Yamaha S08 Midi Input - was working now not

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2012/02/11 01:05:37 (permalink)

Yamaha S08 Midi Input - was working now not

I'm getting REALLY frustrated here. I decided this afternoon to try connecting my Yamaha Keyboard up via USB. It took a little while of getting the drivers to work, but eventually I got it working - I could play the keyboard and the soft synths in Sonar would respond.

Then the keyboard died. I figured out it didn't like the power supply I was using.. using that one would turn it on and then immediately off again, but the power supply itself worked with other devices. I got another power supply and turned it on and it worked fine - although it seems all my saved patches and whatnot have erased themselves. No real problem.

However, when I plugged it back into my computer.. suddenly the MIDI input doesn't work. It's showing up there in Sonar, I've got it selected as the MIDI input, into a Soft Synth. There's just no transfer of MIDI information whatsoever. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers many times, restarted. I don't know what else to do. I'm asking here because you guys are always so helpful and there aren't any official Yamaha forums to help me. I don't think this is a Sonar issue in particular.

I'm using Sonar 8.3 on Windows 7 64 bit.
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    Morgoe
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    Re:Yamaha S08 Midi Input - was working now not 2012/02/11 01:56:15 (permalink)
    Fixed it - for anyone else with this problem:

    I first did a Factory Reset as it seems it had gotten slightly corrupted (some patches didn't work, some names were gibberish). This seems to have occurred by my using a power supply with too much voltage during a thunderstorm. Doh!

    Then I had to press Utility and changed the Host Select from MIDI to USB.
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    Re:Yamaha S08 Midi Input - was working now not 2012/02/11 13:20:21 (permalink)
    Boy are you lucky you did not fry it. One has to be very careful about swapping power supply's. Some are not regulated. Musical gear needs better quality power than a telephone. This is why all manufactures warranty's are void if you do not use there warts.

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    Re:Yamaha S08 Midi Input - was working now not 2014/04/27 15:31:39 (permalink)
    Morgoe
    Fixed it - for anyone else with this problem:

    I first did a Factory Reset as it seems it had gotten slightly corrupted (some patches didn't work, some names were gibberish). This seems to have occurred by my using a power supply with too much voltage during a thunderstorm. Doh!

    Then I had to press Utility and changed the Host Select from MIDI to USB.



    Hi Morgoe,
    I am trying to connect my Yamaha s08 to my macbook.  I have downloaded the software and the computer is recognizing the keyboard but i don't know how to switch the host select from MIDI to USB.  I can't find it in the manual.  I read page 13 which says you should switch it but it doesn't say how to do it. 
     
    Thanks,
    Tammy
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