---- Simon Jaeger <[email protected]> wrote: 
> On Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:39 PM,
> Janelle Vacanti <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> | So I went into the ports options dialog and the check boxes that said "use 
> this port" were unchecked for both the MIDI in and
> | MIDI out ports for MIDI Yoke. Is this right so far?
> No, you want the midi out ports to be checked, and the midi in ports to be 
> unchecked. That way, when you send information to the midi out ports, it 
> won't come shooting back through the midi in ports into qws, and back out 
> the midi out ports... and so on. it'll just go straight to vst host. I'm not 
> sure how the outs got unchecked, but keep those checked. it's the ins you 
> want unchecked.
> 
> | I was wanting to play the VST instruments using My Casio MIDI Keyboard. So 
> wouldn't I just select my Yamaha USB In 01 as my MIDI
> | input instead?
> 
> Firstly, why on earth do you have a yamaha USB in for a casio keyboard? 
> That's just the name of the driver that I use to send MIDI data from my Casio 
> Keyboard to my computer.  
> Secondly, no, because when you do that, it will not receive any midi events 
> from qws. Qws, by default, sends the information it receives from all active 
> midi in ports back through the currently selected midi out port anyways, so 
> it's better to do it that way. Plus, you have more control over channels / 
> programs / bank numbers as well as exactly what ports you're using. You 
> wouldn't, for instance, be able to have two vst synths loaded using just 
> your casio keyboard for midi input, since you need one input port per synth 
> to tell vst host which synth to use at any given time. This is why we use 
> midi yoke instead. But then how will I input my MIDI data into QWS to send to 
> the MIDI out ports using the MIDI in ports that MIDI Yoke provides?
> 
> | You mean the Device Menu and select MIDI or the Engine Menu and select 
> Configure, right?
> device/midi is for configuring all of the midi devices vst host should load 
> when started. The plugin/configure midi devices option will control exactly 
> which midi device is assigned to each individual plugin. If you left this at 
> the default, the plugin would respond to midi events from all loaded midi 
> devices, which would be a disaster if you had more than one synth loaded.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> Simon
> 
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