I'm trying to do something pretty simple: hook up my Casio Privia to a Windows 7 laptop and use it as a MIDI controller to access various soundfonts. Ultimately I would want to record the results, but as long as my laptop's soundcard is outputting the MIDI audio, I can handle the recording end of things. But the MIDI side of things has me totally lost.
I did a little research and downloaded MIDI-OX and VirtualMIDISynth (CoolSoft). Also downloaded a soundfont to try out. I plugged the keyboard into the laptop and it recognized it and downloaded the driver. When I play the keyboard, MIDI-OX registers incoming MIDI data, and the mixer in VirtualMIDISynth shows activity. But I hear nothing. And despite successfully loading the soundfont into VirtualMIDISynth, I can't find any way of selecting different sounds.
Maybe I'm on the wrong path with these programs? What are the most basic pieces of software I need to hook up a keyboard to a laptop and generate sounds via MIDI? Or, what am I not understanding about the software I already have installed?
Thanks!
I did a little research and downloaded MIDI-OX and VirtualMIDISynth (CoolSoft). Also downloaded a soundfont to try out. I plugged the keyboard into the laptop and it recognized it and downloaded the driver. When I play the keyboard, MIDI-OX registers incoming MIDI data, and the mixer in VirtualMIDISynth shows activity. But I hear nothing. And despite successfully loading the soundfont into VirtualMIDISynth, I can't find any way of selecting different sounds.
Maybe I'm on the wrong path with these programs? What are the most basic pieces of software I need to hook up a keyboard to a laptop and generate sounds via MIDI? Or, what am I not understanding about the software I already have installed?
Thanks!
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