Hi,
 
I have very little understanding with regard midi so have always relied on my pc to "do its thing" when I plug my usb to midi lead into my keyboard and then the pc.... Plus I'm naturally stupid :o)
 
I`ve recently purchased Professional which I can use at novice level - I'm at the end of setting it all up - just need a little guidance with a midi issue  :oP
 
EG: Currently with the standalone rapture session I can press a key on my keyboard and it will play the sounds as expected - it all works fine - however, when I`m in Sonar and load a track with Rapture Session - I can use my cursor to press a key on the "display keyboard" and it works as expected - however pressing a key on my actual keyboard - I get nothing 
 
Hope I am making at least a degree of sense describing my issue - hope someone can help  :op
 
Thanx in advance
Craig
 

Hi, and welcome to this forum. Have you tried to click on the "input echo" button?

 
All the best.

Hi - Thanx for the reply - Yes I have - no joy

Verify the keyboard is enabled in SONAR Preferences > MIDI > Devices

 You are a wonderful human being  :o) .... All sorted - thanx very much  :o)

(Edited content - now that I see you are all sorted out)
 
Here are a couple of other considerations
 
1) Many instruments, particularly sample-based ones, have playable ranges of notes that are often rather narrow.  This can result in the notes you are playing on your actual keyboard being out of the playable range for the instrument. (I've done that many times - specially for instruments like violin - when I tap a key or two on my controller to make sure sound is playing for a loaded instrument, the way I normally sit, the natural reach is to the lower notes of my controller, which is often too low to trigger any notes within the playable range for a violin).
 
2) Double-check that the midi track's Output is actually routed properly to the correct synth-rack instrument.  Sonar defaults to set the Output assignment for that midi track to be whatever the first loaded synth in the synth rack is.  I sometimes forget to double-check this.
 
Bob Bone
 

While in MIDI preferences consider disabling the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. It will only cause problem in the long run.