For all the imix users that can't make it work, here are some inputs/findings.
The imix don't own drivers, it just use generic ones from Microsoft, there is nothing to install and you can use it with any MIDI application.
So it can't be a Mixvibes related issue.
For those using the out of shelves cd version (6.414), there is a warning pop up about the MIDI config file at first launch.
just go to File/options/MIDI and select the one and only file named imix_2.
If you're using an updated version, all the above is useless, it's fixed.You also don't need to launch MV once then update, you can install the cd version, then install the update directly.
Windows XP :
if your PC can't see the imix then MV won't too (see at top of the thread).
This can happen on some systems for a lots of reasons :
- max number of 'audio usb input device' reached. At this stage, any new 'audio usb device' won't be detected and so won't be useable.
There is a tiny application you can found on the internet : MidiFixUtil. It will reset the max numbers of audio usb device.
- usb management is broken : in this case, it's not usb audio specific and Microsoft have the answer :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925196To fix this problem, delete the UpperFilters registry value and the LowerFilters registry value. These values may cause access problems.
Windows all versions
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If your USB interface appears as USB Audio Device (on Windows XP) and/or does not require specific drivers from the manufacturer on installation, these are indications that your interface relies on the Windows class-compliant USB MIDI driver and is therefore susceptible to this problem. To our knowledge, only the Windows class-compliant MIDI driver is vulnerable to this issue so it is an issue that can occur on XP & Vista machines depending on the other USB devices you have installed.
Some of these 3rd party drivers are filtering the usb inputs. What you get is a device that is seen, installed in the system but can't be use and don't send data (it can also receive datas).
The only solution is too found which device is causing this, remove it and it's drivers (with the uninstaller of with windows), reboot.
Now your entries won't be filtered anymore.
Update : 12/27/2010
Some of the users simply :
- restart computer after installation
- change usb port
- use an active usb hub
cereal wrote:Hello everyone!
I received the DJ Discovery System as a gift. Awesome gift! But there was a problem, the hardware board didn't work but lit up like my Xmas tree! The following is what I did to get it working...
Close ALL programs and UNPLUG your DJ board.
- Go into Device Manager to make sure it was installed properly (Device Manager; under the sound, video and game controllers options). If its there with a yellow mark, uninstall and reinstall. If its there with no yellow mark, uninstall anyway and then reinstall. Close ALL applications (windows).
- Plug in the DJ Board. DO THIS FIRST BEFORE LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE!
- Run the Mixvibes software.
- ALL board lights will NOT light up, only the ones you use will light up and blink.
- ENJOY!!!
-Cereal
and for those that can go beyond things, you could also check if there isn't any conflicting IRQ into your devices list.