Topic: UFX MIDI problem
For Matthias & others,
I just got my RME UFX & updated to the latest driver, then set it up via Firewire to my iMac i7 running OS 10.6.8, just like 'idelgas' and I see the MIDI light blinking MIDI in & MIDI out from MIDI 1's back connectors (I have my Roland V-Synth GT as the MIDI going into the RME & the MIDI out is going into a Dave Smith Mopho), but there is MIDI NO control. I even tried my Roland Fantom G7 with the MIDI 2 in & out with the same results. I have the Fireface MIDI.plugin in the Library/audio/midi drivers folder and I have the Fireface UFX appearing in the Audio MIDI Setup & I even place my connectors to the in & out respectively, then ran the Test MIDI - the instruction in Audio MIDI Setup Help is to click on the MIDI out from the Fireface UFX to test if it is sending MIDI - it makes a sound of the preset from the Mopho, although it squeels a bit from the ordinary sound, but the Mopho does NOT play from the MIDI keyboard. I have tried to trigger softsynths via MIDI, as well as the Mopho in both MOTU's Digital Performer & Ableton's Live & both yield NO success. I had to halt a session when it came to using MIDI for a Trilian or Mopho bass - not very cool! I have not tried it with USB and after hearing about the lag, that's not a problem I envisioned dealing with after buying my 'dream' interface, which is turning into a nightmare. I see there are others in this forum echoing a similar problem, so it's good to know I'm not alone, but when the Administrator claims there is NO issue (he can't duplicate it), that spells trouble for a resolution! It's real and it certainly sounds like it ain't me babe, so I hope you great German minds will get on this & figure out what is wrong with your RME UFX MIDI implementation! In Digital Performer, there is a menu item called MIDI Monitor and it opens a window which lists MIDI devices - Fireface UFX appears with Port 1 and Port 2 on separate lines with all 16 MIDI channels represented in boxes and when I play my MIDI synth, which lights up the UFX, NONE of them light up, which means the MIDI signal is dying at the UFX & I essentially have NO MIDI capabilities for controlling external MIDI instruments I connect or any softsynths I open in my DAWs to play via MIDI. I have given this a pretty thorough troubleshooting attempt, reading the manual & not seeing anything I have not tried to make this work, so I hope you have a fix soon - IMMEDIATELY - I'm already tired of waiting! This was a Christmas gift to myself & my band - AVANT DUEL, so we could finish our CD in style - we are working on our last & title track - 'Beyond Human' - PLEASE be Super Human & make it work!...