Hello Calpol,

What is the exact name of the MIDI Input Driver that you have selected in the Opt. | MIDI Driver Setup dialog in Band-in-a-Box?

When you play a note on your Edirol keyboard, do you see any note "light up" on the on-screen Band-in-a-Box keyboard? As long as your computer is receiving MIDI data from the Edirol keyboard, you *should* see activity on the on-screen BB keyboard, whether or not you actually hear anything. If not, that is the first thing you'll need to solve.

- Make sure that Opt. | Preferences | MIDI Options - 'MIDI Thru' is checked. (by default it would be)

- Check the MIDI Monitor (Window menu), filtered to show only computer MIDI input. If nothing happens when you play your keyboard, then for some reason MIDI data isn't making it from your keyboard. Check your connection between the keyboard and computer - Make sure that you have the MIDI cable connected from the MIDI OUT port.

- If it's not working still, you probably need to install or update the drivers. Check the downloads at the Edirol site...e.g.
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=736

Once you have that working (note appears on the BB screen), then you can set up low latency play-thru with the ASIO4ALL driver and VSC-DXi and that should work great.

One alternative method of inputting a melody is to

1.Go to the Play menu and make sure 'Wizard Playalong Feature' is enabled.
2.Start recording.
3.Choose any key on your computer (qwerty) keyboard (N for example) and strike it in time with the notes of your melody. The idea here is not to get the note pitches right, just the durations.
4.When you have finished, keep the take. Next, put the Notation Window into editable notation mode. From here, you can step forward or backward note by note using the keypad "Ins" and "Del" keys. While doing so, you can use the up-down arrow keys to change the pitch each note. This method works great for non-keyboardists, and is also useful for adjusting existing melodies.

Andrew
PG Music Inc.