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General Discussion / Re: M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
So... I'll tackle Andrew's first: It's hooked directly to the computer through a singl USB cable... No extentions or hubs or anything... My laptop also has 2 ports that care connected directly to the motherboard inside, and 3 more acting as a built-in USB hub. I've been trying all 5... but sticing to the 2 direct ports more. Sadly, the power pack didn't do the trick. Ableton Live Lite doesn't see it. or does NWC, or this old copy of Fruity Loops I had kicking around... No go in any of them.

And thanks for the info, NWO... but I have tried the steps at M-Audio over, and over, and over, and over. I even tried installing the Windows 2000 drivers on XP, knowing that they're the same architecture, and hoping that might help. No avail.


I'm really starting to see why people used to call things 'Plug and Pray'........
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General Discussion / Re: M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
So... just got home from work.... Got a no-go on the being allowed to test there. Sucks, I know.

I may be able to get another machine to test on.... but it won't be today...

I stumped the Maudio tech support guy who called me... but he's opened a support ticket for someone to call me back within 10 business days.

And no-go on the second power connector... :(
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General Discussion / Re: M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
28 hours, eh? ... Talk about adding a time pressure!

Sadly, the boss is a ... uh... let's put this nicely... jerk... yeah... and doesn't tend to like a lot happening that isn't directly work-related going on.

He's not a musician, or even a music lover.... but he likes his tech toys.... so I think I may have a shot.

I'll let you know how things pan out.... Are we completely out of options for my system now?
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General Discussion / Re: M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
Sorry... I thought I might have missed one, but was in a rush posting and didn't double-check. There is NOTHING that appears in the worlds-most-annoying dropdown in the Record Tab. ... Stupid dropdown. *sigh* Sorry.... starting to get frustrated.

I just so happen to work in an environment where we have about 50 PCs avilable... So a second test just means an OK from the boss.... Which is easier said then done.
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General Discussion / Re: M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
I already knew it was input-only...

When I unplug it from my computer, it most definately vanishes from the DM... And plugging it back in makes 'USB Audio Device' show back up under "Sound, video and Game Controllers".

NWC is showing me 2 things in the MIDI tab: "Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth" and "Microsoft MIDI Mapper". Ony the first one appears in the MIDI section of the Audio tab in the Sounds contol panel.... which doesn't surprise me as I believe that dropdown lists playback devices, and the 49e is input-only.

I am running XP Pro, all paches and service packs .... And decided to count reboots associated with the keyboard, installs, uninstalls and so on. I'm at 14.


Thanks for all of the wonderful help. I really can't wait to get this up and running!
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General Discussion / Re: M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
Hi Lawrie... Thanks for the quick reply!

1. No... The keyboard doesn't seem to want to work with ANY application. I've left voicenail with M-Audio support on it too.
2. N/A... See number 1.
3. The device is appearing in the device manager.
4. It's listed as "USB Audio Device"... Which is what the manual told e to expect.
5/6/7. NWC (And the bundled program) BOTH list no MIDI devices.
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General Discussion / M-Audio Keystation 49e Issues
hey Everyone...

I recently bought an M-Audio Keystation 49e. I set it up following the directions provided, but NWC won't give me it as an option.

I've installed all of the latest drivers and software from M-Audio, and am running NWC 1.75b. I am on XP Pro on a laptop.

If anyone's set this keyboard up and can offer  hand, that would be great,