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Hi Scott,

>I've tried to run An1x Edit under 2000 and I have a problem.
>
>I cannot play the An1x's as the master keyboard.  It responds if I hitt he
>little graphical keyboard at the bottom but not if I actually play it.
>
>Has anyone else encountered this ?
>
>I also know several users of MicroQ knobs are having a similar problem (as
>am I), all this worked fine under 98 SE.

I've encountered different, but possibly related, problems under Win2K.  I have two MIDI interfaces on my PC:  a Midiman 2x2 USB, and a "legacy" joystick interface.  Both worked fine under Win98SE.

The legacy interface will not work with AN1xEdit at all.  If I try to send or receive patches, the transaction fails with a timeout error, usually with little or no data sent.  The USB interface works most of the time, but sometimes hangs during editing, requiring a reboot.  When it works, it works great, and I can save or retrieve a full set of patches and sequences.

When using Media Player to program MIDI Solutions boxes -- very small SysEx files -- the legacy interface works fine, while the USB interface usually fails to program the device.

Both interfaces work under Cakewalk Pro Audio 9.03.

Based on this data, I've "concluded" -- a dangerous word, given the minimal information I actually have -- that there is some driver or communications mode problem in Win2K.  Apparently, Cakewalk knows about this and works around it.  I upgraded to Win2K for the stability, and because Win98SE did not like > 512MB of RAM.  Unfortunately, Win2K MIDI support isn't what I had hoped it would be.  (I have a couple of other apps that won't even work in Win2K.)  I've been holding off upgrading to XP for a bit, but I may have to eventually do that.

Regards,

-BW

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