Therezin Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hi All,I recently acquired a Roland XP-10 that I'm trying to get talking to my computer. I've hooked it up to the MIDI cables from my soundblaster (I know, I know...) gameport, turned off Midi Local on the XP-10 just like it says to in the manual, and... nothing. I've got no midi going into the PC, and when I send stuff from Midi-Ox the XP-10 gives no response. Has anyone on here come across anything similar? I'm pretty certain that it's not a problem with my PC, since my old keyboard controller (an ancient Evolution branded as a Commodore) worked fine and the only thing I've changed is the keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Swapped the cables around? Can you plug teh old board in to confirm it's still OK now? Got a hardware monitor you can try? (midibox will do nicely) LED on the cable ala midibox midi troubleshooting? Trust the guy who sold it to ya? Got a friend's PC you can try? I'm outta ideas :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblinz Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Voodoo chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Therezin Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 OK, this is just embarrassing. After a couple hours messing with soundcard settings, wading through the XP-10's awful menu system while constantly repeating "It's gotta be something weird with this new keyboard" and looking for the magic menu setting "make things work" I look under my desk and what do I see?A 15-pin D-sub plug.Like the kind that should really be connected to my soundcard. :-[I swear, some days it's just not even worth getting up in the morning.Thanks S1, Goblinz - I know the question was pretty damn stupid to begin with, looking back. Not as stupid as I bloody feel now tho ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Congratulations. You are my third "it's not plugged in" for today. And I don't work with newbies either - it happens to the best of us.... with surprising regularity!I was so paranoid I'd do it with a cooling fan on my new PC, that I checked them all twice, even though I could see all the fans spinning :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblinz Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 LOL, it happens to us all.... It's either that or screw all the cables in, which I hate doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLP Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 ...remember when you told me that you want to plug my plug into your socket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 ...that I checked them all twice, even though I could see all the fans spinning :DThat's scary. "Okay, it's spinning, that's good. Now let's check if it is really plugged in or just spinning for no reason"? ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted August 31, 2008 Report Share Posted August 31, 2008 Hey, for all we know, it was powering the fan from the PCI buss ;)Yeh sure it's extremely unlikely, and like I said, it was paranoid.... but hey, it's the most expensive thing I ever bought, I wasn't going to take any risks with it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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