Yamaha KX 49 & Composer problem

[thorben]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

Hi Thorben,

Do you typically use the KX 49 as your sound source? It sounds like (no pun intended) it's not set as the default MIDI Playback Device (yet!)

To set it as the playback device, (1) in Composer, go to Settings/MIDI Device Quick setup, and then (2) choose it from the drop list for MIDI Playback Device.

That should set your keyboard as the sound source, and avoid the GS Wavetable/ASIO issue.

ttfn,
Sherry

Dear Sherry,

The KX 49 is a "dumb" keyboard, it can only be used as input to Composer.

I'm using the Yamaha USB driver that came with the keyboard.

Regards
Thorben

[Sherry C]

Hi Thorben,

Ah, I use MIDI controllers, too, and so have to use a different "soft" device for my playback device.

What device do you use in Cubase? If it's a stand-alone synth (either an external unit or some sound library or such), then you should be able to use it as the MIDI Playback Device with Composer as well (eg. Roland VSC or such).

If you don't have one (I haven't used Cubase), then I can recommend SynthFont (www.synthfont.com) as an alternative to look at. You'd need to use a virtual MIDI cable, which you can find info about at this thread.

ttfn,
Sherry

[thorben]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

Hi Thorben,

Ah, I use MIDI controllers, too, and so have to use a different "soft" device for my playback device.

What device do you use in Cubase? If it's a stand-alone synth (either an external unit or some sound library or such), then you should be able to use it as the MIDI Playback Device with Composer as well (eg. Roland VSC or such).

If you don't have one (I haven't used Cubase), then I can recommend SynthFont (www.synthfont.com) as an alternative to look at. You'd need to use a virtual MIDI cable, which you can find info about at this thread.

ttfn,
Sherry

Dear Sherry,

I installed SynthFonth, Maple MIDI and ASIO4All and now my KX 49 plays with very low latency. I tried to get Composer to play through Maple Midi, but I'm not sure how to set that up. At a stage I actually think I made a midi loop, because Composer hung and I had to kill it.

The problem I have now is that I cannot start Composer at all. I gives an error: "It has been detected that Composer was previously run on your system....." - I have tried to restart my PC, but Composer still won't start and I can't uninstall it either, so please HELP!!!!

Regards
Thorben

[thorben]

Originally Posted by thorben

Dear Sherry,

I installed SynthFonth, Maple MIDI and ASIO4All and now my KX 49 plays with very low latency. I tried to get Composer to play through Maple Midi, but I'm not sure how to set that up. At a stage I actually think I made a midi loop, because Composer hung and I had to kill it.

The problem I have now is that I cannot start Composer at all. I gives an error: "It has been detected that Composer was previously run on your system....." - I have tried to restart my PC, but Composer still won't start and I can't uninstall it either, so please HELP!!!!

Regards
Thorben

Hi Sherry,

As you can see above, I can't use Musician anymore, any idea how to fix?

Regards
Thorben

[Sherry C]

Hi Thorben,

My apologies here - I had typed in a nice reply to your previous post, but apparently didn't properly post it after previewing it. My only excuse was that I was probably still "under the influence" of my pain medication as I had an arthroscopy on the 29th

What I had posted was that it appears that something really goofed up the installation. You can first try re-installing the program "on top" of the current installation. Hopefully that will fix it.

If it doesn't fix it, then you'll need to do a "manual uninstallation" if the usual "Windows/Control Panel/Install or remove software" option doesn't work.

1. Delete the \Program Files\Notation\Composer directory.

2. Run RegEdit and delete the Uninstall entry for Notation Musician:

(a) Run RegEdit from Windows Start / Run. (To run Regedit, click on the START button, then click Run. A dialog box will come up with a space to type in the name of a program. Type in "regedit" without the quotes. Click OK when you have typed it in, and the registry editor will open.)

(b) Use RegEdit's Edit / Find command and search for "Notation". You'll find many entries in the registry for Notation, doing "Find Next" by hitting F3. It's fine to delete any of them if you don't intend to run any Notation programs. However, there is one important registry entry to delete in steps (c) and (d).

(c) Keep hitting F3 (Find Next) for "Notation" until you find the entry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall{3FA380...E6A63}, where the ... is a long bunch of numbers and letters. You see in the right window pane of RegEdit several entries with "Notation" in them. The important thing here is that you have found the Windows Registry Uninstall entry for Notation.

(d) Use RegEdit's Delete command to delete this Uninstall entry.

Now you will no longer see Notation Composer listed in Control Panel / Add-Remove programs.

At this point, you can reinstall the software, and all should (we hope) be well.

ttfn,
Sherry

[thorben]

Hi Sherry,

No need to excuse yourself, I'm happy that you will help.

I did a "manual" uninstall, after that I removed all references to notation in regedit and on the hard disk.

I rebooted, and did a new install, after another reboot I started Composer, but nothing happens on the screen. In task manager I can see that composer.exe is running.

Regards
Thorben

[Sherry C]

Hi Thorben,

This sounds like an issue that was taken care of in a maintenance release... can't remember how long ago. Sometimes the application would be minimized (for reasons we never figured out completely), and even on starting, would automatically minimize. This behavior should only occur with (1) older versions of Musician or Composer (the current version is 2.6.3) and (2) older OSs (operating systems) than Win 7. If you don't have the latest 2.6.3 version of Composer, you can visit the Redownload Page to have your download link emailed to you.

If you have an OS previous to Win 7, and the problem still occurs, take a look at the task bar along the bottom of your screen. Do you see the Composer icon in the task bar after you've started it? If so, then right-click it, and select "Maximise". That should bring Composer back up to full screen. (This trick works for any Windows application.)

Here's hoping...
Sherry