software editors

I'm trying to connect a yamaha an200 to my computer in order to use the software editor..

I'm running windows98SE on a macbook via VirtualBox, have XGworks lite running the an200 editor, but have been troubleshooting my ass off to get it to talk to the synth.

I'm hoping there are some glaring "connecting machine A to software editor B" issues that some of you ekt's can help me with, and this isn't some VirtualBox roadblock I've come up against.

thanks

ps. first time connecting machine to receive/transmit midi data with computer, so no suggestions are too asinine

what interface are you using for the midi. You should be able to find a drop down box for the midi ports within the editing software's options or settings menu.

  On 1/1/2010 at 12:23 AM, Brandi_B said:

what interface are you using for the midi. You should be able to find a drop down box for the midi ports within the editing software's options or settings menu.

it's a dirtcheap viewcon interface. thanks for the reply, I looked into it and saw it has a bogus driver that won't work with the virtual machine..

what interface would you recommend? right now I just need to hook up the one machine at a time, so maybe something like a midisport

edit: happy new year!

yeah if you are just using one midi in/out then any cheap midi interface will do. Just make sure it's compatible before buying it :) There's a lot by m-audio, emu, etc on the market. I wouldn't pay more than 50-50 dollars for one. And you should be ale to get something like the emu 1x1 for around 25-30 dollars. I recommend sticking to company names that deal with pro audio, and not knock off or store brands (ie belkin, radio shack brands, etc)