USB sythesizer MIDI connection difficulty
Posted: 31. Oct 2010, 21:05
I have a Windows XP x64 host and Windows 7 x64 as one of the guests. I am trying to install drivers in the guest for a Roland V-Synth GT synthesizer so that I can use the sequencer program specifically designed for the V-Synth. Roland will not provide any drivers for Windows XP x64 (unlike Korg and Kawai who seem to be more realistic and friendly in supporting their customers who buy very expensive music keyboards.) I figured I'd give the virtual Windows 7 a shot. I don't use Windows 7 as my host OS because of other hardware that won't work in Windows 7 x64 due to similar driver issues, and which is too costly to replace just to use an OS I don't want to use in the first place.
The Windows 7 x64 guest works perfectly. I started to install the V-Synth drivers, but when I attached the V-Synth USB to the computer, it does not appear in the VirtualBox list of available USB devices. Every other device that is already running in the host Windows XP x64 is listed, but not the V-Synth.
The question, after all that intro, is: does the VirtualBox only list, as available USB devices, those which are already running in the host OS? In other words, if the USB device in question does not run (i.e. has no drivers) in the host OS, then will it or will it not be available in the guest OS? I hope that's clear enough.
The reason I am using Windows XP x64, or any 64-bit OS, as host is for dealing with huge video files. If I were running Windows XP x86, there would not be a problem as Roland provides drivers for that. It's impossible to edit or even see a 50GB video file in a 32-bit OS.
I do have a USB MIDI breakout box, and other sequencer software that works quite will in Windows XP x64, but it does not directly address some of the features of the V-Synth GT, or allow direct control specific to the V-Synth. The whole problem is the Roland sequencer software and drivers not working in Windows XP x64.
My thanks to anyone who can provide a definitive answer.
The Windows 7 x64 guest works perfectly. I started to install the V-Synth drivers, but when I attached the V-Synth USB to the computer, it does not appear in the VirtualBox list of available USB devices. Every other device that is already running in the host Windows XP x64 is listed, but not the V-Synth.
The question, after all that intro, is: does the VirtualBox only list, as available USB devices, those which are already running in the host OS? In other words, if the USB device in question does not run (i.e. has no drivers) in the host OS, then will it or will it not be available in the guest OS? I hope that's clear enough.
The reason I am using Windows XP x64, or any 64-bit OS, as host is for dealing with huge video files. If I were running Windows XP x86, there would not be a problem as Roland provides drivers for that. It's impossible to edit or even see a 50GB video file in a 32-bit OS.
I do have a USB MIDI breakout box, and other sequencer software that works quite will in Windows XP x64, but it does not directly address some of the features of the V-Synth GT, or allow direct control specific to the V-Synth. The whole problem is the Roland sequencer software and drivers not working in Windows XP x64.
My thanks to anyone who can provide a definitive answer.