Fixing Korg USB Midi driver issues with Windows 11 in 2023
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Are you having trouble connecting your Korg devices to your PC after the Windows 10 May 2019 Update? Many users faced issues with Korg USB drivers, but there's good news-most modern Korg devices now work seamlessly with Windows' native USB drivers, eliminating the need for specific Korg drivers in many cases.
In this updated video, I’ll guide you through:
Using Native Windows Drivers: How to connect your Korg Minilogue, Modwave, and other devices using Windows' built-in drivers.
Updating Korg Drivers: Ensure you have the latest Korg drivers if you prefer to use them, and what to do if you still encounter issues.
Registry Fixes: Step-by-step instructions on adjusting MIDI slots in the registry if needed, to restore functionality if you’re experiencing problems.
I’ve personally tested these solutions with devices from 2016 to 2022, including the Korg Minilogue and Modwave. This video also includes a link to my original guide on registry changes for older drivers.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, drop a comment below. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more updates and tutorials!
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If anyone is still having problems. Use the KORG uninstall tool to uninstall any midi slot that is getting in the way of the KORG Drivers (0-9), the KORG drivers will move into the slots emptied and the other MIDI devices will reinstall in the other slots. It's a bit of a puzzle but eventually the KORG gear will inhabit slots 0-9. To do this uncheck the "only Remove KORG devices" checkbox in the "Options" button. After pulling my hair out for a week and with the help of this video I found the non-registry solution as windows audio system had inhabited midi 1-10 in the reg edit making that method impossible. However, some devices are greyed out (hardware) if these need to be removed you will have to reinstall those devices after the KORG devices. Also a side note it's only KORG devices that need to be in slots 0-9, other midi devices will work fine in slots 10-19 and should show up in your DAW.
Life saver, thanks bro and also thanks to this channel, gad damn if Korg makes it hard to use their shit jajaja
where can I get the uninstall app, cant get it
That solved it! Cheers! Registry trick wasn’t working.
It is the Korg driver software.@@DrommeMusicChannel
@@DrommeMusicChannel Same here. I can only find the MAC version.
I really appreciate this information. It did not resolve my specific problem, but it did give me some ideas about what to do. My sole Korg device was in midi 12/13 slot. I followed the registry change advice and found that I could not add in the Alias (midi1) once I got to the System32 section. I looked at the "Uninstall Korg USB-MIDI device" list and realized that I had inadvertently installed the audio driver for my graphics card (NVDIA). I reinstalled the graphics driver minus the audio driver. This freed up the midi slots. Now the Korg works. It's still a mystery to me, but I do appreciate the work you have done. Thank you.
See my post above, that should de-mystify what's going on and you won't have to uninstall/reinstall hardware. That being said sometimes uninstalling hardware will be the only option.
@@frankenjstein9371 Yes, but I didn’t need to uninstall/reinstall hardware, just the graphics card driver. But having you go through the explanation gave me the inspiration to pursue the option that ultimately worked for me.
Hey All, just discovered all of Ian's videos and they are very useful. Alas with the variety of complexities of drivers, platforms and updates it is not always so simple. I'm on Windows 11and I have a Nano Kontrol2, an Akai LPD8 and an old midi Yamaha keyboard, which I like and which I don't really want to change. Just got back into reason and treated myself to Reason 12 and fuppin luvs it. Having the three devices is great and also now you can record into reason so no lead to link it into something else, still figuring out how to get my tasty VSTs into it but that will come.
Anyway, just to say that I tried the reg edit, the updated and removing Korg software and then just removed the other Akai and Yamaha driver and added the Korg one first which allowed it to be in the top ten and then loaded the others and voila, back in business babay. Thanks Ian for your adept knowledge and framework of understanding, I do like my wee Korg Nano Kontroller 2 and it helps with the workflow and to replace it wasn't going to be as portable, simple or as cost effective which is the name of the game sometimes.
Gonna go work on some tunes now that I have managed to clim out of this midi (k) hole. :-)
Glad it helped. Keep on making music!
