No Midi, use of OSX Options

[Deigh]

Hi there,
I have owned a Yamaha UX16 for two years and have been completely unable to make it work on either my iMac or my G4 powerbook. The programs I need to use it for are "Encore" and "Band in a Box". This weekend I have tried it for the first time on a PC, a Toshiba Satellite, and it worked, playing my Technics KN200.

For many years I've used the combination of MAC computer and KN2000 to play midi using the programs Encore and Band-in-a-box. This has been with older computers like the LC3 and the powerbook series but they are wearing out and I need to upgrade to OSX. I can't get any midi activity either in or out from iMac or G4. Has anyone any idea why, or better still can someone who has beaten this problem tell me how they did it? I have OMS installed but it just produces crashes.

Deigh Davies New Zealand

[lepetitmartien]

The only way to run some midi software in Classic (not OS 9, Classic!!!) is to use a MIDI interface not recognised by OS X and you have to be able to install OMS in classic, which can be tricky. It's just a way to create difficulties instead of making thing simpler (it's a trick for the Nord Modular editor).

In OS 9, my major source of crashes was Explorer and Outlook… Next it was ATM. (just did the trick again last week the b…d)

Deigh, if you want some help, we really need to know which mac you are talking about, imac G4 just won't do… if it's not a speed demon, it's better to run it under in OS 9, as OS X will just pump its juice and it'll crawl. There is NO reason it shouldn't be able to talk in MIDI with your keyboard as long as we can tell you the best solution.

Also, if you have freeMIDI installed over OMS and you are not using any MOTU software, just get rid of it. it'll just f…k things up nicely.

Also, to install OMS and the interface properly, uninstall OMS and the eventual driver completely then install OMS first. OMS is temperamental so be nice with him.