• Music Maker

  6 answers, most recent on 3/19/2019

  RE: MIDI not working from USB Midi Keyboard out
  Hi Robert, Glad to hear this is working now. I believe this might be the crucial part: Basically with MM closed I plugged in my USB Midi Kyb, heard the PC acknowledge the connection. Then started up MM. Oddly this time track 1 opened with a Piano
• Music Maker

  6 answers, most recent on 3/19/2019

  RE: MIDI not working from USB Midi Keyboard out
  That wasn't working earlier BUT it is working now. Basically with MM closed I plugged in my USB Midi Kyb, heard the PC acknowledge the connection. Then started up MM. Oddly this time track 1 opened with a Piano instrument inserted with the MIDI
• Music Maker

  6 answers, most recent on 3/19/2019

  RE: MIDI not working from USB Midi Keyboard out
  Start the external keyboard, then start MusicMaker Select an Asio Driver, ASIO4All or WASAPI in the Program Settings Make sure that your external keyboard is the selected input device in the Program Settings Select an instrument for the track Arm
• Samplitude

  8 answers, most recent on 3/20/2019

  RE: How to connect my Casio keyboard to Samplitude 2016?
  Hi Neil, Connecting you Casio to your computer through USB is a MIDI connection. To play back a Midi object from Samplitude: Program settings, MIDI, make sure that your Casio is checked in the MIDI Out column In the Track Editor (the vertical
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 3/13/2019

  RE: Midi no Audio
  Hi there, Unfortunately, what you're experiencing is a side effect of the new Samplitude-based audio engine in Music Maker 2019 (27.x). When using Wave or DirectSound drivers, it doesn't allow for any monitoring of the MIDI input via the software
• Music Maker

  4 answers, most recent on 3/10/2019

  RE: Weird Keyboard Behavior - Some combinations of keys do not work
  Q.01 See below. Q.02 Use an external keyboard connected to your computer using a USB or MIDI connection. And just how are you going to press 88 keys at the same time? The pink key is middle C, obviously for orientation. Do you know how to play a
• Music Maker

  4 answers, most recent on 3/10/2019

  RE: Weird Keyboard Behavior - Some combinations of keys do not work
  Q.01 See below. Q.02 Use an external keyboard connected to your computer using a USB or MIDI connection. And just how are you going to press 88 keys at the same time? The pink key is middle C, obviously for orientation. Do you know how to play a
• Music Maker

  10 answers, most recent on 3/7/2019

  RE: Korg Odyssey
  @Former user Hi . . . .will I be able to hear what I'm playing through the PC speaker setup? . . . . Yes that is a normally a function of your sound card, you may have to change a few settings, especially if you also use an external sound
• Samplitude

  3 answers, most recent on 3/7/2019

  RE: Layering up 2 instruments on the same midi track?
  Hi Neil, I received a reply. What I was trying to do cannot be done in Samplitude, only using third party plugins like you see in the video. The only thing that you can easily do is to create the MIDI file and then copy it to other tracks to play
• Music Maker

  10 answers, most recent on 3/7/2019

  RE: Korg Odyssey
  @Former user Hi How you connect depends on what you want to do ie: record the output of the keyboard/synthesizer - audio (line) out goes to audio line in on the PC.  use it as a MIDI keyboard to play an instrument - connect by USB and set up the
• Samplitude

  3 answers, most recent on 3/7/2019

  RE: Layering up 2 instruments on the same midi track?
  Hi Neil, I received a reply. What I was trying to do cannot be done in Samplitude, only using third party plugins like you see in the video. The only thing that you can easily do is to create the MIDI file and then copy it to other tracks to play
• Music Maker

  10 answers, most recent on 3/7/2019

  RE: Korg Odyssey
  @Former user Hi . . . . I want to buy a Korg Odyssey and record midi with music maker 2019 (control version) . . . . Korg Odyssey doesn't translate pitch bend and velocity control into midi . . . . I would want to use it with Music maker . . . If
• Samplitude

  3 answers, most recent on 3/7/2019

  Layering up 2 instruments on the same midi track?
  I have created a backing track for a song, and one track is a piano. I was wondering if it's possible to layer 2 keyboard sounds on the same midi track, for example piano and strings, and if so how do I do it? Or would I simply have to change the
• Samplitude

  3 answers, most recent on 3/5/2019

  RE: Can't get any 3rd party VSTi plugins to load in Samplitude 2016
  Hi Neil, I presume that you are looking at the popdown list under the MIDI part of the left hand side track header where you find and select the instrument to be used. Did you look under New Instrument? That is where I find them in Pro X3. John
• Samplitude

  3 answers, most recent on 3/5/2019

  RE: Can't get any 3rd party VSTi plugins to load in Samplitude 2016
  Hi Neil, I presume that you are looking at the popdown list under the MIDI part of the left hand side track header where you find and select the instrument to be used. Did you look under New Instrument? That is where I find them in Pro X3. John CB
• Music Maker

  4 answers, most recent on 3/4/2019

  RE: MIDI Editor plays random notes during playback
  @skoopaIt's quirky as you suggest ... at best. It will work but you must save every couple of minutes or you will lose a lot of MIDI editing work. Be aware the auto-backup feature seems to only work randomly. I'm also frustrated at the "lag" between
• Music Maker

  16 answers, most recent on 3/17/2019

  RE: Music Maker Premium 2019 crash
  @browj2 if he's like me, it doesn't make a difference. It crashes as much with normalize checked off or on. You are right Vin. Doesn't matter. Though I find this software annoyingly unstable it is in fact an amazing composers tool. I'm an AVID Pro
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 2/20/2019

  RE: No click track option?
  You could add a click sound in the midi editor using a suitable instrument. However it seems strange keeping a click track in an exported track. So, create a click with a MIDI keyboard for example?
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 2/20/2019

  RE: No click track option?
  You could add a click sound in the midi editor using a suitable instrument. However it seems strange keeping a click track in an exported track.
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 2/15/2019

  RE: Music Maker Premium 2019 Using PC Keyboard with Instruments
  @robert-cacciatore Hi Assuming you have set the track up for MIDI REC correctly, check your sound settings in the Program settings, Audio/MIDI tab - you may need to change the Audio playback settings. Try the various options ie Wave driver, Direct
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 2/15/2019

  Music Maker Premium 2019 Using PC Keyboard with Instruments
  I am having problems using my PC Keyboard to input notes on Instrument tracks.I start by adding a Music Maker Instrument to a track. I then feel I should be able to either mouse click keyboard notes in the Instrument's setting window (when the
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 2/13/2019

  RE: Music Maker Premium ‘19 Midi
  @robert-cacciatore Welcome to the Magix forums. How do you export the MIDI data (tracks) of a composition? They can only be exported as audio, .wav files, so must first be rendered as audio. Also is there a way to add notation? No. Such a feature is
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 2/13/2019

  RE: Music Maker Premium ‘19 Midi
  Hi Robert, You would need to open the MIDI object in question in the MIDI Editor, e.g. by double-clicking it in the Music Maker arranger. The MIDI Editor features its own menu bar at the top fo the screen, where you would find an "Export MIDI"
• Music Maker

  2 answers, most recent on 2/13/2019

  Music Maker Premium ‘19 Midi
  How do you export the MIDI data (tracks) of a composition? Also is there a way to add notation? Or have a keyboard or guitar instrument graphically ‘playback’ Midi tracks in realtime.