Thank you Ian, I wish there was a double like! After 2.5hours of messing the RegEx hack is the only thing that worked and got me working in Ableton (details below) This is a real redflag as a Software Technical Leader - users should not have to go in the Registry. Korg take note it's 2022 and Users should never have to mess with the registery - this is exceptionally poor show. General Setup 1) Don't plug it in 2) Download the Korg Drivers Pack - you might be one of the lucky few where it magically works. 3) Reboot 4) Boot up the Korg Driver Setup Utility and confirm it's running (Start is greyed out) 5) Plug in, install the drivers for the nanoKontrol 2 6) Reboot 7) Start the Korg Editor, if it magically ticks the box for you to show only connected then you're one of the lucky few. 6) If you're not lucky and it doesn't recognise - follow the reg hack in this video. Ableton 1) Start up the Korg Editor, set it to CC mode (also hold down cycle+set while plugging in), and switch the Play button to Toggle for Ableton, Send the Data from the Menu 2) Close the Korg Editor 3) Open Ableton and goto Options/Preferences/Link Tempo Midi 4) In the Control Surfaces section, select None, nanoKontrol 2 1 Slider/Knob, nanoKontrol 2 1 Ctrl 5) Make sure the In: nanoKontrol2 1 Slider/Knob Track is Ticked, and Remote is Ticked. 6) Remap your Transport controls - you cannot map the Jog or the Transport (if you want this see below but I think it's crap) 7) Map your sliders and knobs as you'd like! Ableton other method with Transport but with odd jumping around 1) Disconnect nk2 2) Hold down Set and Stop button and connect nk2 until Stop button stops flashing 3) Open Ableton and goto Options/Preferences/Link Tempo Midi 4) In the Control Surfaces section, select Mackie Control, nanoKontrol 2 1 Slider/Knob, nanoKontrol 2 1 Ctrl 5) Make sure the In: nanoKontrol2 1 Slider/Knob Track is Ticked, and Remote is Ticked. 6) Map your sliders... and er... watch the flickering as it still thinks it's mapped to the volume controls but isn't and jumps to that channel. Happy Times
Thank you so much. Using the Korg uninstall utility, I managed to uninstall the 9 first MIDI drivers which I didn't needed. This automatically shifted my XL+ from MIDI 10 & 11 to MIDI 1&2. It then got recognized by the apps. So, I didn't have to modify the registry. Thanks again!!
Unbelievable that Korg still did not fix their driver problems. All my usb equipment is working fine except for the Korg ones always problems with them
_Seriously, man._ Korg, if you're listening - I'm with this guy, as are countless others. I just got the Minilogue XD (desktop module) and I love it, but had to set it aside after a couple hours of raising blood pressure not being able to get the f**king thing recognized by Windows! I'm lucky vids like this exist or I feel like I'd have been totally screwed. So, Korg: love your synth, but get your sh*t together on the driver side of things!
Doesn't work for me. I'm trying to connect a Pa3x arranger through usb, the pc sees the device, everything installs correctly, i see the keyboard in Device manager, it is by default on slot 10, i also followed the instructions on the video but no luck. I absolutely hate everything about usb-midi. Classic midi connection is the best and most reliable.
Great advice, thanks! Didn't use the registry hack, but just knowing about the issue with the first 10 slots was enough to figure out how to resolve the issue by removing redundant MIDI driver slots using the KORG midi uninstaller utility.
Slot 6 or 7, still get one of two errors: m50 not found (even though it's there in global mode), or driver not installed (which it is). Editor has never worked for me in standalone or vst mode.
My nanoKontrol Studio was working but I couldn't update the firmware on the unit, having BT Issues. So I reluctantly decided to update the USB Driver from Korg. My nanoKontrol Studio and nanoKeys Studio both stopped working. They were both moved to slots 10 and 11.
Ian I hope you can address an issue I have been facing for years and looked into everything. Today I came across your video here. I have a Korg PA600, connected to my Lenovo Windows 10 machine, via USB cable. I have latest Korg USB Midi drivers. A) What works: Windows 10 machine is running. I bring up the Korg PA600. I get the beeps indicating that PA600 midi connection came on. On Korg PA600 I select Midi Out. On Windows 10, I run the Korg USB configuration set up. OK it. Now I can use Midi OX or Cakewalk and receive MIDI messages from Korg PA600 and everything works. I play, record, playback etc. I can do these usually for hours if not days without issues. B) What does not work? Often times, for no explicable reason, the MIDI connection gets broken. I can play Korg PA600 -- but Midi messages do not come into Windows Machine. But I can send messages from Windows 10 and they play on my Korg PA600. Once I get to this state, there is nothing I can do to play on Korg and get midi messages in Windows. I have to switch off Korg PA600 and do steps in (A) again. It has been frustrating to say the least. Repeat steps in A again and again, and also loss of context on the PA 600. My question to you: Do you know why this happens? Is the Windows 10 Korg USB driver goes into some stale state? not sure why Or the Korg PA 600 midi code is getting into stale state? Clearly these are different issues from what you are covering in this video. Thought I will post it here, so you and/or other users can share your wisdom and insights for me as well as others who may be experiencing issues similar to mine. Thanks in advance Sri
@@IanDixonTDL I returned back here today. Can you tell me how to do this? What specific item on the Device Manager? I do see Korg Pa600 item and it says everything is fine. I did disable, enable and all such things. I think Korg PA600 Output side is where the issue is. As when I turn its power off and on again, everything starts working again. I am sure some if not all of you will face this issue sooner or later. I am just a heavy user of Korg PA600 and USB Midi with Windows Cakewalk.
@@IanDixonTDL Thanks for your reply. You are right. Nothing changes in the Device Manager. As I said, I can send Midi to PA600 and its plays fine. Just that Midi Out is shot!!
Still no dice after about 10 attempts with this method. It last worked for me back in October but I can't for the life of me get my Minilogue XD to connect....
@@IanDixonTDL Hey Ian, thank you for replying. As usual, it took me 2 hours before I got it working that day... The key was not to continually futz with the registry but rather use the korg removal utility and remove some of the windows or other drivers from 1-9. This allowed the Korg driver to move into the proper slot and be recognized by Windows after tweaking the registry once. Hope that make sense.
