Over the past few months, I’ve been trying lots of MIDI controllers on my Windows computer. Then last week, when I tried a new MIDI controller, the Korg microkey2 Air, it didn’t work on my computer. My DAW, Cubase couldn’t detect the MIDI controller as an input. Even Windows wasn’t able to recognize the controller when I plugged it in.
Initially, I thought the MIDI controller was faulty but having tried it on my iMac, the MIDI controller worked. I figured the problem must be with the setup on the Windows computer.
So I dug in a little and tested all sorts of configurations on my Windows laptop. After 2 frustrating hours of installing, uninstalling and troubleshooting, I finally found the answer to my underlying MIDI controller problem.
Hardware was great, worked as intended. The driver software, however, which is the only way of changing the settings for the hardware, was buggy and unusable, ultimately rendering the hardware unusable as well. This is a known issue that Worlde doesnt seem to be working on. After several attempts at contact, they ghosted me and i am left with nothing. Buy from another company if you can. PANDA Mini also features 4 slider style faders and 2 x 4 rows of velocity sensitive trigger pads are also assignable. Complete Control Worlde have made this the ultimate do everything MIDI controller by giving the user complete control over the internal software of the controller. You can map every knob, button, key, or pad to any MIDI signal. The usb keyboard midi controller provides you with a fast and easy way to edit banks of each 8 performance pads, for 16 pads in total, can easily be assigned as pads, midi cc buttons or program change switches. 3.1.2 keyboard worlde mini has a 25-key velocity-sensitive mini-keyboard with a control surface designed for perfect integration with. 2 assignable buttons: used as MIDI CC switches. 1 rotary knob for tone adjustment 1 slider for volume adjustment. 2 buttons for sending settled control message.(controller number: 64/67) Plug and Play USB 2.0 cable, no need of driver installation. USB bus powered - no additional power cable needed. Specifications: Color: Black Material: Plastic.
You can only use up to 10 MIDI ports on a Windows computer
It’s ridiculous to be only able to use up to 10 MIDI devices on a Windows computer (Never had such a problem on a Mac). But then again, I don’t think we have a choice otherwise.
Fix – MIDI Controller Not Working in Windows DAW
Bottomline is, you have to uninstall any redundant MIDI device in your Windows system that isn’t in use anymore to make space for MIDI drivers that you want to use.
There’s a software to uninstall MIDI drivers, download it here: Uninstall Korg USB-MIDI Device tool
Watch the video below to see how I fixed it
Features:
9 MIDI control groups: 9 knobs + 9 sliders + 9 buttons.
4 programmable memory banks.
6 transport buttons: Rew, Play, FF, Loop, Stop, Rec.2 assignable buttons: used as MIDI CC switches.
Worlde Panda Midi
1 rotary knob for tone adjustment1 slider for volume adjustment.
2 buttons for sending settled control message.(controller number: 64/67)
Plug and Play USB 2.0 cable, no need of driver installation.USB bus powered - no additional power cable needed.
Specifications:
Color: Black
Material: Plastic
Worlde Panda Midi Controller
Operating system: Support for Win 8 / Win 7 / Win XP / Win Vista / Mac OSX.Item size: 34 * 10 * 2cm / 13.4 * 3.9 * 0.8in
Item weight: 431g / 15.2oz
Package size: 39 * 11 * 4cm / 15.4 * 4.3 * 1.6in
Package weight: 548g / 19.4oz
Package List:
1 * MIDI Slim-Line Controller
1 * USB Cable