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Topic: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

Hello,

even though I use RME Interfaces since about 15 years I‘m new to this forum. After Multiface and Babyface I added a Fireface UFX II to my setup.

It really works great so far and I‘m able to control it by MIDI as long as it is connected to a PC. As soon as I disconnect USB audio operation is still available but MIDI control seems to be abandoned.

Following the manual I should find a possibility to activate standalone MIDI operation at Options, HW Operations/Diagnostics, Standalone MIDI but there is no such item.

Instead I see „Enable Standalone MIDI“ directly under options. But this entry is greyed out so no chance to activate it.

Atm I‘m a bit puzzled as stand alone mode is extremely important for what I want to do with the fireface and one main reason to buy it. So any support is warmly welcome,

kind regards, humphrey

2 Reply by ramses (edited by ramses 2018-09-03 21:41:10)

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Re: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

Which OS and UFX firmware / driver version do you use?

Did you try to store proper settings to any of the standalone device profiles 1 .. 6 when it's connected to USB and is working ?

Then in standalone mode to recall the appropriate  profile ?

Not sure whether this works, just an idea.

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Re: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

humphrey wrote:

Following the manual I should find a possibility to activate standalone MIDI operation at Options, HW Operations/Diagnostics, Standalone MIDI but there is no such item.

Thanks, I will update the manual.

humphrey wrote:

Instead I see „Enable Standalone MIDI“ directly under options.

Under Options it says 'Hardware/Diagnosis' in the second line. That is the current subpage.

humphrey wrote:

But this entry is greyed out so no chance to activate it.

I don't know how that is possible, I will have to check. Of course it should be available.

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Re: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

Hi Mathias,

thanks for your quick response. I just opened up the Options folder again and what I see is (from top to bottom):
- Deactivate Screensaver
- Enable MIDI Control
- Submix linked to MIDI Controller
- Enable OSC Control
- Submix linked to OSC Controller
- Preferences
- Settings
- Channel Layout...
- Arc & Key Commands...
- Reset Mix
- Operational Mode...
- Network Remote Settings...
- Store current State into Device
- Enable Stand Alone MIDI (greyed out)

So no „Hardware/ Diagnostics“ available here

Regards, humphrey

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Re: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

ramses wrote:

Which OS and UFX firmware / driver version do you use?

Did you try to store proper settings to any of the standalone device profiles 1 .. 6 when it's connected to USB and is working ?

Then in standalone mode to recall the appropriate  profile ?

Not sure whether this works, just an idea.

Hi ramses,

thaks for resoonding so quickly.
OS: Win8.1
Driver and Firmware are latest releases
I stored 2 profiles but still a greyed out item

Regards, humphrey

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Re: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

From the manual:

The stand-alone MIDI control mode is activated in the unit’s menu Options, HW Options/Diagnosis, Standalone MIDI.

This is about the display of the unit. Not TotalMix FX...

And the correct path is as explained above, the manual does not match the unit's menu correctly.

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Re: Fireface UFX II Stand-Alone MIDI Control

Ah sorry, my bad! I wasn‘t aware the menu inside fireface was meant. I‘ll give it a try this evening.

Many thanks for your support,

regards, humphrey