Wondering why my Windows 8.1 PC could run simultaneously 2-3 or more NI Synth apps from the one Korg Taktile MIDI controller? But OS Windows 10, Just one at a time. Not looking for a 3rd party fix, Just can't find clear info on why it's So. Cheers.
@@IanDixonTDL only thing I can think of is it’s the difference between a new machine where it hasn’t been installed before vs a machine where it’s already been installed and is just being upgraded
Need help with Korg Prologue, I cant update the firmware, it keeps popping upo "Device not found" Ive tried many solutions online like uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling, but device just cant get found.
My w11 does see it but when it connects then it sees it as a Pc and then right after it connected it disconnects and wont reconnect until i remove the device from the list
I can't find that "KORG MIDI Driver Uninstall Utility" you are showing. Following the link you provide there is only an uninstall utility for Mac - not Windows.
How to uninstall midi drivers from windows 11? I have an Asus Xonar Dx and I see "midi1, midi2, midi4" in the registry, I would like to uninstall them because they may probably be the reason for the "Enshrouded" game not working properly.
no way to get to slots. I got as far as Class, then tried search and nothing shows with name Korg. Too bad, I am going to have to return my new synth if I can't get this working. Please help!
I was hoping to my Korg SQ1 play midi into my Korg MS10 but so far nothing, The SQ1 certainly works with the MS10 well enough but no midi to CV conversion....anything to do with this? I can't seem to get it to sync with Reaper either.
I still get error code 10 in device manager after installing the driver and I don’t understand the part with Registrys. I got a microkey 37. Do i need to it to be on the first page of midi devices? That one is full for me and I use all those devices so I wouldn’t want to lose them
@@IanDixonTDL I think I did install the newest Version：1.15 r49e Date：2022.09.22 is this the latest? Because the microkey still doesnt power up or show up in my DAW
Wow! What an overkill process to do something that should work plug and play. No one should have to do all this unless they know exactly what they're doing! If this procedure actually works (and I don't think it does), this can have bad consequences for your computer. Most people can't do this. Even for IT Analyst like me it seems like a very dedicated process. That can have a lot of bad consequences for most people lol!!
As I said in the video with the latest drivers you don't need to do it. Checkout the comments on my original video to see if it works or not th-cam.com/video/18SLcnbqwaI/w-d-xo.html&lc=Ugy0EoImi191rP1P7kl4AaABAg
It isn't that hard. Please that is some FUD interms of if you follow this you'll not give you bad consequences. I have had to do this multiple of times. Korg sucks and I won't but another controller from them just because of these issues but I have several hundred dollars in equipment and they are paper weights without this.
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately the alias method is already visible with all the other system drivers of windows, so i have already a midi, midi1, midi2 ... until midi9 which exist! so I have to steal a midi of an existing audio windows driver ?
it doesnt work. in the last drivers 32 its does not let me create a midi1 alias it says it already exist, so I put in that and nathing really happens I cant work with the korg libriarian
late model synths don't require the usb midi tools.. i got my modwave working by opening the utility menu, scrolling to usb network parameter and changing the value. reboot the synth and now i can use the updater and also editor/librarian. goes from unrecognized to recognized instantly
Hi Ian. I managed to uninstal the driver, get the new driver set up in the right slot and update my SQ-64. However now my SQ driver shows up as corrupted and I cannot seem to change that no matter how many times I "uninstall" the driver. I've looked for the actual driver in windows and managed to delete it but suspect I didn't truly unistall it but now cannot find it. The Korg Driver Utility does not recognize the driver as not being there either. Any ideas?
@@IanDixonTDL thanks so much for your reply. I ended up trying the usual suspects to no avail. However, despite the driver displaying as corrupted in the Korg Diver Uninstall software I hopped into my DAW and everything worked just fine. So go figure.
I have tried this ..but there is well bellow ten slots - so i dont need to delete any slots it just says MIDI usb driver nothing else in device manager makes no reference to korg but theres an obscure something that has a yellow flag saying device not working i can only assume this is korg modwave ?? im at a loss here im using reaper daw
Having major issues with korg usb drivers and my windows 10 pc, no matter what I do it always says, driver installed correctly, the librarian times out ( for my prologue and nts1 ) and when I check on the korg usb utility it always shows both as corrupted/connected ... arrgghhhhhh !!!
Hi. I installed the latest driver for the Korg Nanokontrol 2 , the driver is oct 2023 and it still has the problem. The fix is to uninstall the Korg drivers and use the windows one, which seems to work perfectly.
Thanks for the video. I have got the Korg Prologue in the first 10 slots in Windows 10. But because it's 'corrupted' I can't connect to the Korg Prologue Sound Librarian software for patch management. Multiple uninstalls, reboot, reinstalls, nothing changes. Each new install is still 'corrupted'. I went into device manager and uninstalled all Korg drivers there too. I don't know why the fresh install is corrupted. Tried different USB ports on the PC. Not using a USB hub. Any ideas? Thanks
That is a difficult one to workout remotely. Can you change the driver of the corrupted one in Device Manager. Change it to a different one. I am not in front of my machine so I can't remember which options there are.
Would this resolve my issues with KORG padKontrol and Reason for KORG? It doesn't work at all for Reason. However it does show up and Runs smoothly in FL Studio
Hello and thanks for the video tutorial. It's really helpful however I'm having a problem with the controller constantly going in and out. I running Windows 11 with the 2023 drivers for Korg. Any ideas as to why this is happening???
Thank you so much good sir. I now have connetion with my Nanokey. Deleting devices to bump up my Nanokey to slot 1-9 has previously been my short term solution. Hoping this is more durable. I think I accedentally deleted whatever was in slot 0 when I was troubleshooting this last christmas. Hoping this will work regardless. Cheers!
I deleted wdmaud.drv from the Uninstaller utility but after reinstalling korg midi driver, the wdmaud.drv does not show in the list. I want to try and use that driver instead of the korg driver which seems to be bad. Thank you in advance.
