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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:41 pm
by MC
Strange problem with the following setup showing the wrong notes on the screen although playing the right note.

Windows XP Pro +SP1
Creamware Luna II sound card
Scope 4.0
Yamaha CS1x keyboard

As a sample of the problem: using a program with an on-screen piano keyboard, in this case Voyetra's TeachMe Piano. Playing middle C on the Yamaha keyboard is displayed as B, although the sound played is correct (C). If C sharp is played, it is displayed as middle C. I checked the MIDI mapping with an app called MIDI monitor and sure enough playing middle C is interpreted as B4 corresponding to the note displayed. Playing C sharp is interpreted as C5 (middle C) corresponding to the note displayed.

In the Audio tab of Sounds and Audio Devices Properties of Xp, I tried all the options available for the default device for MIDI music playback, which are: CreamWare MIDI In/Out 1 and Microsoft GS Wavetable SW synth, with and without the "use only default devices" option.

Program's settings are:
MIDI input device > CreamWare MIDI In/Out 1
MIDI output device > CreamWare MIDI In/Out 1
Patch Map > General MIDI (no other option available)

Sounds to me (no pun intended) that the error maybe between the Luna II soundcard and XP's MIDI mapper. ¿¿¿ Any ideas ???

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:20 pm
by borg
it could be that your keyboard is transmitting a midi range of 1-128 instead of 0-127. maybe there's some setting on your keyboard which takes care of this?

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:13 pm
by garyb
your keyboard is transposed.

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:54 am
by MC
great forum with great experts.
muchas gracias amigos