Evolution midi keyboard - Is it broken?!

[Fishybob]

It may be the leads but I wanted to see if this rang a bell with anyone.

Midi and power are via Game controller input on PC. When the keyboard is turned on a constant midi signal buzzes into cubase (SX2) causing the midi input meter to jump around madly!
*But doesn't actually trigger anything*

Has anyone had a similar prob???

 

[DonF]

What is the content of the constant MIDI signal? Could just be active sensing, which is a message sent out by many controllers when they're idling, just to let the receiving unit know that they're still connected.

http://www.planetoftunes.com/sequence/activesense.html

Don

 

[Fishybob]

I've never seen it before... Had keyboard about a year.


There's a little meter on the location bar in Cubase that pings everytime I (used to) press a note. This never used to go mad. Now it's doing a merry dance what ever I do... except turn it off!

 

[DonF]

Maybe a controller is going bad. Can you record the "noise"? What is it? If you can't record the noise, use MIDI-OX (free download: http://www.midiox.com) to find out what messages the keyboard is sending.

 

[Fishybob]

There is no noise, only a constant midi message stream. But thanks for the link I'll check it out once I stop sciving and get home!

 

[DonF]

The constant message stream is what I was referring to as "noise". "Noise" meaning any undesired signal.

 

[Fishybob]

I've not been able to record any 'noise' either.

And that program has baffled me!!

I think I'll just have to save up for a new one!

 

[DonF]

Which program has baffled you? MIDI-OX? Are you seeing any MIDI data in its window? If so, copy & paste it into a message, and I'll try to help you to interpret it.

 

[Fishybob]

I'm not getting any info coming up on the screen... RIP me thinks!