Breitenbach
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Looking for solutions to this issue.
Since I moved to Windows a couple years ago, I've been experiencing the issue where I can only use midi input devices in one program at a time. i.e. If I open Cubase, I can use midi fine, but if I try to open up Dorico and try to use any midi input device in tandem, a signal won't even register. If I want to use midi input devices in a program, I have to close all midi-input-device-utilizing programs and open the one I want to input in to first. I've read and understand that this is likely a default windows setting.
I researched and found a partial work around that I hate because it involves always having to launch and run, in tandem, two programs: loopMidi and MIDI-OX, which effectively lets me do loop midi routing. I hate this because it seems so unnecessary to have to run these two superfluous programs for a such a simple issue. On Mac it just worked.
There's also an additional minor issue that occurs when I launch any two midi-input-device-utilizing programs in tandem, which is a crackling sound with absolutely any and all playback. It doesn't matter what midi-input-device-utilizing software it is or which version I'm on as it has persisted through a couple years of software and OS upgrades. i.e. If I launch Dorico or Cubase and then I open a standalone Kontakt 5 or Arturia Analog Lab, there's an obnoxious crackling along with the need to run loopMidi and MIDI-OX in the background.
I hope someone has found a better solution for this, or that I've missed something obvious. Any help would be very appreciated.
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Current System Specs:
Windows 10 updated 2/12/21 - i9-9940x - 128 GB Ram
Cubase 11 - Dorico 3
MIDI Devices - Doepfer LMK4+, Arturia Minilab, and various hardware synths (routed through both USB and midi cable)
Since I moved to Windows a couple years ago, I've been experiencing the issue where I can only use midi input devices in one program at a time. i.e. If I open Cubase, I can use midi fine, but if I try to open up Dorico and try to use any midi input device in tandem, a signal won't even register. If I want to use midi input devices in a program, I have to close all midi-input-device-utilizing programs and open the one I want to input in to first. I've read and understand that this is likely a default windows setting.
I researched and found a partial work around that I hate because it involves always having to launch and run, in tandem, two programs: loopMidi and MIDI-OX, which effectively lets me do loop midi routing. I hate this because it seems so unnecessary to have to run these two superfluous programs for a such a simple issue. On Mac it just worked.
There's also an additional minor issue that occurs when I launch any two midi-input-device-utilizing programs in tandem, which is a crackling sound with absolutely any and all playback. It doesn't matter what midi-input-device-utilizing software it is or which version I'm on as it has persisted through a couple years of software and OS upgrades. i.e. If I launch Dorico or Cubase and then I open a standalone Kontakt 5 or Arturia Analog Lab, there's an obnoxious crackling along with the need to run loopMidi and MIDI-OX in the background.
I hope someone has found a better solution for this, or that I've missed something obvious. Any help would be very appreciated.
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Current System Specs:
Windows 10 updated 2/12/21 - i9-9940x - 128 GB Ram
Cubase 11 - Dorico 3
MIDI Devices - Doepfer LMK4+, Arturia Minilab, and various hardware synths (routed through both USB and midi cable)