Interestingly however, Mathias replied to me this time last year saying "Sorry, no" when I asked about UFX mk1 compatibility via USB on the computer.
So, it's indeed a great result and one that will result in many more sales of the remote.

I am sorry but at that time we really kept it secret to not even let a rumour pop up.

There are lots of units like that on the market, many even cheaper than the ARC USB. Don't expect us to change anything on this unit - it will not happen. The ARC USB has just one purpose - control TM FX.

Knuckle, I never heard that there is any difference whether you connect ARC USB to UFX+ directly or via PC. Can you pls cite the manual where you think you found this information?

I think the advantages are simply
- allows for shorter cable, less cabling efforts
  just plug it to the device which is closer to
  your mouse hand
- standard USB interface vs customized
- easier cable replacement
- backward compatibility for a lot of devices as to make this happen everything seems only to be about the communication between ARC USB towards TM FX on the PC.

Also it might be easier and more straightforward for RMEs design of driver and devices as USB I/O is already or can be implemented into FPGA of future products.

Also the communication between ARC USB on UFX+/II to PC might be easier to implement as the USB traffic of the ARC USB might only be passed through the already established USB connection. And in the case of thunderbold maybe easy to implement as TB is desiged to kind of "tunnel" different driver traffic like already seen in the case of firewire which needs only an adapter.

Dear Gentleman,

you are speaking about mystic things which are until now not existing on market. Right now, there is no Remote Control System from RME available at all. Not the old one and also not the "new" ARC USB Controller. I Would recommend not think to much about tools which are not available yet or maybe never in later time. I do not trust any more those hasty announcements from RME. My goal is to looking for alternative interfaces from other manufacturers.

PreSonus takes my attention with a brand new Thunderbolt interface probably with buffer size settings around to 8-16 samples in ASIO dialog. Great for real time VST-instruments. Controlling via wireless iPad apps. (Of course for talkback, monitor switching, dim, mute functionality and so on) I do not have any more the time waiting years for one hardware remote control system from RME. So probably for my person it is time to say goodbye to RME.

With best regards

And you are not the only one, several posts in this forum already. Trommeltotti is not up to date.

Hi all

I just started using mine this morning, what a joy!

One question though. Having the unit on does seem to disable all other midi control of total mix.

Does anyone know if there is a way round this?

it would still be good to still have access monitor mixing on the fly rather than rely entirely on snapshots.

Cheers

Good to know, thanks ;-)

Hi,

I received mine last week, very happy with it and works great. The only thing I've noticed is that Logic X is constantly receiving MIDI messages/ping from the remote when idle. Not sure if I just need to change an option somewhere in the TM or Logic X settings...

Thanks
J

When I have the ARC USB connected to the mac, Logic Pro blocks and show me a windows with "MIDI TIME OUT"? I've already done your system and it works but I still have this problem.
can u help me?
thanks

(""MIDI timeout: Logic Pro X has detected a MIDI timeout. Please restart your computer, then relaunch Logic Pro X.
If the problem persists, update the drivers of all connected MIDI devices (including audio drivers with MIDI functionality) to the latest version. For instructions on removing older drivers, consult the manufacturers' documentation.""""")