How to connect a MIDI keyboard
How do you connect a MIDI keyboard to be able to put in the notes and duration into Musescore?
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How do you connect a MIDI keyboard to be able to put in the notes and duration into Musescore?
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Midi keyboard is useful to enter pitches in MuseScore. You can't enter duration with it.
You plug it to your computer, open MuseScore and be sure that the MIDI connector button near the control bar is on.
In reply to Midi in by [DELETED] 5
Hi!!!
I cannot set MuseScore up to use my MIDI Keyboard to enter notes...
my system is:
- Mac OS X SNOW LEOPARD 10.6.2
- MuseScore 0.9.5
- MOTU microlite USB/MIDI interface (drivers are installed and working, all other music applicaitons see it)
- a MIDI keyboard connected to the channel 2 of the microlite
When I click the "enable MIDI input" button in MuseScore, and I press any key on my MIDI keyboard, nothing happens...
Where do I mistake!?
Thanks a lot
In reply to Hi!!! I cannot set MuseScore by LupoDellaSteppa
Hi. I'm not sure this will help, but perhaps you need to be in "note entry mode"? (The "N" in the tool bar).
Good luck.
In reply to MIDI connect by xavierjazz
thanks, it doesn't work, and of course I tried both with the big "N" button on and off...
but then, I discovered something really strange:
I can insert notes with my contol surface!
it's a Behringer BCF2000:
http://www.behringer.de/EN/Products/BCF2000.aspx
connected to my mac via USB..
well, when on MuseScore, the MIDI button is "on", if I touch any of the faders or start/stop buttons on the BCF, new notes are inserted in MuseScore!!!
What I need, is a place, in preferences, where I can tell MuseScore NOT to read MIDI datas from the BCF, but from the MOTU microlite..
but actually I cannot find such a menu.
Probably MuseScore is not ready yet, in his develop, to be used in a "complex" home recording studio, as mine...
I'm just trying to kick Finale away from my mac (I hate it)
anyway... do you know if there's such a menu?
thanks!
In reply to thanks, it doesn't work, and by LupoDellaSteppa
See Can't Find MIDI Driver
In reply to thanks, it doesn't work, and by LupoDellaSteppa
As you will find, the support here is unbelievable.
Regards.
In reply to Support by xavierjazz
applicable. Sorry.
In reply to Midi in by [DELETED] 5
I use a Casio CTK-3000, and I've plugged it in with the usb, and made sure the MIDI connector was on, and even toggled the note input on and off, but it doesn't work. Is my keyboard not compatible with the program, or am I doing something wrong?
In reply to I use a Casio CTK-3000, and by Blue_Wolfyyy
Did you try quitting and restarting MuseScore? The keyboard needs to be connected and turned on when MuseScore launches.
In reply to Did you try quitting and by Isaac Weiss
Your post just saved my day. Thank you.
In reply to I use a Casio CTK-3000, and by Blue_Wolfyyy
Also describe exactly what happens when you follow the steps in the Handbook - after entering note input mode and pressing a key, do you hear anything? See anything? What do you see in Edit / Preferences / I/O?
In reply to Also describe exactly what by Marc Sabatella
Hello! Having same problem with Casio CTK-2080.
When I enter musescore after turning on the piano, and go to a score, I can hear playback just fine in the instrument I've selected (pressing keys on the piano gives a sound on the piano and from musescore, obviously no notes get written down).
When I enter Step-Time entry however, I can no longer hear any playback from musescore and no notes are entered.
When I enter one of the real-time entry methods, I can enter notes on the first beat. In the automatic, every note pressed is added on top of the others. In manual, pressing a key(s) places the note(s) and deletes what was there before. For instance, in auto playing C-E-G melodically gives a C, then a C and E, and then the full triad. In manual the same process gives a C, then just an E, then just a G.
Anyway, in real-time I can enter notes on the first beat but can't advance to the next beat, and if I arrow key to any other beats, I can't enter any notes. This may be me not understanding real-time entry, but still, step-time doesn't work at all.
I do have midi input highlighted, btw. Any help is greatly appreciated. I just bought a usb cable to connect after having both the keyboard and musescore for so long!!!
In reply to Hello! Having same problem by Texadon the Bl…
It sounds like your keyboard is failing to send "note off" messages when the key is released - it is the release of a key that actually triggers MuseScore to notate. Consult the manual for the keyboard to see if there is a way to get it to send these. Really, all keyboards should do this by default, but I guess maybe some don't.
In reply to Also describe exactly what by Marc Sabatella
Note input mode! That made the difference.
In reply to Midi in by [DELETED] 5
What is the control bar?
In reply to What is the control bar? by CollinXatior
It's at the top of the MuseScore screen, along with the toolbars, menus.
![Control Bar.png]( "Control Bar.png")
To toggle MIDI:
In reply to Midi in by [DELETED] 5
I see this is very old but it just helped me. No way I could get my midi keyboard to play notes and I had it working before! Your comment about the midi button did the trick! First time I had actually clicked it myself in a similar quandary figuring "why not" - it looks like a connector.! Belated Thanks
Brewster
In reply to I see this is very old but… by Brewsterblock
Don't know how to fix this but there is no mention of the MIDI button/icon in the handbook in the section for Input Notes / Midi. It my case it was a must. Had I seen that I would have avoided a long delay. Maybe it is a version thing. I am on 3.6
In reply to Don't know how to fix this… by Brewsterblock
I had this same problem yesterday as I believe MIDI input worked in the past. Today I took a few different steps
First I plugged in only 1 keyboard into my MAC VS 2 yesterday
Turn the power on the keyboard (Hammond SK2)
Brought up MuseScore
Clicked on the note input
Then pressed keys on the SK2 and it worked.
I think by plugging in only 1 MIDI device to the computer, then turn on the SK2 was the resolution for my setup.
By reading past comments I too was not aware Musescore only supports 1 midi device at a time.
In reply to Midi in by [DELETED] 5
Thanks a lot!!! The MIDI sample of the piano is ULTRA GOOD.
As I see, it's not possible, at the moment, to configure on which port MuseScore recieves MIDI data...
So I think it will be a great update for the developers to add such a function!
Ciao!
In reply to As I see, it's not possible, by LupoDellaSteppa
I don't have the hardware to test this myself, but does plugging in the Keyboard first make it the first port? What about swapping where you plug the items into the computer? What about plugging the Keyboard into the mixer instead of the computer?
In reply to I don't have the hardware to by David Bolton
Here is the relevant issue in the tracker #2576: MIDI input interface
In reply to Here is the relevant issue in by [DELETED] 5
I have a Casio CTK-620L and even when I plug in the keyboard before I open musescore and turn it on it won't put notes into musescore like it used to.
Well my musescore doesn't recognize AKAI pro LPK25 and have no idea what to do.
LPK software installed (LPK editor is showing up but thats about it.
Running Win XP
Does anyone know how to do this on Windows 11?
In reply to Does anyone know how to do… by doggie9231
What issue are you facing?
Just connect the MIDI keyboard to your laptop/pc, startup MS and check the Preferences->I/O tab.
Make sure the correct MIDI device is selected for MIDI IN.
See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAqF3Ok8_Rs