Hi Dugan, there's no "emulated" port in the caps viewer list of midi ports, nor in the list I got from directmusic->EnumPort(..,..) in my application. I'm using DirectX 8.1. And I saw the device if I use midiIn and midiOut functions. Actually I saw the device as USB Speakers in winXP, input and output ports. What can I do to see the device in DirectMusic? Have I got to do something specific? Thanx Giovanni ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dugan Porter" <duganp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:10 PM Subject: [directmusic] Re: can't list my device > You should find USB MIDI ports showing up as "emulated" DirectMusic > ports. This is because the USB MIDI class driver in Windows doesn't > expose these devices in a DirectMusic-compatible way, so DirectMusic has > to talk to them via the legacy midiOut API (which is was "emulated" > means). > > Dugan Porter - Audio API Dev Lead - Microsoft > This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no > rights > > > -----Original Message----- > From: directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:directmusic-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Giovanni Rovatti > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2003 6:13 AM > To: directmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [directmusic] can't list my device > > the device is a usb midi keyboard. it's not listed in the directmusic > ports > (directx caps viewer) but it is in the windows control panel sounds and > multimedia. i can play through it with the media player (and other > applications) and it works. > why direct music can't open it? is there anything I can do to use it > with my > direct music application? > thanx > bye > gio > > > > >