I would get rid of the Korg drivers completly, un-install them and then reconnect your device. It should use the built in Windows 11 driver which will work.
@IanDixonTDL I did that but my system still went and got the korg driver automatically. If you know how I can get my computer to not automatically load the korg driver and load the windows driver, please let me know. Thanks very much.
@@abc456fUse the Korg uninstaller tool to remove the korg driver and then go to add remove programs and remove the Korg driver from there as well. Reboot and reconnect and the keyboard should use the Korg driver
@IanDixonTDL I used the uninstall utility but there was no driver listed in add/remove programs. I removed the driver from the korg driver install program. Rebooted and the computer again loaded the korg midi driver. I'm at a loss at this point.
@IanDixonTDL I've got it. I'm not even going to say how because it's too embarrassing. Now that I have the editor working, I don't know how to use it to record multiple tracks/midi channels. I can select a sound from the vst and play it on my M50 but no idea how to record a second and subsequent tracks when using only one instance of the vst which is all that's allowed. Appreciate any help. Thanks.
The Modwave doesn't need Korg drivers but the editor uses a network communication rather than MIDI to talk to the device. I don't think Windows 8 supports that so you have to switch the Modwave into RNDIS mode. You can find that in Utility, page 2. Change it from NCM to RNDIS
Hope your here today. I set mine from a really high numer as you explained to midi1 as the Kross2 could not be seen by StudioOne DAW. When I look at the Korg Midi Driver Uninstall Utility it states midi1: Corrupted (KORG KROSS1 . I am wondering if this gets corrected maybe on a restart? I will see if the DAW now sees the Kross2 driver. Or restart and check again. If not I can return it to wdmaud.drv and I will search for more info o this problem. Check back later. Thnks
The util asked to turn off the Korg and I did bur after turning it back on the settings returned to midi1: SUB Audio Device. So still not understanding this. There are multiple 'USB Audio Device' entries among midi 1, 5, 6 etc..
just tryed this the regestery edit didn't nead changes, it had the alises alrdey in and the nanoKontrol2 still refuses to work, won't even show conected in the uninstall app. it was second hand so might I have a faulty controler?
Hello friend, I am writing to you from Chile, when I update my opsix to 2.0.1 I stop having a connection with the sound library, I tried changing USB between NCM and RNDIS but there is no communication between the PC with WIN and the Korg. I'm thinking it would be nice to go back to 2.0 but how do you do that safely? Thank you so much
Had 3 days of not being able to detect Volca 2... tried a number of micro-b usb cables. My one last shot was to buy a new "high speed" micro cable. Plugged volca 2 in and it was instantly detected!
I've installed the latest driver but it won't work. The first 10 slots are occupied by other drivers, do I need to replace one of those? how does one do that if windows won't let me create a new alias (as it already exists)?
If you have the latest Korg drivers it shound't matter what channels the Korg devices are on. If it still isn't working you could disable the devices running on the higher channels and then re-enable them to see if they drop in at the higher numbers
@@IanDixonTDL that's what I've ultimately did as my SQ-1 (in my case) was on slot 13 or 14 and it didn't work: I've uninstalled some devices altogether in order to clear some slots in the 0-9 range, and as such SQ-1 "climbed up" to midi6 where it works just fine. After this I reinstalled the other devices who took on the other slots up until midi15, and these are still working fine. It seems to be just a Korg issue this one. A bit tedious, but works in the end. Thanks for your help!
Hi there! I tought maybe someone can help with my case. I installed the latest drivers on Win10, my Minilogue XD is on midi4 in the list, but it shows as corrupted. Tried older drivers too, but its always the same. My last trying was on my old Win7 PC, suddenly everything goes fine! How can this be?? I could make an update and the librarian works fine too. Im working on my Win10 PC, so its not a solution with the Win7... How can I "repare" this corrupted phenomenon?
Try opening up Device Manager and going to Sound, Video and Games controllers. Then see if you can see your Minilogue try right clicking and select Uninstall device
@@IanDixonTDL its there in Device Manager when i install the Minilogue. I made an uninstall from here, and is gone of course. Tried install again, and is corrupted again. Tried all my usb connections too.
@Ian Dixon I took a break for a bit also found out I must delete my Sound drive I didn't think I could do that. I trying to figure out how to fix the Audio drive.
I have mine plugged in and it shows as corrupted, but it is working anyway. Is there a problem with it being corrupted? what does it mean? does it need to be fixed or how do I fix it?
Hello, thank you for your videos. Korg driver dont work for me, so I'm trying to do the registry modif, but when I got to "Drivers32" and try to add midi1, I have a message saying that I cant add it with this name, because an entry with this name already exist. My system is Windows 10 home 22H2. How can I do it, please?
I don't know if I'd summon up the courage to go this deep to fix the problem. I've had a Korg M50 for years and the usb midi editor has never worked. I'll download the driver, reboot, then it will say "driver not found". The biggest reason I want it is to use the M50 as a vst. I love the sounds on it. Someone created an instrument definition file years ago for the M50 but unfortunately it's incomplete. It has the prog patches but not the combi patches. Hard to believe that after so many years, there isn't a .ins file for the M50 to be found anywhere. I'm resolved to connecting my M50 to my Scarlett 4i4 with midi cables. It's also hard to believe that Korg hasn't addressed this issue and come out with drivers that will work, it's shameful on their part.
This causes my driver to pop up as "Corrupted". Any way to fix that? That is, I have Windows 10, freshly installed drivers, Sound Librarian wont detect Minilogue XD (even though the uninstall utility can, at slot 26). I tried the old version, but it tells me that the driver is corrupted.
Try un-install the Korg drivers with your device disconnected, then plug your Minilogue back into another port and then go through the driver install process.
Found I had to do this today with latest KORG USB driver when I tried to connect a MS-20 mini to a win10 machine with a working microkey37. The microkey37 vanished from Reaper midi devices after installed korg driver. So THANKS!
