
ido1957
9K Gold Member
This seems like a MIDI issue so I'll post this here. I recently set up my new Yamaha DGX305 via USB to Cakewalk 9.0. SSSCIENTIST has been super helpful so far
but I still have a host of problems:
1) My laptop has a crappy Sigma Tel soundcard so I set the MIDI output port to Microsoft GS Wavetale SW Synth. At least now I can hear the sound from the keyboard through my laptop speakers. My PC is upstairs and miles away has a Soundmax Wavetable synth card (with MIDI specified).
2) When I play a drum beat (STYLE) I get these keyboard tones/chords? on my laptop - in addition to the drums. This is really annoying. Why do they come through?
3) When I set my VOICE to drumkit and play drum/cymbal hits along with the drum machine I get regular piano coming through on the laptop (with the drum machine/annoying keyboard tones.
4) When I play this back in Cakewalk I hear it just like it sounded while recording - drum machine + annoying chords + keyboard notes instead of cymbal hits.
When I set the "patch" on the track sometimes the drums disappear and all I get is like Steel Drums or whatever.
This happens regardless of whether I play it back on my laptop or on my PC. (Soundcard doesn't make a difference). So I'm thinking this is all due to the MIDI info sent to the laptop by the Yamaha.
I don't want to record from the headphone out - I want the midi notes so I can work with them.
I've played with every button on the keyboard, all the PC functions and nothing seems to work. I am hoping someone will know how to make this work.

1) My laptop has a crappy Sigma Tel soundcard so I set the MIDI output port to Microsoft GS Wavetale SW Synth. At least now I can hear the sound from the keyboard through my laptop speakers. My PC is upstairs and miles away has a Soundmax Wavetable synth card (with MIDI specified).
2) When I play a drum beat (STYLE) I get these keyboard tones/chords? on my laptop - in addition to the drums. This is really annoying. Why do they come through?
3) When I set my VOICE to drumkit and play drum/cymbal hits along with the drum machine I get regular piano coming through on the laptop (with the drum machine/annoying keyboard tones.
4) When I play this back in Cakewalk I hear it just like it sounded while recording - drum machine + annoying chords + keyboard notes instead of cymbal hits.
When I set the "patch" on the track sometimes the drums disappear and all I get is like Steel Drums or whatever.
This happens regardless of whether I play it back on my laptop or on my PC. (Soundcard doesn't make a difference). So I'm thinking this is all due to the MIDI info sent to the laptop by the Yamaha.
I don't want to record from the headphone out - I want the midi notes so I can work with them.
I've played with every button on the keyboard, all the PC functions and nothing seems to work. I am hoping someone will know how to make this work.