Checking your controller on Windows is as easy as making sure that MIDI messages are received. The controller should be directly detected by your PC and listed in any MIDI applications and DAWs.

Essential info about USB-MIDI on Windows:

Remember that Windows allows only 1 connection at the time between a USB-MIDI device and an application. Make sure that only 1 MIDI application is open at the time.

Monitor incoming messages:

You can monitor the MIDI messages from the controller using either:

• the control panel page in Chrome: https://sound-force.nl/SFC_8_control_panel/index.html

  In the bottom left section of the control panel, you can find the MIDI monitor section. More information about the control panel in this section.

• MIDI view (https://hautetechnique.com/midi/midiview/)

Opening the device manager:

If you’d like to verify that your controller is detected by your PC, open the device manager. Here is the example in Windows 10, but it’s a similar process in Windows 11.

• select Start
• type device manager
• select Device Manager from the search results

This is what you should see in your device manager: