How I connect my Joué Board MIDI keyboard directly to my UNO Synth via the UNO Synth Editor

By Bob Voith (bob@vcode.no), March 16th, 2020

First - I am working with Windows 10 x64. Normally I also work with Ableton Live, but for this writeup, I connect the MIDI keyboard directly to the UNO Synth via the UNO Synth Editor. Very quick and easy to get playing :-)

First, connect the UNO Synth and the MIDI keyboard to the computer. I do this with the USB cables on both the UNO Synth and the MIDI keyboard.

Do not start any other audio software at this moment. No Ableton Live or any DAW. Why? Because Ableton will attempt to connect to the UNO Synth too, and thus block the UNO Synth Editor from connecting properly.

Then, launch the UNO Synth Editor and ensure that I connects to the UNO Synth. This means that the UNO Synth Editor shouldn't say "WAITING FOR UNO". If you have the WAITING FOR UNO, then check if this document can help you out https://www.vcode.no/files/HowConnectUNOSynthToAbletonLive

Below you see the UNO Synth Editor, connected to my UNO Synth;


Next, click the hamburger-menu up in the right corner. This should bring up the settings dialog box as shown below;


Note that the MIDI CONTROLLER field has selected my MIDI keyboard (which is the fantastic Joué Board by the way) named "Play".

Click on the drop-down list to see all MIDI devices. You should be able to find your MIDI keyboard there;

If you don't see your MIDI controller in the drop-down list above, it means that the MIDI keyboard probably hasn't been connected properly to your computer.

In my case, I can play my UNO Synth with my Joué Board instantly now.