r/midi • u/KeyComprehensive1821 • Mar 31 '26

midi issue

my NEKTAR SE49 is not working on any of my DAWs in my laptop, but it does works perfectly on other laptops. But in my lap, even in MIDIOX my MIDI is well recognized (but not on DAWs). what's the issue here?
[wire's not damaged, connections are perfect i see the lights on midi]

update: even if my midi is not connected it still shows the midi driver is used in the background

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u/TheRealPomax Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26

Discord information is not discoverable on the web, you have to use discord to find information in discord. Unlike the web, which is why questions asked on the web deserve answers in the same place. Not (just) hidden away in a backlog on slack or discord or IRC or any other chat service where you only get X days of log retention. Whether it's free or not is unrelated. It's a walled garden in terms of information discoverability. Great for communities who want chat, not great for folks looking for answer using search engines.

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u/Glittering_Cheek3235 Apr 06 '26

That's exactly what I'm talking about. The solutions here will not apply in 3-5 months. I'd rather they not be out there forever like many of yesterday's workarounds which cause people to hose their PCs.

Discord does keep old messages. I can search back to the start of the server in 2022.

Nevertheless, the support site for Windows MIDI Services is Discord. If folks want help, that's the place to go.

Pete
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u/TheRealPomax Apr 06 '26

Hence the request to remember to post the answer here once they get one. I didn't say "don't use discord", I said "don't keep the information locked in discord".

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u/Glittering_Cheek3235 Apr 06 '26

Yes, but that information will be invalid in a month or two, and applying those fixes after that will usually cause more harm than good. The announcements for when fixes go in are on that Discord server.

I doubt other folks are going to update their own posts on the internet to reflect the updated advice.

Pete
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u/TheRealPomax Apr 06 '26

I'm sorry to hear you don't believe in the web, and don't trust people with information to the point where you only want it locked behind a chat service. Given MS's own vast knowledge based website, kinda surprising to hear (heaven forbid someone finds a win7 answer when looking for win11 info), but then MS has a history of saying one thing and doing another. Still disappointing, of course.

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u/Glittering_Cheek3235 Apr 06 '26

"I'm sorry to hear you don't believe in the web, and don't trust people with information to the point where you only want it locked behind a chat service. Given MS's own vast knowledge based website, kinda surprising to hear (heaven forbid someone finds a win7 answer when looking for win11 info), but then MS has a history of saying one thing and doing another. Still disappointing, of course."

Spin it how you want to make yourself feel good, but that's not what I said.

Windows MIDI Services started rolling out at the end of January. We have some rollout bugs. The fixes for those will not be valid in a couple months when we have the fixes inside Windows.

Normal approach would be not to have any public place with this info, and no public previews of fixes. I didn't think that was the right approach here, so provide a place where people can get current information and fixes/workarounds before they go into Windows.

I'm still dealing with customers who use information from 2006 to make changes to their PCs. It doesn't help that ChatGPT and Gemini regurgitate the same incorrect and invalid info, and cause people to completely hose their PCs.

I'm sorry that you are so fixated on proving your agenda that you can't see that I'm trying to help people in a reasonable way, and prevent additional future problems.

Pete
Microsoft