joshbayn
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Q: Why won't my audio midi setup recognise my external midi devices?

Why won't my audio midi setup recognise my external midi devices? The midi interface and all midi devices are plugged in.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 7, 2016 3:33 PM

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Q: Why won't my audio midi setup recognise my external midi devices?

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  • by joshbayn,Helpful

    joshbayn joshbayn Sep 8, 2016 8:09 AM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 8, 2016 8:09 AM in response to joshbayn

    P.S. The icons and midi interface are all 'dimmed' in the midi studio window, and when I click or double click on them nothing happens.

  • by Indyuser,Helpful

    Indyuser Indyuser Sep 8, 2016 8:08 AM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 8, 2016 8:08 AM in response to joshbayn

    Create a new configuration set from the drop down box

  • by Indyuser,

    Indyuser Indyuser Sep 7, 2016 4:07 PM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 7, 2016 4:07 PM in response to joshbayn

    AMS.gif

  • by joshbayn,

    joshbayn joshbayn Sep 8, 2016 8:14 AM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 8, 2016 8:14 AM in response to joshbayn

    Hi Indyuser,

     

    Thanks for posting a reply so quickly.

     

    I've tried doing everything you do in your video post, but the IAC driver remains dimmed, and when I Rescan Midi, the midi interface and connected devices don't even show up on the Midi Studio window.  Any further advice you'd have on this would be very much appreciated, I'm really stuck.

     

    Many thanks.

  • by Indyuser,

    Indyuser Indyuser Sep 8, 2016 8:38 AM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 8, 2016 8:38 AM in response to joshbayn

    Ok.... Let's delete the AMS configuration files

     

    Close AMS.

    bring up finder -> go->go to folder.... and enter copy and paste this...


    Users/Home/Library/Preferences/ByHos 

    Then hit enter and sort by name ( click on the name column header)....

    Find and delete any files  that are com.Apple.MIDI.xxxxxx


    Then re-run AMS and try again....



  • by Codger ,

    Codger Codger Sep 8, 2016 8:42 AM in response to Indyuser
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    Sep 8, 2016 8:42 AM in response to Indyuser

    thank you  I will try that  ,,   it may take a while  as I don't even know what  AMS  is  lol

  • by joshbayn,

    joshbayn joshbayn Sep 8, 2016 9:30 AM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 8, 2016 9:30 AM in response to joshbayn

    I'm sorry about this, it says:

     

    'The folder can't be found'

     

    And I've tried typing in:

     

    com.Apple.MIDI.xxxxxx

     

    and I can't get anything to appear in the finder search window / go to folder window.

     

    I'm using OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 so maybe the file location is different, not sure as the searches don't seem to be  turning up anything.

  • by joshbayn,

    joshbayn joshbayn Sep 8, 2016 9:50 AM in response to joshbayn
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    Sep 8, 2016 9:50 AM in response to joshbayn

    After downloading the latest driver for the USB midi interface I've got (m-audio midisoport 8 x 8 / s), the interface is now displayed in the 'Midi Studio' Window.

     

    When I press 'test setup' in the midi Studio window, my dummy midi keyboard does respond and produce a noise  when I press the keys.  But I am still unsure of how to get my external sound modules recognised and displayed in the 'Midi Studio' window. I keep pressing 'Rescan MIDI' but nothing appears in the 'Midi Studio' window.

  • by Codger ,

    Codger Codger Sep 8, 2016 10:15 AM in response to Codger
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    Sep 8, 2016 10:15 AM in response to Codger

    apologies to Indyuser ,, I thought you was replying to my post about drums