A-500pro help needed

I'm trying to control a sound module with the a500pro controller and I'm not having any luck. I have the apro plugged in with an ac adapter as instructed in the manual. I have both units on the same midi channel. I'm not getting a midi signal to the module. I'm not sure what ports I should have checked in the controller properties. A little help would be great, thanks.
 
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Yes, it is connected to my interface via midi in and out. I use the apro to control my soft synths. Now, I want to use the apro to control a hardware harmonizer. I connected the harmonizer via midi to the apro and into my interface.  I want to be able to play a chord on the apro to trigger the harmonizer. This worked when I had the harmonizer hooked up to my Microkorg. I can't get it to work with the apro. That's why I asked what the in and out ports should be that are listed in sonar.

Hey CakeAlex, The Apro manual states you need to have an ac adapter and not usb to use the apro with a sound module. The problem is when I did that I lost my midi connection. What I mean is, with a usb connection I can play my softsynth. When I plug in the ac adapter and unplug the usb I no longer have midi to my softsynth. I'm wondering if I have to configure the Apro from scratch using the ac adapter and reinstall the drivers. I'm not sure.

The  A-500pro powers up fine. The midi cables are hooked up. I can play a soft synth with the keyboard. What I can't do is use the A500pro to trigger my harmonizer. You sing a note, play a chord on the keyboard and you have harmonies through the harmonizer. Like I said, I used to do this with my Microkorg.

@Alex:
So you're using A-Pro as well... Do you have A-Pro Control Surface Plugin selected in Preferences->MIDI->Control Surfaces? Maybe you could try this again for me?
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Track-focus-moves-to-wrong-track-if-track-folder-is-collapsed-CWBRN22691CWBRN24102-m2968843.aspx#2989894
 

Please:
 
a) Confirm your harmonizer does not take USB.
b) Confirm you ONLY have USB midi connected on A500 and computer
c) You have a single MIDI cable. MIDI out from your interface to the MIDI in of your harmonizer. All other MIDI cables removed.
 
Please send screenshots of your channel routing in Sonar and also your MIDI devices in Sonar preferences.
 
Cheers.

It should work by connecting MIDI cables between the A-PRO and the harmonizer. You play notes on the A-PRO keyboards, the MIDI signal goes into the harmonizer (via A-PRO MIDI Out) and add harmony in the device, then comes back into A-PRO (via A-PRO MIDI In) and goes into PC/SONAR (via USB). In this scenario, I think you need to select "A-PRO MIDI" from the MIDI track input. I don't use any hardware sound modules or effects so I can't test this, though.

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I hope this works. I can't post photos with Flickr anymore.

Yep, channel one. But I checked all the channels just in case.

I have Mic input into the back of the harmonizer and the output to my interface. I can get harmonies out of the harmonizer when I'm in key mode. Harmonies are generated by a selected key. But when I go to "Flexchord" where I choose the notes by chords on the keyboard I get nothing. I just can't get the A500pro to talk to the harmonizer.

Yep, channel one on both.  Alex, let me ask another question. Do I need round trip midi in my setup? I had midi in and out between the A500pro and my interface. I then put the harmonizer in the path with the output coming out of the A500pro into the harmonizer. Is this right?
 
And I haven't tried a midi clip because I don't know how to get that midi to the harmonizer.

Akai Decabuddy HV10  The red model. It's actually the best harmonizer I've ever heard. I hate not being able to use it.  I'll try your other suggestions and see what happens. Thanks!

Well, looks like the problem was solved while I was typing this... 
 
Did you try what I suggested in post #13? That's the easiest set up and it should work. Let me explain a bit more.
 
When you play the keyboard or use the pitch bend bar on the A-Pro, the note, pitch bend, after touch data, etc. are transmitted from the A-Pro BOTH to your PC (via USB's "A-Pro 1" port) and to the harmonizer (via MIDI) by default. And when you tweak the knobs, sliders, buttons, etc. on the A-Pro, these controller data are transmitted to your PC (via USB's "A-Pro 2" port) by default. This is why you need to choose "A-Pro 2" for input port in the control surface plugin and the A-Pro Editor (but you don't seem to have the need to control Sonar's track volume fader, pan, etc. using A-Pro's sliders and pans, so you can forget about this A-Pro 2 port for now).
 
The note information transmitted to the harmonizer via a MIDI cable generates harmony in the device (and if it's not working, it's an issue in the harmonizer because, if you have done the A-Pro factory reset, A-Pro's MIDI channel defaults to 1 and A-Pro transmits data via the MIDI cable to another device without fail). Now, the harmony generated in the harmonizer and the original 'dry' midi signal should be transmitted from the device EITHER to your interface OR back to A-Pro, and I'm suggesting the latter for better cable management :-)
 
So, now the dry signal (notes you played) and the wet signal (harmony generated) are both flowing (back) into A-Pro, and they go straight into your PC via USB's "A-PRO MIDI" port (yes, the single USB cable has three ports: A-PRO1, A-PRO2 and A-PRO MIDI).
 
What you need to do now is decide which port you should select from the MIDI track's input. I see in your screenshot that you've selected "A-PRO1," but, as I said, only the dry signal you played on the keyboard comes into the track via A-PRO1. Instead, if you choose "A-PRO MIDI" from the tracks input drop-down, both the dry and wet signals transmitted from the harmonizer should flow into the track.
 
So, to summarize, don't use an AC adapter, use just one USB cable (between A-Pro and PC) and only two MIDI cables (between A-Pro and harmonizer).

Hmm...That set up is like using A-PRO as an ordinary hardware synth and not as a MIDI keyboard controller, which A-Pro is, that allows you to not just play notes, use pitch bend, etc. but also control various parameters of your DAW and soft synths using the physical knobs, sliders, etc on the device.