I've got an M-Audio USB MIDI keyboard and two M-Audio softwares for looping, synths etc. and B4 for organ sounds. Installing the keyboard was easy, it gets automatically recognized via USB whenever I switch it on. When playing the programs as standalone units, the keyboard actually works, I can control the loops, create new sounds etc. But when I use them as VST instruments in Cubase, nothing happens. Cubase has the keyboard listed as 'USB Audio Device'. When I press a key, Cubase does receive a signal, I see it in the MIDI channel, but there's no sound. When setting it as the Input for a MIDI track, there is sound (Input: USB Audio Device, Output: souncard Synth), but there isn't any sound with a MIDI automation track. There must be something with Input and Output assignments I missed but I just can't find out what's wrong.
In 'Device Setup' the keyboard is listed among MIDI Inputs and 'active'. For Default MIDI Ports, it's set as Input and can be set as Output as well, instead or my soundcard's synth, but there's no sound in either cases. Under Windows MIDI all the MIDI devices are shown but the keyboard and the card synth aren't 'active' in the Output list, which I can't change. I don't know if that's the problem.
Has anyone here used a similar keyboard with a VST Instrument in Cubase or Nuendo?