Hi Ian your video is very informative although I'm struggling to access the "Korg midi uninstall utility" window. I've just downloaded the latest midi driver for my windows 10 and I also updated my Kronos software but I'm struggling to get it to work, please assist me.
in Windows search for "Korg midi unistall" and it should show up there. You can then see which channel its on. With the latest driver it shouldn't matter which its on
I think I've confused Korg with Nord lol! I wish I knew how sh*t Korg is with Win10/11 beforehand. It's criminal that a company sells a consumer product in the full knowledge that it's not fit for purpose, and expect the buyer to scramble around on forums and YT looking for solutions. Is there a way to get Win10 to "forget" a device has ever been plugged into a USB port? I've uninstalled device, drivers and Korg Kontrol Editor but, for example, if I re-plug in the device it still loads the Korg drivers not the default Microsoft midi ones.
@@IanDixonTDL I got my controller replaced and used the 'Uninstall KORG USB-Midi Device' utility that comes bundled with the KORG Kontrol Editor download to free up MIDI ports and it eventually worked after a lot of deleting/reinstalling drivers. Thanks Ian! Oh and using Win10/64.
Hey, first of all thank you for you videos on the Korg usb midi drivers. It seems that if you installed olded usb drivers in your system... the new drivers in not working and the experience is exactly the same as the old drivers. So the new drivers is a joke! I uninstalled all old Korg usb midi drivers and stick with only the new one installed on my system but it doesn't work and that's all... For me the only way to use my Korg Proloque with usb midi is to uninstall all Korg's drivers and stick with win10 generic drivers. This way i can use my prologue with my Midisynth editor... 🙃
Strange. I had the old drivers installed and had to do the do the registry change. Once the new drivers where installed it worked ok. It seems like its different for different systems.
I returned my XD because i couldnt fix this issue. Shame Korg have done zero to fix this issue and dont give a crap about solving it. They dont give a stuff about customers.
@@IanDixonTDL I am sure it works. I couldn't get the Korg midi driver into the top 10 on my machine. Would love Korg to help so I can buy the minilogue XD 🙂
Thank you Ian, I wish there was a double like! After 2.5hours of messing the RegEx hack is the only thing that worked and got me working in Ableton (details below)
This is a real redflag as a Software Technical Leader - users should not have to go in the Registry. Korg take note it's 2022 and Users should never have to mess with the registery - this is exceptionally poor show.
General Setup
1) Don't plug it in
2) Download the Korg Drivers Pack - you might be one of the lucky few where it magically works.
3) Reboot
4) Boot up the Korg Driver Setup Utility and confirm it's running (Start is greyed out)
5) Plug in, install the drivers for the nanoKontrol 2
6) Reboot
7) Start the Korg Editor, if it magically ticks the box for you to show only connected then you're one of the lucky few.
6) If you're not lucky and it doesn't recognise - follow the reg hack in this video.
Ableton
1) Start up the Korg Editor, set it to CC mode (also hold down cycle+set while plugging in), and switch the Play button to Toggle for Ableton, Send the Data from the Menu
2) Close the Korg Editor
3) Open Ableton and goto Options/Preferences/Link Tempo Midi
4) In the Control Surfaces section, select None, nanoKontrol 2 1 Slider/Knob, nanoKontrol 2 1 Ctrl
5) Make sure the In: nanoKontrol2 1 Slider/Knob Track is Ticked, and Remote is Ticked.
6) Remap your Transport controls - you cannot map the Jog or the Transport (if you want this see below but I think it's crap)
7) Map your sliders and knobs as you'd like!
Ableton other method with Transport but with odd jumping around
1) Disconnect nk2
2) Hold down Set and Stop button and connect nk2 until Stop button stops flashing
3) Open Ableton and goto Options/Preferences/Link Tempo Midi
4) In the Control Surfaces section, select Mackie Control, nanoKontrol 2 1 Slider/Knob, nanoKontrol 2 1 Ctrl
5) Make sure the In: nanoKontrol2 1 Slider/Knob Track is Ticked, and Remote is Ticked.
6) Map your sliders... and er... watch the flickering as it still thinks it's mapped to the volume controls but isn't and jumps to that channel.
Happy Times
Glad it helped, just like and subscribe 😊
Thank you so much. Using the Korg uninstall utility, I managed to uninstall the 9 first MIDI drivers which I didn't needed. This automatically shifted my XL+ from MIDI 10 & 11 to MIDI 1&2. It then got recognized by the apps. So, I didn't have to modify the registry. Thanks again!!
You are welcome!
This is best way to do this rather than going in to the register.
Unbelievable that Korg still did not fix their driver problems. All my usb equipment is working fine except for the Korg ones always problems with them
_Seriously, man._ Korg, if you're listening - I'm with this guy, as are countless others. I just got the Minilogue XD (desktop module) and I love it, but had to set it aside after a couple hours of raising blood pressure not being able to get the f**king thing recognized by Windows! I'm lucky vids like this exist or I feel like I'd have been totally screwed. So, Korg: love your synth, but get your sh*t together on the driver side of things!
still can't get the Kontrol to send midi data to the mixpad.
Any ideas ?
Anyone else already have midi1 created in “Driver32” ? Mines seems to have 6:45
Doesn't work for me. I'm trying to connect a Pa3x arranger through usb, the pc sees the device, everything installs correctly, i see the keyboard in Device manager, it is by default on slot 10, i also followed the instructions on the video but no luck. I absolutely hate everything about usb-midi. Classic midi connection is the best and most reliable.
Great advice, thanks! Didn't use the registry hack, but just knowing about the issue with the first 10 slots was enough to figure out how to resolve the issue by removing redundant MIDI driver slots using the KORG midi uninstaller utility.
Glad it helped!
Thanks so much for this video. The regedit-hack allowed me to get the Korg B2 to work in Reaper. Thank you!
Thank you for this video. Making those registry edits fixed the issue for me.
Glad it helped!
Thank you Ian, your solution worked for me! :)
Thank you so much! It fixed the issue I had with SQ64 sequencer driver in Ableton Live!
Glad it helped!
Slot 6 or 7, still get one of two errors: m50 not found (even though it's there in global mode), or driver not installed (which it is).
Editor has never worked for me in standalone or vst mode.
Working for people in 2024 🏆receive it ☺️ thanks again (worked for Korg TR)
Glad it worked!
