Midiman / OMS problem, No sound ?!#!! Options

[Topher]

My interface was working fine for the past two years, but today, I'm experiencing my first problem with it.

Its shimmering USB LED indicator seems okay but the other MIDI in/out LED's refuse to work. No sound. The OMS 'Studio Test' works fine though (if getting a bunch of random notes is considered as normal). I must say that I haven't used the interface for a month, and in the meantime, I have upgraded to Mac OS 9.1. I used to use OMS 2.3.8 but after reading a couple of posts which seemed to precise that I had to go back to version 2.3.7 when using OS 9.1, I tried and failed to make it work. FreeMIDI 1.4 doesn't seem to change a thing about it either. Upgrading the Midiman drivers doesn't help. I'm starting to worry about the interface itself. The Midiman company don't return my e-mails... Any clues are more than welcome.

Thank you,

Topher

[abbie]

I would hate to send you on a wild goose chase, but maybe there is an OS 9 updater/fix for USB that you need that would be available from apple.com support. You might want to check apple's knowledge base, as well, to see if someone else has had a similar problem.

bonne chance...

[Topher]

Well, my system version is still the same and the interface used to work. Besides, I have other USB devices that work fine... I know for sure that it's not the USB hub's fault because I have tried to plug the interface straight into the computer. Unfortunately the key seems to be somewhere else. Thanks for trying though... ;-)

[abbie]

Here is a silly one then. Since I went to OS 9 I discovered that my keyboard must be powered on and all the midi cables attached for it to be recognized by my host software.

[abbie]

Since you re-installed OMS, make sure that the 'run midi in background' box is checked in the OMS midi setup since this setting is not the default.

[Topher]

Hey Abbie, thanks for the tips !

Fortunately, I finally found what the problem was: Logic Audio was bugged.
Trashing its preferences as well as Pluggo's (which it seemed to have a problem with) helped the machinery get back on track !
Thanks also to the Micrologic demo, which, due to its lack of features (and therefore of things that could've gotten in the way), helped me make sure that my set-up was fine in a more concrete way than OMS's studio test.

:-)

Topher.