Audiomidi In Tiger, S.O.S. Options

[LeoAbrahams]

I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help - I'm trying to make the new AudioMIDI Setup do the same job as MIDI Patchbay which I used to use with Panther.
I'm trying to get a MIDI foot controller to talk to Sooperlooper. It is coming in through a MOTU 828MKII. MIDI is getting to the MOTU but not to the Sooperlooper. How do I need to configure the routings? I seem to have tried every combination. Anything else to consider?
Thanks in advance to any intelligent and generous souls!

Ce message a été modifié par LeoAbrahams - mer. 8 juin 2005, 20:49.

[cornutt]

I'm trying to get a MIDI foot controller to talk to Sooperlooper. It is coming in through a MOTU 828MKII. MIDI is getting to the MOTU but not to the Sooperlooper. How do I need to configure the routings?

The 828-II has MIDI? I didn't know that. My Mk I 828 doesn't. Did you possibly mean that you have a MIDI Express? Also, by "foot controller", do you mean a set of MIDI bass pedals, or a foot switch plugged into the pedal jack?

If the latter, let me pass on this: With my MIDI Express, I have it set up so that a pulse on the foot pedal input sends a particular CC message to a Lexicon MPX 500 (for use with the rotary speaker simulation). I have found that no matter what I do with the MOTU setup program, I cannot make the MIDI Express send this CC message directly to the computer. It will send it out of a MIDI port, but it won't send it directly out the USB to the computer.

So what I do when I want to use this is: I have the foot pedal jack setup configured to send the CC message out of port 8 (which is on the front panel). I connect a short MIDI cable between the port 8 output and the port 8 input, then I enable port 8 as a recordable input to my sequencer (Metro 6). It's goofy, but it works.

[LeoAbrahams]

Yeah, the MkII has MIDI. The footboard I have is a Behringer FCB1010 - so I'm not sure your fix would work for me. I could send out of the MOTU to a USB MIDIMan, but then I'd still be stuck with configuring Tiger's AudioMIDI - which is the real problem I think... thanks for your input though

[cornutt]

OK, I went and looked at the 828-II Web page, and I'll make a couple of guesses based on my experience with other MOTU MIDI products:

1. The Firewire out on the 828 needs to be configured as a MIDI Thru somehow. I don't know if Clockworks talks to an 828 or not; you might want to download it and try.

2. I assume the Firewire itself is working. Does audio work?

3. It's some kind of driver issue. Download the MOTU Firewire driver version 1.2.5 if you haven't already.

4. If the 828 shows up in AMS, which it sounds like it does, and you draw the connection from the Behringer to the 828, that should be all that is required as far as getting the MIDI into the computer. However, you might need to do something to add the new MIDI inputs to your sequencer application. I don't know how that is done in Sooperlooper, but for example in Metro, I have to tell Metro to add that device to the device list, and how many channels it has. Also, I've had the problem before that when I did a driver upgrade, the existing icon in AMS lost its connection with the driver, and AMS created a new, duplicate one and I had to move all of my connections over to it. Scroll your AMS window way over to the right and see if a new duplicate icon has mysteriously appeared.

5. Download MIDI Monitor, which I'm pretty sure is in MacMusic's software area. See if the MIDI shows up there. (Everyone who does anything with external MIDI on a Mac should have a copy of MIDI Monitor. It's a terrific debugging tool.)

[LeoAbrahams]

Thanks very much for that advice. I will try it. Actually the free app MIDI Patchbay does work in Tiger, but I'd still like to get into Mac AudioMIDI so, again, cheers for taking the time