Prodipe Midi USB Keyboard 49 N Issue

It is a MIDI keyboard, so no sound will come out of it...

Hi. I hope it's not too late considering the date of the message.
I also bought a Prodipe midi/usb keyboard and I had a hard time at first.
I don't have the same setup as you since I have Windows XP.

Regarding the expander, you don't need anything else. There are plenty of people giving good advice, but evidently, they haven’t read the response. The software provided with the Prodipe keyboard is:
- Prodipe virtual expander: it is an expander... so you don’t need to get another one. An expander is the machine (here virtual) that generates the sounds. Your keyboard only tells the expander which note you are playing and with what force. The expander produces the sound.
- Prodipe record 64 allows you to record what you play on multiple tracks. It records in MIDI. You can then convert them into audio tracks or leave them in MIDI. The advantage of leaving them in MIDI is that you can change the instrument that plays, the rhythm, the pitch of the notes, etc.
- The last software (Piano Passion?) is a small program that helps you get started with the piano based on well-known piano works.

So, you have EVERYTHING you need to play with your keyboard and to produce sounds.
The problem is that Windows does not recognize your keyboard (at least, that’s the problem I had with XP) when it is plugged in at startup.

WHAT YOU SHOULD TRY: force your Windows to recognize your keyboard by only plugging it in after Windows has fully started. When all your Prodipe software and drivers are installed, Windows will recognize it. So, you start your Windows and only connect your keyboard afterwards. A message will indicate that your keyboard is recognized and from there, you can launch your PRODIPE VIRTUAL EXPANDER software. Normally, this software will automatically select your midi keyboard. If not, you will have to select it in the options. Then... all you have to do is play.

Good luck and have fun. Feel free to contact me if I wasn't clear. In any case, I assure you, contrary to what you may have been told, you have all the tools for sound to come out when you play with your keyboard. You don't need anything else.

Byyyyeeee!

Thank you for your quick response, Bazath.
I followed your instructions, but nothing has changed. Whether the indicators are green or red on the PVE GM Mode window, I still have no sound when recording. I don't even see the volume bar moving, as you described, on all the tracks of Prodipe Record.
I tried on both of my computers, and I still get the same result.
I'm starting to despair...

If you don't know anything, good luck... because with the MIDI standard, you're really stuck...
Why buy a MIDI keyboard if it was just to play the piano? You should have bought a nice little Bontempi or a low-end Yamaha.
Your MIDI keyboard is used to control an external unit (hardware or software).

Edit: I'm deleting everything I've written and starting over:

Pro Record 64 is a multi-track sequencer.
Prodipe VE Complet seems to be some kind of plugin, but what I've read is rather poorly explained. Apparently, it’s the one that will produce the sounds.
Piano Passion appears to be just a small thing for learning.

I don't know these software, but logic would suggest that you need to launch Prodipe VE in the sequencer... unless it's a standalone application..
It must be clearly stated in the manual how it works. Read it.

There is definitely help somewhere.
Launch one of your software and press F1. You will find information there.
Alternatively, click on the last tab of one of the software; there should be a link to the official website, and you should find help there. At worst, you can write an email to customer service.

Have you plugged your keyboard into a laptop? If so, it's not working. I had the same problem.

In the program you want to use to "output" the sounds (as explained above), the keyboard sends the notes to the program, and it's the program that interprets them and "creates" the sound. You need to go to the program's control panel and set the MIDI input ports.

Since this seems to be the only MIDI device you are using, you don't have much to configure in terms of MIDI channels... (with one MIDI input, you can control 16 channels, that is to say, 16 virtual instruments in your program.) So you need to choose a channel (either omni, which controls all channels at once but may cause unwanted command issues, or you choose one channel, for example, channel 1, and make sure that the program that is supposed to output the sound is set to channel 1)

After that, it should work :^)

Hello,

I recently acquired a Prodipe 49 N as well, I'm on Windows XP, and I don't understand anything about how the software works. As for the expander, Prodipe VE, no problem, my keyboard is recognized, and I have sound. However, when I want to record my compositions, it doesn't work. Yet, I believe I'm following the correct method:
I open the Prodipe Record 64 Lite software, select a track, press Rec, and play my music. But, when I later play the track, I have no sound.
If someone could shed some light on this problem, thank you in advance.

Thank you Bazath,

I have resolved my issue!
I realized that when both of my software programs were open (Prodipe Record + Virtual Expander), recording did not work. However, when I only open Prodipe Record and set the Midi output to "USB Audio Device," it works! I don't know if that's normal...
So, I suppose that to record a composition, I shouldn't use the expander. But what is the expander for then?

Nonsense, of course you can get sound out of your sound card. First, the red light on the MIDI select must be off if you are using USB. Then, in the expander, at the bottom right next to the hardware, you should select your sound card or, if that doesn't work, select your speakers. Then at the bottom, select USB audio peripherals and it should all work. However, I can't figure out how to adjust the sensitivity of the keys, if someone could help me, thanks.

Hello everyone,

I have a Logilink USB MIDI cable connected to a Yamaha PSR220 synthesizer, all hooked up to a Windows XP Pro SP3 laptop (plus another test on an XP Home SP3 laptop). When I press the keys on the synthesizer, no notes appear in Finale 2008 fr.

In the Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager, there are no question marks.

Here’s the connection: IN of the cable to OUT of the synthesizer and vice versa (I also tried the other way around but no results). The red LED lights up and the green IN LED blinks.

I've tried almost everything regarding MIDI configuration with Finale. MIDI thru is set to smart. Playback via Native Instruments VST is also checked.

I don't know what to do anymore; if someone could help me.

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone, I have a Prodipe 49N and I've installed all the software. When I launch VE, it asks me to select MIDI and there were no choices, so now it gives me an error message and there's no sound. The same for FL Studio, I don't see my keyboard. Please help me.

Hello. Here is a response to one of your issues: to make VE and Prodipe Record work simultaneously (that is to say, to create sound and record it at the same time), you just need to select PVE 1/4, 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 (depending on the number of layers used on VE) instead of "USB audio device."
Good luck, and have fun!!!