Hi, and thanks for your help. I have a problem, at minute 4.36 of the video, you do the partition of the folder creating the 22 where you add with F3 the midi 2. I can't do it. Can you explain to me better how you do it? Thank you very much!
F3 is the shortcut to search for the key. You can do it from the menu as well.
@@IanDixonTDL The problem is that I can't duplicate the folder where to add the midi 2 - I don't know how to do it...
@@eziomirrione9494 Right click and do a New string
So, yesterday I did a fresh install of my PC and installed the korg driver right away. It still appears as device 11 this time. I mean the front page is all devices for the internal realtek sound chip and nvidia of all things. I don't know why Nvidia creates midi ports but it does. Once again at a complete loss, especially because this is all KORG's fault, as the limit was removed in Windows years ago and Korg just refuse to update to the new Windows 10/11 standard. The problem is that the Korg driver is multiclient and the Windows factory one is not, which means I am constantly having to close and open apps and it's tiresome indeed. So I tried removing devices as per this video, and the korg utility is not removing them *anyway*. After I press finish and reboot, they are right back where they started. I am at a complete and utter loss - if anyone has any ideas, please....
this is beyond frustrating. Cannot get anything MIDI to work. My old Korg R3 used to be a go to midi tool for all VSTs. Using Studio One Pro, but I think all the Windows 10 updates are blowing up my stuff. None of these things in your video worked for me. Thank you for posting if it helped others.
Have you tried removing the Korg driver completely and use the default Windows driver?
OK, catching up here from the older video. I am up to re-adding the Alias. But the issue last time was corrupted some Generic 'USB Audio Device'. Now is it possible I need to document all the connected USB MIDI devices as well as a MOTU Express 128 which I can just take out, and try to get a blank 1-9?
Are you running the latest Korg drivers? It should fix the issue.
I have a Korg Nautilus and Windows 11 and the Nautilus Editor is still not working. It opens and close immediatley. Nothing helps ... 😞
Have you got the latest Korg drivers?
Thanks, I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my korg midi driver wasn't connecting my device. I will add I did not need to alter the registry, I just deleted some of the midi drivers in the list of slots, some in the list were old devices and also unknown just called USB 2 Audio Device. Also my Korg driver was 16 in my list, I deleted four which would have logically meant it would go to 12 but one of the ones' I deleted was in slot 2 and on restart the Korg Driver went in slot 2. So that process may help someone. I think Korg have a lot to answer for not explaining this issue, they do mention it in the "Notes" on the download page but give no explanation or clue how to fix it or even how big an issue it can be, tiny writing on a huge empty download page. Thanks again coz I was ready to send my device back.
Glad it helped!
Cant get it to work. My korg m50 stays in slot 8 even when slots 5-7 are free. Midi driver not found when i try to bring up the editor as a vst. Driver is installed, other midi functionality not affected. Help!!!
Slot 8 is fine so its not a midi driver issue. Other than completly removing all Korg drivers I don't know what else to suggest.
@@IanDixonTDL I've got it working. Thanks.
Thank you. korg minilogue xd is working.
Just can't get it to work at all. Needed it for my nanokey 2, followed the fix to have it appear in top 10 devices, the suddenly the device would show in the DAW, but selecting it would never work.
Uninstalled the driver in device manager and control panel, went back to microsoft midi driver, and the nanokey now works perfectly.
Korg's midi driver is broken in Win 11, which is sad, as it was a rock solid driver prior that.
BTW I was installing the very latest driver on the KORG site as of a few days back
Strange, so its in slot 10?
@@IanDixonTDL no it was in 3 and 4
I had an issue with my Minilogue the other day, it was in slot 9 but didn't work. I un-installed from the korg tool, rebooted and it was ok.
