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Use Your KORG USB Compatible Synths as Controllers on Vista

The latest version of Korg's midi driver for windows, version 1.1.1, is compatible with Windows Vista. This means you can use Korg hardware with USB capability as controller to drive your DAW or virtual instruments. On a side note, I've been running Vista for over a year on my music production laptop and have almost no issues with Ableton Live and my many virtual instruments.

Off the top of my head, here is a list of Korg gear with USB capability:

I tested the driver using my Korg TR and it works great. Here is a snapshot of the TR inputs and outputs mapped into Ableton Live.

You can download the driver for all devices using this link - http://korg.com/SupportResults.aspx?productid=415#ContentTabsContainer.

If you are looking to purchase any of this gear online checkout Musicians Friend, ZZounds, Guitar Center.

Mark Mosher
www.modulatethis.com

Posted by Mark Mosher on October 11, 2008 in Midi & USB Keyboards/Control Surfaces, Vista | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

M-Audio Posts More Vista Drivers

I just noticed that M-Audio posted 32-bit vista drivers for a many of their products including:

- Fast Track USB
- Session 1.5
- M-Audio Micro
- M-Audio 02
- Trigger Finger
- Axiom 25, 49, 61
- Oxygen 8 v2, 49, 61
- ProKeys 88, 88es
- KeyStudio
- Keystation Pro 88
- Keystation 49e, 61es, 88es
- eKeys 49, eKeys
- X-Session Pro and X-Session (UC-17)
- MIDISPORT 1x1 (works for old and new versions)
- MIDISPORT Uno USB
- MK-225c
- MK-249
- MK-249c
- MK-361
- MK-361c
- MK-425c
- MK-449c

In addition, a beta version of the Fast Track Pro driver is also available.

Posted by Mark Mosher on July 21, 2007 in Midi & USB Keyboards/Control Surfaces, Vista | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBack (0)

Cakewalk Launches Windows Vista Resource Page

Cakewalk has posted a Windows Vista Musicians Resource page. This page is not just for Cakewalk users as it contains a lot of general information on Vista specific to musicians. Information like:

Differences between Vista versions
Information on Vista as a platform for musicians
Benefits of 64-Bit Vista
A list of Vista news that relates to musicians
Links to Vista Drivers for sound cards and more..

Check out the page here - http://www.cakewalk.com/Vista/default.asp.

Posted by Mark Mosher on June 07, 2007 in Vista | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

M-Audio Announces Vista Compatibility for 2nd Quarter 2007

Maudio_vista Article update: M-audio has released a ton of 32-bit drivers for their products - see this post.

I just received a press release indicating M-Audio will offer drivers for most of their products for Vista by the end of this quarter.

"Los Angeles, CA, May 30, 2007—M-Audio®, a leading provider of creative tools for computer-centric musicians, is proud to announce the release of Microsoft Vista drivers for many of the company’s most popular products.

M-Audio currently expects to release 32-bit Vista drivers for all of the following models during the second quarter of 2007: all FireWire products; all currently selling USB MIDI keyboards; Fast Track™ USB, Fast Track Pro, JamLab™, MobilePre™ USB, Black Box™ and Transit® USB interfaces; Conectiv™ and Xponent™ DJ interfaces; and the Revolution™ 5.1 PCI card."

E-MU Windows Vista Compatibility Matrix and Timeline

According to E-Mu - "All E-MU Digital Audio Systems and USB 2.0 Interface products are considered to be UNSUPPORTED and not compatible with Vista until the official Vista drivers are released." So, when will your software/driver be supported? To find out, check out this Windows Vista Computability Matrix and Timeline. In addition to a schedule for software releases, the page also contains tutorials on how to tweak drivers and applications under Vista. For those who want to receive emails about driver/software announcements, the page has a link to an E-MU newsletter.

Posted by Mark Mosher on April 04, 2007 in DAW, Vista | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Will your M-Audio Axiom work with Windows Vista?

Vista_ready_axiom Article Update: Check out this article for M-Audios announcement about compatibility.

According to the M-Audio knowledge base, "Currently, M-Audio does not offer Vista drivers or Vista software updates (beta or otherwise)." Despite this information, some users on the Ableton forum are reporting that they are able to use their Axiom keyboards with Vista. I decided to do some hands-on testing with my Axiom 25 on a Vista system and see for myself how well it worked.

I plugged my Axiom into the USB port of a HP Pavilion dv9000t laptop running Vista. Much to my surprise, Vista auto-detected the Axiom and installed two ports - one port the Axiom controller itself, and another port for external MIDI in/out.

I was able to map the ports within FL Studio 7 and Ableton Live 6.0 and the keys, knobs, pads, assignable buttons all work as expected.

So, while this is not officially supported, it seemed to work for me.

I did not have a chance to test the Enigma editor (I was testing this on a friends system and ran out of time). If any of you readers out there have done so, feel free to add a comment to this post and let us know how well it worked.

Posted by Mark Mosher on March 02, 2007 in Midi & USB Keyboards/Control Surfaces, Vista | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

Novation ReMOTE SL and Windows Vista Drivers

I just verified with Novation support that ReMOTE SL drivers are compatible with the Windows XP SP2, XP X64, Vista and Vista X64. According to support, the drivers have not yet passed Windows logo testing, so for those using Vista X64, hold down F8 during startup to disable driver signing. They indicated that logo testing should occur within the next few weeks.

To learn more about remote SL controllers visit - http://www.novationmusic.com/product.asp?id=30&Type=1&bArchive=False.

If you're looking to buy one of these controllers, check out the deals that Musicians Friend.

Posted by Mark Mosher on February 28, 2007 in Midi & USB Keyboards/Control Surfaces, Vista | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)