My nanoKontrol Studio was working but I couldn't update the firmware on the unit, having BT Issues. So I reluctantly decided to update the USB Driver from Korg. My nanoKontrol Studio and nanoKeys Studio both stopped working. They were both moved to slots 10 and 11.
This video was a lifesaver. Thank you so much.
No problem
Thank you so much for this, Sir!! This was exactly what I needed! All the best to ya! =)
You're very welcome!
i downloaded the drivers and followed everything! yet somehow the drivers don't even show up on the midi driver utility.....
Thank you so much for this video! It solved my problem with my nanopad 2 and windows 11. Thanks!!! 😀
Glad it helped!
Where can I download the driver uninstaller ? I try looking for it in my Win PC but is not installed.
Thankyou worked like a charm. Saved me from a night of registry hell. Latest Driver release is still borked.
Glad it helped!
You deserve inmortality, thanks Ian
Please answer how I can repair or restore Microsoft gs wavetable synth???
Not sure on that one
Ian I hope you can address an issue I have been facing for years and looked into everything. Today I came across your video here. I have a Korg PA600, connected to my Lenovo Windows 10 machine, via USB cable. I have latest Korg USB Midi drivers.
A) What works:
Windows 10 machine is running.
I bring up the Korg PA600.
I get the beeps indicating that PA600 midi connection came on.
On Korg PA600 I select Midi Out.
On Windows 10, I run the Korg USB configuration set up.
OK it.
Now I can use Midi OX or Cakewalk and receive MIDI messages from Korg PA600 and everything works.
I play, record, playback etc.
I can do these usually for hours if not days without issues.
B) What does not work?
Often times, for no explicable reason, the MIDI connection gets broken.
I can play Korg PA600 -- but Midi messages do not come into Windows Machine.
But I can send messages from Windows 10 and they play on my Korg PA600.
Once I get to this state, there is nothing I can do to play on Korg and get midi messages in Windows.
I have to switch off Korg PA600 and do steps in (A) again.
It has been frustrating to say the least. Repeat steps in A again and again, and also loss of context on the PA 600.
My question to you:
Do you know why this happens? Is the Windows 10 Korg USB driver goes into some stale state? not sure why
Or the Korg PA 600 midi code is getting into stale state?
Clearly these are different issues from what you are covering in this video.
Thought I will post it here, so you and/or other users can share your wisdom and insights for me as well as others who may be experiencing issues similar to mine.
Thanks in advance Sri
Interesting issue. When it drops the connection can you see what state the driver is in via Device Manager?
@@IanDixonTDL I returned back here today.
Can you tell me how to do this? What specific item on the Device Manager?
I do see Korg Pa600 item and it says everything is fine. I did disable, enable and all such things.
I think Korg PA600 Output side is where the issue is.
As when I turn its power off and on again, everything starts working again.
I am sure some if not all of you will face this issue sooner or later. I am just a heavy user of Korg PA600 and USB Midi with Windows Cakewalk.
@@arsreedhar In Device Manager I was wondered if it disconnects when it drops but it sounds like it doesn't
@@IanDixonTDL Thanks for your reply. You are right. Nothing changes in the Device Manager. As I said, I can send Midi to PA600 and its plays fine. Just that Midi Out is shot!!
Still no dice after about 10 attempts with this method. It last worked for me back in October but I can't for the life of me get my Minilogue XD to connect....
I would try removing all Korg drivers and starting from the begining
@@IanDixonTDL Hey Ian, thank you for replying. As usual, it took me 2 hours before I got it working that day...
The key was not to continually futz with the registry but rather use the korg removal utility and remove some of the windows or other drivers from 1-9. This allowed the Korg driver to move into the proper slot and be recognized by Windows after tweaking the registry once. Hope that make sense.
I just uninstalled the Korg drivers, connected my nanoKontrol 2 and it just works in Windows 10 without the driver.
maaaaaannn thanks bro !!! perfectly run after you comentary !! god save you brada !
Where can you find the uninstall utility?
Right now, I can only see that tool for MAC OS, there isn't any for Windows 10/11.
www.korg.com/us/support/download/driver/1/285/3541/
Wondering why my Windows 8.1 PC could run simultaneously 2-3 or more NI Synth apps from the one Korg Taktile MIDI controller? But OS Windows 10, Just one at a time. Not looking for a 3rd party fix, Just can't find clear info on why it's So. Cheers.
Even with the new drivers it still has to be in one of the first 10 slots on my win 10 machine. I updated the korg driver today.
its really stange. My machine works with the higher slots but some people's dont
@@IanDixonTDL only thing I can think of is it’s the difference between a new machine where it hasn’t been installed before vs a machine where it’s already been installed and is just being upgraded
@@dodgingrain3695 you could be right
Need help with Korg Prologue, I cant update the firmware, it keeps popping upo "Device not found" Ive tried many solutions online like uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling, but device just cant get found.
When you run the Korg driver uninstall tool what slot is the Prologue? Or is it not showing up?
My w11 does see it but when it connects then it sees it as a Pc and then right after it connected it disconnects and wont reconnect until i remove the device from the list
Try getting rid of the korg drivers and using the built in drivers
@@IanDixonTDL Thank you for the reply and will try!
I will try this. It didn’t show me the same screen as you showed; however, updating the sound card driver corrected the problem.
I can't find that "KORG MIDI Driver Uninstall Utility" you are showing. Following the link you provide there is only an uninstall utility for Mac - not Windows.
this one www.korg.com/us/support/download/driver/1/285/3541/
@@IanDixonTDL Thanks, but no that's the driver not the "Uninstall Utility" shown in the video.
@@magnusfranzen that includes the uninstaller
same not seeing this
How to uninstall midi drivers from windows 11? I have an Asus Xonar Dx and I see "midi1, midi2, midi4" in the registry, I would like to uninstall them because they may probably be the reason for the "Enshrouded" game not working properly.
I don't think you can, the 10 limit is was only a old Korg driver issue anyway
no way to get to slots. I got as far as Class, then tried search and nothing shows with name Korg. Too bad, I am going to have to return my new synth if I can't get this working. Please help!
check with the Korg Install app, and are you on 32bit or 64bit Windows?