I had an issue when I changed from Windows 10 to 11 when I bought new laptop. As usual I installed korg driver and Korg PA 900 was not working FL Studio. I just uninstalled korg driver and now PA900 is working with FL Studio. Just adding this comment if it helps anybody. Thanks
When I have my Korg PA5X connected, all I see is "Generic USB MIDI". I have the latest KORG USB-MIDI Driver Tools for Windows (1.15.5101) installed. No idea why it doesn't show KORG in Device Manager? I'm on the latest version of Windows 11 - 10.0.22631. I read thru the many very angry KORG customers regarding this drive 10 MIDI device limit that is ONLY and EXCLUSIVELY a KORG problem. Was hoping it would be fixed by now ... but there still seems to be issues? Is a class action lawsuit really the only option to motivate KORG into doing something?
It shouldn't be an issue anymore. I have the latest drivers installed and my Korg devices are on slot 12 and 13.
It sounds like it has not be recognised.
@@IanDixonTDL Thanks for response. When I turn the KORG Pa5X on, the Generic USB MIDI does appear in device manager. If I turn the KORG off, the Generic USB MIDI disappears from device manager. So Win11 is recognizing the device, but isn’t using the KORG driver. I did try to Update driver and point to the location but Win11 came back saying I have the most recent driver installed.
Hello, I have the kross editor installed in Windows 11, but when I use the loading function from the computer to the kross editor, it gives me the message "load error" that I must configure in Windows to allow me to use it 100%. hundred the software?
Do you have any other midi software you can test through Korg connection with? Eg DAW software
@@IanDixonTDL I have also searched for information on korgforums and there is another person who has had the same problem...according to the compatibility pdf the problem is in my case, due to the version of the Windows operating system...I will try with version 22h2 or earlier where If you allow me to upload those files.
@@leitomusicok Are you using the Korg drivers? If so you can try removing them completely and use the Microsoft drivers.
thank you work
You're welcome!
Hey there! Thanks for you videos! I've just bought a nanoKontrol2 and can't seem to get it working with the KONTROL EDITOR. I've tried everithing by now and it's no use.
I can use it in Ableton Live, and map the knobs and faders to different functions inside the DAW, but I can't get the buttons in the controller to work as toggle. For some reason they're stuck on momentary mode and I can't think of another way to change the way they behave.
Got any idea on how to fix this?
not sure, it sounds like the drivers are ok so not sure what to suggest
@@IanDixonTDL i had the same issue - so deleted all korg software - re-installed and now it is located on midi slot 14 - so nothing works anymore. I smashed my nanokontrol2 against the wall - never will i buy korg stuff again
Hi If you are still having issue with this, this is something you need to change in the kontrol editor. I had a pain getting it to work but eventually it did. However now my nanokontrol has been bumped down to below slot 10. So maybe this is your issue? Have you installed the korg drivers? If you haven't maybe that's why the editor won't find it, and if you have maybe it is due to the slot number? But those are guesses. I used this video first to get it to work and it helped me. ruclips.net/video/s9OfwDr8oYQ/видео.html&ab_channel=DigitalDuneDesign%2FGluedFinish
My Korg ms20 is on MIDI 10 but still wont work, no idea what the problem is.
MIDI 10 is not ok.... first 10 positions starting from index 0 so Midi 0 -> Midi 9
Hi, I have a korg 01/Wpro music workstation. Is it possible to use it in windows 11 by some driver?
You need a USB to MIDI adapter, something like this ruclips.net/video/JG_02DQxClY/видео.html
Thanks Ian@@IanDixonTDL
Hi Ian. Where can I download the driver uninstall for Windows ? I found only one for Mac in internet.
www.korg.com/us/support/download/driver/1/285/3541/
if you installed the korg driver it will be in program file korg folder
Hey buddy. When I go to my Drivers32 folder, it already have a "midi1" to "midi9" file. All with "wdmaud.drv" data.
First try using the native Windows drivers and skipping the Korg drivers completly, they don't have the 10 device limit.
@@IanDixonTDL Solved!! ♥I was trying with Korg drivers. Windows native worked fine! Thank you!!
Glad to be of help.
I deleted the wdmaud.drv from the Uninstaller utility. My Korg m50 still remained in slot 8 even after Uninstaller of driver and reinstall.
Slots 5-7 are empty. Can you tell me what you did to use the wmdaud.drv instead of the korg driver? I'd really appreciate it.