totally clueless…
sorry, I’m not even sure where to start troubleshooting this one. I realize the answer is probably in the manual somewhere, but I’m a total noob to MIDI…
I get the “error opening MIDI In device” error message everytime I load a file, when I hit ‘play’, in fact I get this message everytime I execute any command in n-track.
Where do I start? I have a Delta 44 soundcard (ASIO- should be all of the latest drivers). I’m on version 4.1 build 1976
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Well the Delta 44 doesn’t have any MIDI capability. Do you have any other MIDI devices or sound cards? I’m not sure what n-Track does if there are no MIDI devices.
What is in the MIDI devices section in the preferences? There doesn’t seem to be a way of selecting “none” but perhaps the act of opening the dialogue and closing it will refresh your settings.
Mark, is there no way to even select MS Wavetable or anything? MIDI Mapper? That is odd…
If you need to do midi, and there is no way to play it back, then you can use VSTi (you might want to anyways).
VST is in track effects (perhaps you know about them). VSTi is similar, but it is actually a MIDI instrument. (remember: MIDI is simply sheet music. It isn’t a wav file or something that saves sound. It is just a list of notes. You need someone to “perform” it, just like sheet music. This is the “Midi Instrument.”) You download the VSTi (you can find them by searching in google for what sound you want plus “vsti.” for example, searching for “piano vsti” will bring these results. you can also check out kvr audio for plenty of good synths). Then you place it in your “vstplugins” folder (I usually make a “vsti” subfolder to organize. you don’t have to do this). Then open Ntrack. The instrument will show up under Track/Midi/New Instrument Channel. you select it and N creates a track called “synth” with your vsti labeled as an effect. You then go to your midi track. You right click the track, and under “output to,” your vsti should now appear. Your track should then play through your soundcard, even if there is no onboard midi. This will also save you having to use the “MIDI to Wav” conversion wizard, which is tiresome, in mixdown.
hth,
Fish
OK… I upgraded to build 1980 and reverted EVERYTHING to the default configuration and the error went away. I must have screwed something up somewhere along the way.
Even though the Delta 44s don’t have a MIDI input, I can still use MIDI in n-Track, right? For example, if I want to mix snare samples in recorded audio, I can still do it using drumagog or KT drum trigger, or something like that, right? I’m trying to figure out how to do this. So far, no luck.
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Absolutely. You can use Vsti (instruments). Just load one up and change the properties of your midi track to point to the Vsti. I too have a Delta 44 and I do this all the time. KT Drum trigger works fine in n-Track.
HTH
Mark
thanks… could you be a bit more specific when you say “point to” to the VSTi?
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It’s the setting for “Output to” in either the properties dialog or the right-click context menu for the MIDI-track.
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Which you can also get to by double clicking the top of the MIDI track in the mixer - where the name of the track is.
This is from another post:
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| VST is in track effects (perhaps you know about them). VSTi is similar, but it is actually a MIDI instrument. (remember: MIDI is simply sheet music. It isn’t a wav file or something that saves sound. It is just a list of notes. You need someone to “perform” it, just like sheet music. This is the “Midi Instrument.”) You download the VSTi (you can find them by searching in google for what sound you want plus “vsti.” for example, searching for “piano vsti” will bring these results. you can also check out kvr audio for plenty of good synths). Then you place it in your “vstplugins” folder (I usually make a “vsti” subfolder to organize. you don’t have to do this). Then open Ntrack. The instrument will show up under Track/Midi/New Instrument Channel. you select it and N creates a track called “synth” with your vsti labeled as an effect. You then go to your midi track. You right click the track, and under “output to,” your vsti should now appear. Your track should then play through your soundcard, even if there is no onboard midi. This will also save you having to use the “MIDI to Wav” conversion wizard, which is tiresome, in mixdown. hth, Fish |
As I say,
Hope that helps,
fish