@@IanDixonTDL 64 bit Windows 10 up to date. Works on mac
worked for me! Thank you so much
Great!
My microkorg s midi wont work as a midi controller
I was hoping to my Korg SQ1 play midi into my Korg MS10 but so far nothing, The SQ1 certainly works with the MS10 well enough but no midi to CV conversion....anything to do with this? I can't seem to get it to sync with Reaper either.
I don't think it is, this issue only causes problems with Windows 10/11 and a Korg device.
I still get error code 10 in device manager after installing the driver and I don’t understand the part with Registrys. I got a microkey 37. Do i need to it to be on the first page of midi devices? That one is full for me and I use all those devices so I wouldn’t want to lose them
Make sure you have the very latest Korg drivers, they should get around the 10 channel limit.
@@IanDixonTDL I think I did install the newest Version：1.15 r49e
Date：2022.09.22
is this the latest? Because the microkey still doesnt power up or show up in my DAW
Wow! What an overkill process to do something that should work plug and play. No one should have to do all this unless they know exactly what they're doing! If this procedure actually works (and I don't think it does), this can have bad consequences for your computer. Most people can't do this. Even for IT Analyst like me it seems like a very dedicated process. That can have a lot of bad consequences for most people lol!!
As I said in the video with the latest drivers you don't need to do it. Checkout the comments on my original video to see if it works or not th-cam.com/video/18SLcnbqwaI/w-d-xo.html&lc=Ugy0EoImi191rP1P7kl4AaABAg
@@IanDixonTDL Thank you :)
@@IanDixonTDL And when it doesn't?!
It isn't that hard. Please that is some FUD interms of if you follow this you'll not give you bad consequences. I have had to do this multiple of times. Korg sucks and I won't but another controller from them just because of these issues but I have several hundred dollars in equipment and they are paper weights without this.
Easy to follow instruction and it works just fine, I literally just used this video to connect my Volca sample 2
Thanks for the video. Unfortunately the alias method is already visible with all the other system drivers of windows, so i have already a midi, midi1, midi2 ... until midi9 which exist! so I have to steal a midi of an existing audio windows driver ?
You could swap one of the audio drivers to a slot higher than 10
it doesnt work. in the last drivers 32 its does not let me create a midi1 alias it says it already exist, so I put in that and nathing really happens I cant work with the korg libriarian
You shound't need to do that with the recent Korg drivers
late model synths don't require the usb midi tools.. i got my modwave working by opening the utility menu, scrolling to usb network parameter and changing the value. reboot the synth and now i can use the updater and also editor/librarian. goes from unrecognized to recognized instantly
That's good to know, in fact I just tested my Minilogue and that worked without the drivers. I think I will update the video.
Hi Ian. I managed to uninstal the driver, get the new driver set up in the right slot and update my SQ-64.
However now my SQ driver shows up as corrupted and I cannot seem to change that no matter how many times I "uninstall" the driver. I've looked for the actual driver in windows and managed to delete it but suspect I didn't truly unistall it but now cannot find it. The Korg Driver Utility does not recognize the driver as not being there either. Any ideas?
Can you try it in another USB port on your machine? It may well try and re-install it. What version of Windows are you running?
@@IanDixonTDL thanks so much for your reply. I ended up trying the usual suspects to no avail. However, despite the driver displaying as corrupted in the Korg Diver Uninstall software I hopped into my DAW and everything worked just fine. So go figure.
Glad its working now :)
I have tried this ..but there is well bellow ten slots - so i dont need to delete any slots it just says MIDI usb driver nothing else in device manager makes no reference to korg but theres an obscure something that has a yellow flag saying device not working i can only assume this is korg modwave ?? im at a loss here im using reaper daw
can you remove it device manager with your modwave unplugged and then plug it back in
Having major issues with korg usb drivers and my windows 10 pc, no matter what I do it always says, driver installed correctly, the librarian times out ( for my prologue and nts1 ) and when I check on the korg usb utility it always shows both as corrupted/connected ... arrgghhhhhh !!!
I would get rid of all Korg drivers and start again
Hi. I installed the latest driver for the Korg Nanokontrol 2 , the driver is oct 2023 and it still has the problem. The fix is to uninstall the Korg drivers and use the windows one, which seems to work perfectly.
Yes, you right. I have a new video showing this.
Can you put a link to the video please ? I've also downloaded the latest drivers and still the same problem, thanks @IanDixonTDL
Am I meant to have 10 midi, 10 mixer, and 10 wave wdmaud.drv values in the registry?
it could be right. Rename them to midi20, 21 etc
@@IanDixonTDL It's worked! Thank you - and it's really admirable you're responding to comments on a video 2 years old, I really appreciate it
@@K9aircraft no problem!
Thank you so much Ian!
Thanks for the video.
I have got the Korg Prologue in the first 10 slots in Windows 10. But because it's 'corrupted' I can't connect to the Korg Prologue Sound Librarian software for patch management. Multiple uninstalls, reboot, reinstalls, nothing changes. Each new install is still 'corrupted'. I went into device manager and uninstalled all Korg drivers there too. I don't know why the fresh install is corrupted. Tried different USB ports on the PC. Not using a USB hub. Any ideas?
Thanks
That is a difficult one to workout remotely. Can you change the driver of the corrupted one in Device Manager. Change it to a different one. I am not in front of my machine so I can't remember which options there are.
Would this resolve my issues with KORG padKontrol and Reason for KORG? It doesn't work at all for Reason. However it does show up and Runs smoothly in FL Studio
it may do
Hello and thanks for the video tutorial. It's really helpful however I'm having a problem with the controller constantly going in and out. I running Windows 11 with the 2023 drivers for Korg. Any ideas as to why this is happening???
I would try getting rid of the Korg drivers and use the built in Windows 11 drivers.
Same problem here in w11 with ableton. Cant even connect it no mroe via bluetooth also. This controller the worst buy i ever made to be honest
Thank you so much good sir. I now have connetion with my Nanokey. Deleting devices to bump up my Nanokey to slot 1-9 has previously been my short term solution. Hoping this is more durable. I think I accedentally deleted whatever was in slot 0 when I was troubleshooting this last christmas. Hoping this will work regardless. Cheers!
