Cakewalk and SBLive Platinum help needed

[mashu]

I just installed an SBLive Platinum (not the 5.1) and everything is working fine with it and its software.

BUT, when I open the Cakewalk Express 8.0 that comes with the card, I cannot play midi. I mean, before i even open a midi file within Cakewalk, all kinds of strange sounds and instruments just begin to play at random. Even if I push the "stop everything" button, the sounds continue until I exit Cakewalk.

I've downloaded the PA 9.0 demo to see if it is just my program, but the demo gets the same result. I also tried my friends 6.0 and the same happened.

PLEASE help me!!!! I'm on the verge of tears trying to fix this! The most important program I NEED to use with the new computer, SBLive, CDR, that I bought last weekend! I really need this program to work or my future is dead!
PLEASE! THANK YOU!

If need to know, I'm on WindowsME...

 

[John Sayers]

Did you configure your midi devices correctly?? (Options/Midi Devices) I've just updated to the APSLive driver and it's much better...but you should be able to get yours happening.

APS Driver is available from:

http://come.to/sblive

cheers
John

 

[RWhite]

Hope your problem is something simple, but I had a very similar problem with a sound card a few years ago and it wound up being just a bad sound card. It would play random MIDI noises when you tried to do any MIDI playback, and then continue playing until the machine was reset.

 

[BrettB]

Check your midi devices first in Midi options..

also, when you right-click on a track, choose Track Properities. then, make sure your midi output is correct!! SB Live Out if you have an external machine, or indeed that dreadfukk midisynth if you don't have something else (but I doubt that)

Greetings

Brett