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Re: Unreliable Midi



Another tip; you can also use softs like 
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html.
It's useful sometimes to uninstall old drivers and check what's 
detected.

There's a microsoft utility : USBview but I never tried this one.

Just my 2c.
ben




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"kay'lon rushing" <k3zz21@gmail.com> wrote:
(07/03/2012 21:55)

> Win7 is simply the way to go :)
> On Mar 7, 2012 12:32 PM, "Tony K" <bigtonyk@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Vista is notoriously for this.  My wife's PC has Vista and she's
> > constantly complaining that her camera doesn't show up when she plugs 
> > it
> > in.  I never have problems with any of it on WIndows 7 (32 bit and 64
> > bit).
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Michael Peters <mp@mpeters.de> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm continuously pissed off by the way that my various USB midi
> >> controllers turn up or don't, or get confused, or disappear, on my 
> >> Vista
> >> notebook. Advice needed!****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> I use Bidule but it isn't Bidule's problem, it is a Windows Vista
> >> problem. Does it get better with Window7? are there any tools that I 
> >> can
> >> use to monitor what happens, or to better take care of the USB 
> >> devices? *
> >> ***
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> I regularly use two Nanokontrols and a Softstep. Sometimes I use a
> >> Nanopad, a Nanokey, and an Axon midi converter.  I usually load a 
> >> Bidulefirst that only consists of Midi monitors so that I can see 
> >> which devices
> >> work and which don't, so that I can unplug/replug them. ****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Some of the symptoms are****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> - the Softstep sometimes disappears. I have to unplug and replug it to
> >> come up again. Today it refuses to show up even though Windows makes a
> >> recognize sound when I plug it it.****
> >>
> >> - the various Nano devices get mixed up often, or don't all show 
> >> up.****
> >>
> >> - when plugging them into different ports, everything gets mixed 
> >> up****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> This is driving me nuts. I can't believe there is no remedy for this 
> >> (and
> >> no, I don't want Apple products :)****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Michael ****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > -==-=-=-
> > Tony
> >