How to fix USB MIDI cable not being recognized in Windows 7

[jharris01]

So you bought one of those cheap ebay USB MIDI cables and it's not working on Windows 7? Don't throw it away just yet. Download the file below and extract its contents to a place in your computer:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/fgq03z3l4w3j1dl/generic-usb-midi-driver.zip


Now open up Device Manager and look for the USB MIDI device with a yellow icon next to it. Right click on it and choose the 'Update Driver' option. Tell Windows you will "Browse my computer." Choose "Let me pick from a list of devices" and then choose "Have Disk." Click on "Browse" and navigate to where you extracted the driver files. Select the file "emuxmidi.inf" and click on Open then OK then Next. If you get a warning message just say Yes (or Next) and let windows install the new drivers. You should see a brief progress bar and eventually be able to close the installation wizard.

With a little bit of luck your USB MIDI adapter should now be recognized and functioning properly.

[Mau1wurf1977]

Seems that these cheap adapters all use different chips inside?

Mine pulls the driver through windows update tested under W7 64 bit and XP...

[jharris01]

It's not about the price of the cables...

Apparently the default Windows 7 driver is meant to work with one cable. It doesn't enumerate them well, so sometimes it's necessary to use a different driver. Windows XP seems to be the most compatible, but it's possible this may work for those cases too.

[Mau1wurf1977]

Mine looks like this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/USB-MIDI-Interface-Converter-Connect-Cable-PC-XP-/280551006638?pt=AU_Pro_Audio&hash=item415224a1ae

[endre1952]

I have one that does not transmit MT-32 sysex, no matter what. I was never able to fix the issue. Another I obtained more recently works just fine.

[jharris01]

At least in my case I had more luck than you. Bought many of them during the last three years and they they've all worked fine for me, including sysex. Having recently moved to Win7 I had no issues either.... until I hooked up more than one cable.