I am not getting any sounds when trying to use either Big Piano with a RealTrack, or when pressing Shift/Enter on a bar. Anybody else experiencing this, or am I doing something wrong?
Are you getting any sound from Big Piano and Shift+Enter? You should be. It won't be a Realtracks sound, though. If you aren't getting any sound at all, I suggest using "Return to MOST factory settings" that's found under "Options".
The reason you won't hear Realtracks with Big Piano or Shift+Enter is because Realtracks are phrases of audio recordings and not individual notes. When you use Big Piano or Shift+Enter, what you hear are MIDI sounds. Realtracks cannot be used to create MIDI events.
SOLVED... I'm not totally sure why, but I went into the MIDI Driver settings (which I had not changed, and had been the same for years), and unchecked everything, and re-set it up, the same way, and it started working!
Thanks to everyone that tried to help out. I appreciate it!
SOLVED... I went into the MIDI Driver settings (which I had not changed, and had been the same for years), and unchecked everything, and re-set it up, the same way, and it started working!
Oh Good God, now we have to add that to our list of troubleshooting.
SOLVED... I went into the MIDI Driver settings (which I had not changed, and had been the same for years), and unchecked everything, and re-set it up, the same way, and it started working!
Oh Good God, now we have to add that to our list of troubleshooting.
My next suggestion would have been to "Return ALL to factory settings". This is the lower option in "Factory settings". That would have forced you to reset your driver setup for MIDI and Audio and sounds like it would have worked.
All the best now that you are up and running, Noel
SOLVED... I'm not totally sure why, but I went into the MIDI Driver settings (which I had not changed, and had been the same for years), and unchecked everything, and re-set it up, the same way, and it started working!
Thanks to everyone that tried to help out. I appreciate it!
Thanks for updating the thread and letting everyone know what worked. Like the others I don't remember another case where resetting the MIDI Driver Settings made a difference.
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