{"id":33720,"date":"2011-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=33720"},"modified":"2012-04-17T19:12:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T19:12:37","slug":"undefined-external-error-access-midi-device-windows-system","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/undefined-external-error-access-midi-device-windows-system\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Undefined external error&#8221; when trying to access my midi device on a Windows system."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Midi Ox is a free and easy tool to analyze incoming\/outgoing midi data with your midi device.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midiox.com\"> Download MIDI-OX here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For one user, we received &#8220;Undefined external error&#8221; when trying to enable his midi device&#8217;s inputs or outputs.<\/p>\n<p>The solution:<br \/>&#8220;Hold down function\/Windows key and press the letter R. This will open the Run window.<\/p>\n<p>Type in: regedit to open the Registry Editor<\/p>\n<p>Press CTRL + F on the keyboard to open the search window. Copy and paste the following key in the  Find what  field.<\/p>\n<p>4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318<br \/>(make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces)<\/p>\n<p>There will be several registry keys that look very similar. You can confirm that the search function has located the correct key because the (Default) value is  Sound, video and game controllers  and the Class is  MEDIA <\/p>\n<p>Right-click in the right hand pane and choose New -> Multi-String Value<br \/>Under the Name column right-click  New Value  and select Rename and type UpperFilters (case-sensitive)<\/p>\n<p>Double-click UpperFilters and under Value data: type ksthunk (case-sensitive)<\/p>\n<p>Click File Exit to close the Registry Editor.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the &quot;Undefined external error&quot; when trying to access my midi device on a Windows system. page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/undefined-external-error-access-midi-device-windows-system\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Undefined external error&quot; when trying to access my midi device on a Windows system. - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Midi Ox is a free and easy tool to analyze incoming\/outgoing midi data with your midi device. 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