Re: MIDI interfaces

On May 5, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Nick Batzdorf wrote:

 > Nope. I'm saying that maybe five years ago I used to have to phooph
 > around to get the MIDI interface to be seen when I flipped the switch
 > to turn on my studio. In all honesty I forget the specifics, but it
 > was never just "turn on the switch and play" like it is now - I had
 > to power-cycle the interface sometimes, or maybe unplug and plug its
 > USB cable - again, I forget.

Posted by: "Andy Hardwake" [email protected]   digitalmechanics
Mon May 5, 2008 10:28 am (PDT)

> OMG! Have you ever updated the firmware?


Probably, but I have no interest in doing anything to it now.

Another reason to keep it turned on is that sometimes I launch MIDI  
programs without my studio turned on, and I don't want to deal with  
dialogs about not being able to find the MIDI interface.

Again, it doesn't use any power worth talking about, so I just have  
it sitting in a rack way back under my desk along with other stuff I  
don't ever need to look at.

>  Been using mine for 7 or 8
> years and never seen it here... Or in the worst case pressing the
> panic button made it work... Now I recall having an issue when
> switching to USB, but I solved it right away by getting a top-quality
> USB cable shielded on both ends... Am I just lucky or what :-) ?

The transition to USB MIDI in general was a huge PITA. Serial MIDI  
worked perfectly (except for that horrible DIN connector), and then  
all of a sudden everything was a mess for a couple of years.

Not all the interfaces worked right away. It took MOTU a ROM chip  
upgrade, and there were other problems. This is all a good ten years  
ago, though - water under the bridge. Now they all seem to work fine.



Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher
Virtual Instruments Magazine
www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com
1-877 VImagzn (846-2496)
+1818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434




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