Red Light next to drum name in midi link menu

[jloe01]

So I started playing phase shift with my alesis nitro kit a few days ago after I found out the cable I needed to connect from my module to my pc is the same one my printer uses, and it was working fine, but I ordered a 16 ft long amazon basics cable since the other one was short and now I'm having issues with this one. Whenever I tab out of the game or hit the pads a few times, the game stops recognizing inputs from my drums and the light next to the drum name on the midi link menu goes red. If I try to disconnect and reconnect it or turn my module off and on again then the same thing just keeps happening. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[vandorb12]

You're up to the threshold of the length limits of a USB cable, which is 16 feet: superuser.com/questions/64744/maximum-length-of-a-usb-cable

Either you need to get a USB repeater, need a shorter cable, or use a 5-pin DIN and a MIDI interface like you should be.