Audigy MIDI synth not recognized

Using Sonar 6 Producer. Just got a new laptop. Along with my hundreds of dollars worth of DXi's and VSTs, I would also like to do basic MIDI editing using my Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA card. The card has Vienna sound fonts, etc., as all who mess with the cheap SB line of cards know, and the MIDI Out port to the Audigy synth seems to be recognized in FL Studio. But Sonar doesn't recognize the card's MIDI synth at all.

When I view the MIDI devices, I get the Maple virtual MIDI ports, and the Windows MIDI mapper is listed, but not the Audigy device. If I select the Windows MIDI mapper, Sonar tells me I didn't select anything, even though I selected the Audigy device in the Sound control panel.

I realize that if I have to I can map to Maple and the Audigy synth in another window and connect that to Maple, but that's too complicated; I want the ability to do quick loading and editing of .mid files (in addition to my real music projects which necessitate more setup labors), editing .mid's without any setup efforts.

Thanks,
Jon

ORIGINAL: Junski

I've read people having same type of MIDI related problems w/ A2ZSNb.

You say FL lists the MIDI Out port but does it list all those Synths too (hardware/software)?

It lists Creative SoundFont Synthesizer (among Microsoft MIDI Mapper, Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, and Maple).

Does booting the laptop when A2 is "inserted"/"not inserted" make any difference (for some this has been a fix).

No.

Have you already
- disabled onboard sound (SB cards don't like onboard audio being enabled)?

No, but this should have no effect on MIDI hardware recognition, should it? The SB card is working great other than for Sonar recognizing the MIDI device.

- deleted the AUD.INI and then re-started Sonar w/ A2 inserted

Did this, yes. No effect.

- installed latest drivers - http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/downloads/ (install using this method)

That thread is obsolete; I updated the drivers with the latest from Creative which were updated in the last month or so.

- searched a resolution from - http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board?board.id=pcmciasb

I skimmed it, this appears to be a Sonar-specific compatibility issue. As I said, FL sees the device.

Jon

Are there any Audigy options listed in TTSEQ.INI?

Are you in Advanced mode (Audigy) and which device driver mode (ASIO, WDM/KS or MME) are you using in Sonar?

Is there onboard MIDI controller available and enabled?

Do you see any MIDI controller(s) in Device Manager (is it w/ yellow quastion mark?)?


Junski

ORIGINAL: stimpy77

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Yes (advanced mode), and ASIO. But MIDI ports don't go through ASIO/WDM/MME (do they?).

Actually, my question on driver mode was related to the feature mode question and not as you understood it. Anyway, I've seen here (forums) some resolutions for MIDI synth issues by switching to MME.

ORIGINAL: stimpy77
No, but I'm looking for MIDI out to the Creative synth, not MIDI in. Since Maple loopback MIDI adapter is installed, I get those four ports in MIDI IN and in MIDI Out.

As I mentioned earlier, SB cards don't like onboard devices (like audio and MIDI related).

Maybe this Maple thingy is confusing somehow SB drivers or Sonar?


Junski

Set Driver Mode to ASIO, works too. The original setting (which was failing) was WDM/KS.

Weird that you have to choose ASIO in three or four places... :-/ You'd think you could just say "ASIO" somewhere and some wizard would reconfigure for that.

Jon

I don't think the lil' PCMCIA card has a hardware synth. At any rate I only see the soft synth in the list.. which is quite alright, the SoundFonts load up in system RAM like VST audio.