "how to set up your device" thing three or four times and I am sure it is connected right, but the external MIDI keyboard (a Casio CTK-551) will not play the Soft Synth that comes with the program. Is this a clue? When I go to the preferences and choose MIDI, it sees my USB-to-MIDI cable as a "USB Audio Device". I know this because if you plug in the cable after you start the program, it won't see it. The instructions for the cable says it's Plug and Play, but it also came with some piano lesson software, which it says is a bonus (as if it can work with anything).
Subject:RE: Acid 8.0-MIDI External Device won't play notes Reply by: Iacobus Date:6/30/2011 10:26:33 AM Did you choose the MIDI interface for input when routing the MIDI track to the soft synth? (You can do this at the track level.) Ensure the MIDI keyboard is transmitting on the same channel as your MIDI track. Iacobus

Subject:Acid 8.0-MIDI External Device won't play notes

Posted by: ComProgsLtd

Date:6/29/2011 8:00:21 PM

I have gone over the "how to set up your device" thing three or four times and I am sure it is connected right, but the external MIDI keyboard (a Casio CTK-551) will not play the Soft Synth that comes with the program. Is this a clue? When I go to the preferences and choose MIDI, it sees my USB-to-MIDI cable as a "USB Audio Device". I know this because if you plug in the cable after you start the program, it won't see it. The instructions for the cable says it's Plug and Play, but it also came with some piano lesson software, which it says is a bonus (as if it can work with anything).

Subject:RE: Acid 8.0-MIDI External Device won't play notes

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:6/30/2011 10:26:33 AM

Did you choose the MIDI interface for input when routing the MIDI track to the soft synth? (You can do this at the track level.)

Ensure the MIDI keyboard is transmitting on the same channel as your MIDI track.

Iacobus