M-Audio has some 4x4 interfaces, as well. I purchased, then returned that unit last year as the clockworks software would not work with Mac OSX.
MOTU just came out with new drivers for the MIDI Express 128, so good luck. Read the manual, you can see how antiquated this thing is. Standalone midi patchbay/router I run an all-hardware setup and have been using my Novation Circuit as a sequencer for 2 synths and a drum machine, but I’ve run into some limitations with midi thru (my Bass Station in particular doesn’t like to forward midi data) and have been wanting to get a standalone midi patchbay. As a matter of fact, I installed the driver from M-Audio and the Remote software did not even show on my computer. It lists drivers for OSX but this does not mean the patchbay configuration routing (Remote patching software) will work on modern OS's. Lots of opportunity for noise to broadcast. MIDI shielding is really important, MIDI signal levels are 5 volts, compared to a guitar signal thats a fraction of a volt.
#Using a midi patchbay mac os x
The patching software is useless on Mac OS X so it does me no good, either. Sounds like the patchbay needs some better shielding inside. I also own the MIDIman Midisport 8 x 8 which is now owned by M-Audio. I have two Patchbays, which I still need but get around by just routing from MIDI out to IN to THRU on all my hardware and using one keyboard controller to my sequencer. Too bad, the convenience of a patchbay cannot be understated in a studio that is running soley external sequencers, drum machines and synths and is not computer DAW based. Since music is so computer-centric it seems the manufacturers have pretty much sent rack MIDI patchbays out to pasture. Midisport 2x2 and 4x4 series are a good example. Midi interfaces are of course, still around. An interface usually allows MIDI In/OUT messages to route to and from a computer based DAW to your hardware outboard synths, etc.no patching usually
We must differentiate between MIDI interfaces and MIDI Patchbays.Ī patchbay allows any MIDI in to route to any MIDI Out. MIDI patchbays are pretty much a thing of the past and I really wish the were not.įinding a good one, with great patching software that is useable on a modern operating system, is difficult.
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