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Trouble connecting px-160 to windows 10 laptop through MIDI


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Im trying to use the px-160 as a midi controller but it doesnt seem to work/show up on any of the softwares im using. I've tried installing all the drivers on the casio website but nothing seems to work? If anybody knows how to get this to work any help would be appreciated :)

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Do not install any drivers.  Those are designed only for a handful of early model Casio keyboards.  All other Casio models, including your PX-160, are plug and play universal MIDI controllers.  They use the driver Microsoft designed and Windows automatically installs.  Open Windows "Device Manager" and check under the game controller section for "Casio USB MIDI" to confirm your keyboard has been added.  

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Could be "home" "pro" "home" or even mobile. With 10 I have plain old 10 and mobile. Problem is, the more "updates" and "patches" are installed in 10 by Microsoft, the greater chance it will not work. One update patch has caused me problems until I deleted the update prefaced by "KB" and a number. And I have found the mobile version is pretty crippled when it comes to drivers unfortunately. And are you running 32-bit or 64-bit-this can make a tremendous difference in operability. So milky way if you could provide a few more details.

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On 5/23/2024 at 10:45 PM, Brad Saucier said:

Do not install any drivers.  Those are designed only for a handful of early model Casio keyboards.  All other Casio models, including your PX-160, are plug and play universal MIDI controllers.  They use the driver Microsoft designed and Windows automatically installs.  Open Windows "Device Manager" and check under the game controller section for "Casio USB MIDI" to confirm your keyboard has been added.  

Oh okay that makes sense! thank you so much!

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On 5/24/2024 at 12:53 AM, Jokeyman123 said:

Could be "home" "pro" "home" or even mobile. With 10 I have plain old 10 and mobile. Problem is, the more "updates" and "patches" are installed in 10 by Microsoft, the greater chance it will not work. One update patch has caused me problems until I deleted the update prefaced by "KB" and a number. And I have found the mobile version is pretty crippled when it comes to drivers unfortunately. And are you running 32-bit or 64-bit-this can make a tremendous difference in operability. So milky way if you could provide a few more details.

Its 64 bit, whats the different between them?

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On 5/23/2024 at 10:45 PM, Brad Saucier said:

Do not install any drivers.  Those are designed only for a handful of early model Casio keyboards.  All other Casio models, including your PX-160, are plug and play universal MIDI controllers.  They use the driver Microsoft designed and Windows automatically installs.  Open Windows "Device Manager" and check under the game controller section for "Casio USB MIDI" to confirm your keyboard has been added.  

Okay to update; I've connected the piano via usb, my computer sent a notification that it had connected, i pressed function+high e on the piano to activate bluetooth mode (the buttons started flashing like normal), opened a virtual piano website as well as the normal daws that i use (waveform), but the piano didnt appear in the MIDI bluetooth device menu to connect, and also didnt connect on the web virtual piano. Im not sure whats going on 😭

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Short answer: Do not press the High E function key.  That is your problem.  

 

Long Answer (or explanation): The high E function key changes USB mode from "MIDI device" to "storage device" mode. MIDI device mode is the default mode each time the USB cable is connected.  Pressing the high E key at this point will defeat your purpose.  You do not want to switch to storage device mode.  Allow it to remain in the default setting.  

 

Note: PX-160 does not feature Bluetooth.  It only functions as a wired USB MIDI controller.  Why did you mention Bluetooth?  

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Follow Brad's advice. Don't concern yourself with 64 vs. 32 bit Windows. That's not the problem. I'm probably confusing the issue. if your software installed and is running, you don't need to be concerned, it will make no difference for this problem.

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