Logic receives MIDI but Mainstage WON'T!

Hi. Just a couple of questions: do you have another device to test as a controller ?
Is your controller driver updated ? Edirol released a specific driver for Snow Leopard.

http://www.rolandus.com/support/downloadsupdates/eula.php?FileName=PCR_Mac_10.6_Driverv100.zip

• Create a blank starter concert
• Switch to Layout and add a keyboard object
• With the object selected, enable Learn mode
• Hit a note on your controller

With the keyboard object still selected what do the popups in the inspector on the left show?

I was just gonna say the same exact thing.
I started having this issue with the last mainstage updates.

lrizzo2001 wrote:
I was just gonna say the same exact thing.
I started having this issue with the last mainstage updates.

Your reply made me wondering about updates... "which MS version am I running ?" I just checked: 2.0.0...
My hardware setup works well with it... maybe I should forget about updates 🙂

BTW, how can it be that MS2 didn't get updated like every other Apple software does? Maybe it's because I didn't install the whole Logic package?

MainStage should update automatically. The current version is 2.1.1.

Have you checked in About This Mac to see if your controller is recognised by the computer? I had that as a minor hiccup a few months ago. If it is available you may have to check the MIDI/Audio set up screen to make sure that your controller has been recognised there.

gilapuki wrote:
MainStage should update automatically

My fault. I moved it in a subfolder by mistake... I put it back in the Application folder and it's been updated to 2.1.1. The memory management is quite improved.
The Kore interface seems to work well, but I don't have a MIDI keyboard with me right now. I'll check it out tomorrow.

this program may prove very useful in your troubleshooting

http://www.snoize.com/MIDIMonitor/

I've had similar problems when trying to run Logic and MainStage simultaneously. If you don't start MainStage FIRST, then Logic somehow "grabs" the midi feed and won't let MainStage receive midi (though other non-logic-based things seem to still see the midi data (such as the afore-mentioned midi-monitor).

A couple things to check:

Audio Midi Setup: make sure there's no goofy routings defined there. Make sure your midi device shows up there, test it, etc.

Try Making an entirely new account: based on the idea that *something user configurable* is horked up, try this. Go into the control panel and set up another account on the mac ... log into it, try to launch the updated MainStage ... if it works, then you definitely know it's something user-based and not system-based.

Then MainStage should recognise it as well. I take it that you turn the PCR on before you open MainStage. If not, try doing that. T ad a similar problem a while back, & that cured it for me. If I think of anything else to try I'll post here.

Hi folks, did you find a solution to this issue? I've started to experience the same issue.

Mainstage v 2.0.0
Edirol FA-66
Edirol PCR-800 keyboard controller

Audio midi setup tells me FA-66 is there and working fine. I can open garageband and play away with no problem but mainstage just won't see the midi in.

I've not updated my version of mainstage as i had to roll back a while ago as i was getting memory spikes.

Any suggestions, this is driving me mad...........

I fixed this by creating a new login profile and copying my mainstage projects to that profile. Still no idea why it stopped working in the old profile..!!