Glad I could help
I deleted wdmaud.drv from the Uninstaller utility but after reinstalling korg midi driver, the wdmaud.drv does not show in the list. I want to try and use that driver instead of the korg driver which seems to be bad. Thank you in advance.
I would get rid of the Korg drivers completly, un-install them and then reconnect your device. It should use the built in Windows 11 driver which will work.
@IanDixonTDL I did that but my system still went and got the korg driver automatically. If you know how I can get my computer to not automatically load the korg driver and load the windows driver, please let me know. Thanks very much.
@@abc456fUse the Korg uninstaller tool to remove the korg driver and then go to add remove programs and remove the Korg driver from there as well. Reboot and reconnect and the keyboard should use the Korg driver
@IanDixonTDL I used the uninstall utility but there was no driver listed in add/remove programs. I removed the driver from the korg driver install program. Rebooted and the computer again loaded the korg midi driver. I'm at a loss at this point.
@IanDixonTDL I've got it. I'm not even going to say how because it's too embarrassing. Now that I have the editor working, I don't know how to use it to record multiple tracks/midi channels. I can select a sound from the vst and play it on my M50 but no idea how to record a second and subsequent tracks when using only one instance of the vst which is all that's allowed. Appreciate any help. Thanks.
I just have one question, how did you came ot with this? Thank you BTW!
I had the same issue so a lot of playing about with regedit!
@iandixon does this process work with the modwave? Im using windows 8 and my modwave doesn't connect
The Modwave doesn't need Korg drivers but the editor uses a network communication rather than MIDI to talk to the device. I don't think Windows 8 supports that so you have to switch the Modwave into RNDIS mode. You can find that in Utility, page 2. Change it from NCM to RNDIS
Hope your here today. I set mine from a really high numer as you explained to midi1 as the Kross2 could not be seen by StudioOne DAW. When I look at the Korg Midi Driver Uninstall Utility it states midi1: Corrupted (KORG KROSS1 . I am wondering if this gets corrected maybe on a restart? I will see if the DAW now sees the Kross2 driver. Or restart and check again. If not I can return it to wdmaud.drv and I will search for more info o this problem. Check back later. Thnks
The util asked to turn off the Korg and I did bur after turning it back on the settings returned to midi1: SUB Audio Device. So still not understanding this. There are multiple 'USB Audio Device' entries among midi 1, 5, 6 etc..
just tryed this the regestery edit didn't nead changes, it had the alises alrdey in and the nanoKontrol2 still refuses to work, won't even show conected in the uninstall app.
it was second hand so might I have a faulty controler?
does it show up in Device Manager?
@@IanDixonTDL to hijack a thread - where should it appear in Device Manager?
@@marshalsea000 not at my desk now but I will check and let you know
Hello friend, I am writing to you from Chile, when I update my opsix to 2.0.1 I stop having a connection with the sound library, I tried changing USB between NCM and RNDIS but there is no communication between the PC with WIN and the Korg. I'm thinking it would be nice to go back to 2.0 but how do you do that safely? Thank you so much
I don't think going back is the best way. I would stick with RNDIS and check with slots your Korg is using
@@IanDixonTDL Thanks so much, Anyway I would like to know if it is possible to go back to 2.0 safely... Like a "Plan B".
Thank you very much! It works!
Glad it helped
Does anyone know how to get my nano pad 2 to be recognized by daws as a midi controller I have win 10 and it only detects it as an audio device
make sure you have the latest drivers www.korg.com/us/support/download/driver/0/756/3541/
Had 3 days of not being able to detect Volca 2... tried a number of micro-b usb cables. My one last shot was to buy a new "high speed" micro cable. Plugged volca 2 in and it was instantly detected!
I've installed the latest driver but it won't work. The first 10 slots are occupied by other drivers, do I need to replace one of those? how does one do that if windows won't let me create a new alias (as it already exists)?
If you have the latest Korg drivers it shound't matter what channels the Korg devices are on. If it still isn't working you could disable the devices running on the higher channels and then re-enable them to see if they drop in at the higher numbers
@@IanDixonTDL that's what I've ultimately did as my SQ-1 (in my case) was on slot 13 or 14 and it didn't work: I've uninstalled some devices altogether in order to clear some slots in the 0-9 range, and as such SQ-1 "climbed up" to midi6 where it works just fine. After this I reinstalled the other devices who took on the other slots up until midi15, and these are still working fine. It seems to be just a Korg issue this one. A bit tedious, but works in the end. Thanks for your help!
It's very useful, thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Still working in Win11. Thank you!
Thanks, I have updated the video for 2024 th-cam.com/video/R_unlI_0lz0/w-d-xo.html
Hi there! I tought maybe someone can help with my case. I installed the latest drivers on Win10, my Minilogue XD is on midi4 in the list, but it shows as corrupted. Tried older drivers too, but its always the same. My last trying was on my old Win7 PC, suddenly everything goes fine! How can this be?? I could make an update and the librarian works fine too.
Im working on my Win10 PC, so its not a solution with the Win7... How can I "repare" this corrupted phenomenon?
Try opening up Device Manager and going to Sound, Video and Games controllers. Then see if you can see your Minilogue try right clicking and select Uninstall device
@@IanDixonTDL its there in Device Manager when i install the Minilogue. I made an uninstall from here, and is gone of course. Tried install again, and is corrupted again. Tried all my usb connections too.
I have heard of someone switching out the Korg driver for a standard Microsoft driver and that fixed it.
@@IanDixonTDL Thanks,Ill give a try
Super !!! thanks man. It really helped 🙂
Glad to hear that!
My prologue pops up on the Computer and tell me it Corrupted how do I fix that?
try using the korg unistaller to remove it
@Ian Dixon I took a break for a bit also found out I must delete my Sound drive I didn't think I could do that. I trying to figure out how to fix the Audio drive.
@Ian Dixon I fix my audio problem I going to try that next
@Ian Dixon I try it again and it's still saying corrupted so probably do the same sequence again but what to do Next?
modify the registry editor works for me, thanks!!
