RE: Re: Midisport and sysex
RE: Re: Midisport and sysex
- Subject: RE: Re: Midisport and sysex
- From: "Peter Karlsson" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:13:34 +0100
Dear list!
A couple of month ago I sold my 2 Opcode Studio 4 midi interfaces because
they could not be used with sysex in Mac OS X.
Now I have this MIDISport 4x4 and this will not work either. And I can't
get my workaround to fix the sysex problem.
Open question to M-Audio. What is M-AUDIO going to do about it?
If M-Audio don't solve this I can't recommend the use of MIDISport as a
interface for my app.
I will sell this interface as soon as possible. I need some feedback from
the users on this list. What midi interface is the best? Or maybe I should
put it this way. Is there a interface that works?
Peter
Ursprungligt meddelande
> MIDISPORT 8x8/s has an extra imaginary port pair which is dedicated to
> configuring the device. None of the other MIDISPORT models support this,
so
> there is nothing I can tell you about communicating through them. You will
> need to find a harmless transaction you can perform with your synthesizer.
> This may persuade the interface (a MIDISPORT 4x4 in your case) to get its
> USB data toggles synchronized.
>
> circa 12/20/04 11:54 AM, "Peter Karlsson" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Hi Pete!
> >
> > I suppose I have to workaround it, even if it's not the perfect
solution to
> > the problem. I think a firmware update to the MIDISport would be a
better
> > way, if possible. But I leave that for now.
> >
> > Ok, when you say that you are sending a request to check if there is any
> > 8x8 there, do you mean that you send a sysex message to the MIDISport?
If
> > so, how does the sysex message looks like and what do I get back from
the
> > MIDISport if it answers me?
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Ursprungligt meddelande
> >
> >> I'm pretty sure this is not related to 2431, which is about hot
plugging.
> >> For the record, our bug database suggests 2431 is fixed and will ship
in a
> >> future version of the driver. I don't have a date for when that might
> > happen
> >> and I can't distribute builds outside our normal release process.
> >>
> >> This problem sounds to me more like 2535. I ended up squinting at a USB
> >> analyzer trying to figure out why the USB data toggles were out of
synch.
> > Of
> >> course, a MIDI driver has no control over USB data toggles; this seems
to
> > be
> >> a firmware issue, though it only manifests on Mac OS X (which usually
> > means
> >> Mac OS X is correct and every other OS is ... ahem ... tolerant, to
put it
> >> diplomatically). I worked around it in the 8x8/s control panel by
sending
> > a
> >> request, waiting for a response, and sending the request a second time
if
> >> necessary. The panel times out only if it gets no response the second
> > time.
> >> The panel only does this on launch when it is trying to find all the
8x8/s
> >> devices; once found in this way, a device can be relied upon to work
> >> correctly. I realize you are working with a 4x4, but the firmware is
very
> >> similar, so it would be worthwhile to attempt some variation on this
idea.
> >>
> >> circa 12/20/04 7:57 AM, "Peter Karlsson" <email@hidden> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have checked the archives and it seems like this is not an unknown
> > bug.
> >>>
> >>> Pete, can you please tell me the status of issue #2431?
> >>>
> >>> BTW: My controller messages at startup did not work.
> >>
> >>>> I'm having trouble with my MIDISport 4x4 and sysex.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have just found out that if I send a dump request message from my
> > app:
> >>>>
> >>>> - Kurt Revis MIDI Monitor says that 6 bytes has been sent to port A,
> > and it's
> >>>> the complete request message.
> >>>>
> >>>> - MIDISPORT 4x4 is not receiving sysex (no red lamp is blinking) and
my
> >>>> synthesizer is not responding.
> >>>>
> >>>> This happens only after my app is just started. If I send the same
> > sysex
> >>>> request again, everything works and willl continue working. Until the
> > next
> >>>> time I start my app.
> >>>>
> >>>> I made a change in my app so it now sends out some controller
messages
> > after
> >>>> startup, this seems to solve the problem (not 100% sure). So it seems
> > that
> >>>> the MIDISport driver is having trouble with some sysex status flag or
> >>>> something. Can this be a driver problem in the MIDISport 4x4? The
> > driver
> >>>> version I'm using is 3.1 with latest OS X panther version.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Pete Gontier
> >> http://www.m-audio.com/
> >>
> >>
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>
> Pete Gontier
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>
>
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