Okay, for starters let's get the two cliché's out of the way. "I'm sorry if this is posted somewhere else." I ran it through the search engine and couldn't find it. And secondly, no. I'm not some kid that ran out yesterday and racked up a guitar center credit card with $900 worth of stuff thinking I'll be a superstar next week. Although it's not amazing by any means, I've been learning to record from home for about 4 years now.
As you may notice, my new venture is learning to use a MIDI controller. But, I'm having some serious problems. From the top:
- Right from the get go I think I messed up. I plugged the mini in before installing the driver from CD. So, Windows installed a driver for me, THEN, I went through the CD set-up.
- When nothing seemed to work (sound wise) I uninstalled both the contents of that disc & the driver Windows had installed for me.
- It's also important to note I'm using a 2 month old Toshiba Satellite running Windows 7. So, after restarting my PC I went in the correct order (disc THEN plug it in).
But, im immediately troubled. Is this controller not supposed to have some sort of preset sound? I opened the editor, tinkered around for hours, and nothing seems to want to happen. I noticed that one of my presets was recognizing the last time I "used it" an octave low. All my pads light up, etc etc. But, I am getting absolutely 0 sound from my monitors.
If anyone could help, please, start from the beginning. Lol. Thank you.
As you may notice, my new venture is learning to use a MIDI controller. But, I'm having some serious problems. From the top:
- Right from the get go I think I messed up. I plugged the mini in before installing the driver from CD. So, Windows installed a driver for me, THEN, I went through the CD set-up.
- When nothing seemed to work (sound wise) I uninstalled both the contents of that disc & the driver Windows had installed for me.
- It's also important to note I'm using a 2 month old Toshiba Satellite running Windows 7. So, after restarting my PC I went in the correct order (disc THEN plug it in).
But, im immediately troubled. Is this controller not supposed to have some sort of preset sound? I opened the editor, tinkered around for hours, and nothing seems to want to happen. I noticed that one of my presets was recognizing the last time I "used it" an octave low. All my pads light up, etc etc. But, I am getting absolutely 0 sound from my monitors.
If anyone could help, please, start from the beginning. Lol. Thank you.