I have mine plugged in and it shows as corrupted, but it is working anyway. Is there a problem with it being corrupted? what does it mean? does it need to be fixed or how do I fix it?
Mine seem to work with that message so if you have no issues I wouldn't worry about it.
@@IanDixonTDL thanks!!
Writing from 2023.. still have to use the regedit fix.. but it worked!
Hello, thank you for your videos. Korg driver dont work for me, so I'm trying to do the registry modif, but when I got to "Drivers32" and try to add midi1, I have a message saying that I cant add it with this name, because an entry with this name already exist. My system is Windows 10 home 22H2. How can I do it, please?
Try and find what the existing Midi1 is. You could search for it in the registry or unplug everything and then plug the korg device in.
@@IanDixonTDL thank you. It seems that the registry is swing the midi1 line I added following your video instructions. There was no midi1 before.
Thanks So Much It Worked 🙌🙌
Glad it helped
I can't seem to find the uninstall tool for windows anywhere, does it still exist?
If you don't have the uninstall tool you problaby don't need it, but I would download the latest drivers from Korg.
I don't know if I'd summon up the courage to go this deep to fix the problem. I've had a Korg M50 for years and the usb midi editor has never worked. I'll download the driver, reboot, then it will say "driver not found". The biggest reason I want it is to use the M50 as a vst. I love the sounds on it.
Someone created an instrument definition file years ago for the M50 but unfortunately it's incomplete. It has the prog patches but not the combi patches. Hard to believe that after so many years, there isn't a .ins file for the M50 to be found anywhere. I'm resolved to connecting my M50 to my Scarlett 4i4 with midi cables. It's also hard to believe that Korg hasn't addressed this issue and come out with drivers that will work, it's shameful on their part.
This causes my driver to pop up as "Corrupted". Any way to fix that?
That is, I have Windows 10, freshly installed drivers, Sound Librarian wont detect Minilogue XD (even though the uninstall utility can, at slot 26).
I tried the old version, but it tells me that the driver is corrupted.
Try un-install the Korg drivers with your device disconnected, then plug your Minilogue back into another port and then go through the driver install process.
Excelenteeee!! funcionóooooo graciaaaaaaaaaaaas
i love you, its working! thanks so much
Glad it could help
This works so that i can use my synth in ableton, but the librarian software still cant find my minilogue xd. Any idea what the issue might be?
not sure ,make sure you have the latest Korg drivers
I try everything correctly, but i still on the same spot 12 or 13 it wil not move to 1 or 2
Try removing the Korg drivers and use the built in Windows drivers, they don't have the slot issue
Worked like a charm thank you for your help!
Glad it helped!
Windows 10 doesn't even recognise my Wavestate "No Device Found" work that one out.
Thank you! Great man!
You're welcome!
Is this still a problem with windows 10? I’m about to buy a NanoKontrol 2
Not if you use the built in Windows driver or the latest Korg driver. My advice would be connect it up without installing any of the Korg drivers.
Thanks! It worked as a charm.
Found I had to do this today with latest KORG USB driver when I tried to connect a MS-20 mini to a win10 machine with a working microkey37. The microkey37 vanished from Reaper midi devices after installed korg driver. So THANKS!
that MS-20 Mini looks like a badass piece of equipment. How you liking it? Not including getting these damned Korg products to work with the PC. Lol.
This worked, thank you !
Glad it helped!
Hi Ian your video is very informative although I'm struggling to access the "Korg midi uninstall utility" window. I've just downloaded the latest midi driver for my windows 10 and I also updated my Kronos software but I'm struggling to get it to work, please assist me.
in Windows search for "Korg midi unistall" and it should show up there. You can then see which channel its on. With the latest driver it shouldn't matter which its on
unbelievable - it worked
Glad it helped
I hope this works on my PS60! Thank you!
A big thanks ! Works
You're welcome!
I think I've confused Korg with Nord lol! I wish I knew how sh*t Korg is with Win10/11 beforehand. It's criminal that a company sells a consumer product in the full knowledge that it's not fit for purpose, and expect the buyer to scramble around on forums and YT looking for solutions. Is there a way to get Win10 to "forget" a device has ever been plugged into a USB port? I've uninstalled device, drivers and Korg Kontrol Editor but, for example, if I re-plug in the device it still loads the Korg drivers not the default Microsoft midi ones.
Can you try it in a differnt USB port? What version of Windows are you on? WinVer should tell you.
@@IanDixonTDL I got my controller replaced and used the 'Uninstall KORG USB-Midi Device' utility that comes bundled with the KORG Kontrol Editor download to free up MIDI ports and it eventually worked after a lot of deleting/reinstalling drivers. Thanks Ian! Oh and using Win10/64.
Glad its working now
Wow it worked thank you so much you don't know what this means :D
Glad it helped!
@@IanDixonTDL Happy Christmas
Thank you very mutch!
Hey, first of all thank you for you videos on the Korg usb midi drivers. It seems that if you installed olded usb drivers in your system... the new drivers in not working and the experience is exactly the same as the old drivers. So the new drivers is a joke! I uninstalled all old Korg usb midi drivers and stick with only the new one installed on my system but it doesn't work and that's all... For me the only way to use my Korg Proloque with usb midi is to uninstall all Korg's drivers and stick with win10 generic drivers. This way i can use my prologue with my Midisynth editor... 🙃
Strange. I had the old drivers installed and had to do the do the registry change. Once the new drivers where installed it worked ok. It seems like its different for different systems.
TOP!!
God bless you sir
Glad I could help
How can i buy you a damn coffee sir? Thank you.
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thank you so much
You're welcome!
Gracias, me ayudaste mucho ya puedo utilizar mi minilogue xd en cubase
you are great
Thank you!
I returned my XD because i couldnt fix this issue. Shame Korg have done zero to fix this issue and dont give a crap about solving it. They dont give a stuff about customers.
I have seen some cases where it say corrupted but works anyway
@@IanDixonTDL I am sure it works. I couldn't get the Korg midi driver into the top 10 on my machine. Would love Korg to help so I can buy the minilogue XD 🙂