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 #### Nothing shows up when I try to bind in `Analogs` tab
 After selecting the device, make sure you use your control (press on pedal, twist a knob, etc). **After** some data is received by spice, the controls will show up in the drop down.
 
+#### My device doesn't show up at all
+It's possible for another application to open exclusive access to your MIDI device. Close other applications before opening spicecfg/spice/spice64.
+
 #### Your code sucks, can I use third party tools like Midikey2key or CoyoteMIDI?
 
 So far it seems that both of these tools cannot properly inject keystrokes into Windows raw input API, which spice uses.