I solved the issue by purchasing and installing an M-Audio midisport 1x1 interface. It installed without any difficulty (online driver for Windows 7) and allowed me to play the MIDI keyboard. It should be noted that re-installation of Windows 7 and all the programs and drivers did not solve the...
I did this without success on my laptop. I can however still use a USB-MIDI cable on my pc running Windows XP 64 bit, though not without hitches. I occasionally get the midi controller suddenly transmitting on a different channel and the "first note" changes too. I could not yet solve my laptop...
I have been experiencing the same issue exactly since around the same time as the previous complainant. I tried a different keyboard, different cables (2 of the same make and another of different make). On each occasion cable is recognized but software does not react to the input from the...