Hi all, been a while since I've had the time to get stuck into keyboard/sequencer world...  my setup: Music Creator 5, an old Korg X5D, cheap USB-to-midi cable

 

I've been having problems with sound routing, where tracks (even when selected), play an instrument from a different track - or, in other cases, several are played all at once. Omni mode cures the problems to a certain extent (which surprises me, as I thought that dedicated channels would hammer out the problems), but not entirely, and using dedicated midi channels for each track still tends to play what's on track 1 (aspected to channel 1, and of course the Korg's General Midi channel), when I press a keyboard to hear what's on track 2. I've switched echo off.

 

What I'm wondering, is this problem more likely to be with the cheap USB-midi cable, or possibly the internals of the X5D? Would spending money on a midi box, such as the Emu, or Roland's similar device, or even something cheaper like this  actually help?

 

If anyone has any thoughts on this, I'd appreciate the input. I've spent way too many hours not creating anything at all musically.

 

Thanks

Charles