robertwharvey

As I understand it, the PX-5s USB implementation is "class-compliant," which means that it should work with a Windows 7 laptop without special drivers. What happens if you have another USB MIDI device connected? I have a FocusRite Scarlett 2i4 preamp with a USB connection connected to my Windows 7 dual-core laptop. Originally I also had an M-Audio Oxygen 61 connected, with perfect results. Now, I have the PX-5s connected instead of the Oxygen 61, and it doesn't seem to want to play nice with the FocusRite. Control Panel/Devices and Printers shows the PX-5s as an "unknown device," and its name does not show up in MIDI device listings in the Kontakt player. The only time the PX-5s seems to work properly with the laptop is if it is the only MIDI device plugged into USB. I have gotten around the problem by patching the PX-5s into the FocusRite preamp with MIDI cables, but I'd still like to know why I can't use a USB connection. Surely it's possible to use the PX-5s with a computer having a USB audio interface. Is it conflicting with the onboard MIDI on the FocusRite? Or perhaps it's jealous of the Oxygen 61 (which still occasionally shows up in the plugin MIDI list, even though it's not connected)? I have version 1.10 of the firmware.

I’m working on getting a good stage setup for the PX-5S, and I will eventually figure out a setup that I like. I will share that with the group once I have it. But what I really need to know at the moment is if there is an easy way to change the MIDI OUT channel on the keys? I’m attempting to record several PARTs using a DAW (Mixcraft 6, which is awesome), and I’m trying to figure out how to easily switch between MIDI channels so that I can lay down different PARTs. Mixcraft is already echoing the MIDI information back to the PX-5s, and I’ve got Local Control set to off, so I’m getting a nice MIDI loopback, I just need to figure out how to get the PX-5s to emit MIDI data on the channel of my choice. Maybe I can program one of the knobs to do this?

I have a PX5S, a dual-core laptop with some sampler plugins and some DAW software, and a Focusrite Midi/Audio interface. I'm struggling with programming a stage setup in the PX-5S that will work well in both recording and live environments. It looks like I can set up the four zones for live use, and then use the remaining 12 parts for recording and playback , but how do I tell the PX-5S keyboard to output on a particular MIDI channel to record a particular part? Does the PX-5S have to be set up in one of the four zones to get MIDI output, or can I just tell it to use the MIDI channel of one particular part? I need an easy way to switch between parts, in other words, so that I can lay down individual instruments in each MIDI track of the DAW.