USB Midi Controller not recognized by Mac?

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USB Midi Controller not recognized by Mac?

hey there

I have just attempted to plug in my trusty Edirol PCR300 to my mac for the first time. It currently works on my PC

I installed the 2.0.0 driver as per instructions on Edirol website, rebooted, plugged in and turned on the device.

The device is recognized in the system profiler (about this mac etc etc Hardware > USB) however it is nowhere to be found on the midi page of the Audio Midi Utility. One would expect it to turn up here when i press Rescan Midi.... and needless to see it's not turning up in Logic and nor is it an input option on the PCR Editor software.

Obviously i've tried turning it off and back on etc etc.

Running the latest Lion, latest Logic and latest Edirol driver on a Macbook Pro i7 with 8GB RAM.

Any help would be appreciated, i've been trying to get this working for 4 hours now!

Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Feb 17, 2012 3:07 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 15, 2017 12:47 AM in response to deathmoth

SOLUTION for anyone struggling with OSX drivers! Disable the proprietary driver to force PCR-### to use the OS (including Sierra)...

For PCR-300, PCR-500, PCR-800 https://www.rolandus.com/support/knowledge_base/205113475

(working for me in Sierra with PCR-500)

For PCR-30, PCR-50, PCR-80 https://www.rolandus.com/support/knowledge_base/201959629

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Answer 2

CCTM

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Feb 17, 2012 12:27 PM in response to deathmoth

Hi

PCR working OK here on OSX.7.2 with the older PCR_Mac_10.6 driver

Might be an issue with OSX.7.3 or possibly with the newer driver. Try uninstalling the v2 driver and install the older one.

HTH

CCT

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Answer 3

Feb 23, 2012 7:40 AM in response to deathmoth

Hi!

I recently had a similar problem that I could only solve by switching on and off, reconnecting cables, and hoping for the best. Strange that the Mac's own MIDI setup recently stopped functioning normally.

However, I have since found a MIDI monitor that has a rescan button (in the Special menu) that seems to get my device recognised reliably:

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

Hope it works for you.

(Yamaha P-60, Rom I/O, Truepianos; Lion 10.7.3, Mac Mini 2011)

PS Did you click the "Add device" button?

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Answer 4

Pancenter

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Feb 23, 2012 11:53 AM in response to deathmoth

If you contact Edirol I think they will tell you it's not lion compatible.

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Answer 5

chorleyman

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Feb 23, 2012 2:00 PM in response to deathmoth

If you don't have any luck, use a MIDI out cable and a MIDI/USB converter - they're very cheap on eBay and class compliant, so they just work instantly.

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Answer 6

GTBannah

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Feb 23, 2012 2:16 PM in response to deathmoth

To "piggy-back" on PanCenter, it may be slow communication between Apple and Edirol. The MPK 61 is literally plug and play. I never needed a driver. It's worked on Snow Leopard, and now on Lion 10.6.8; I'm downloading a new update as I type this.

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Answer 7

CCTM

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Feb 23, 2012 3:23 PM in response to Pancenter

Hi Guys

I have a PCR connected up here, running OSX.7.3, it works fine:

It does need drivers, as discussed in my earlier post.

The OP's issue is probably down to incorrect driver installation, or possible some conflict with other MIDI drivers. If the OP has not solved the problem, I suggest using the Edirol driver removal software, and then re-installing the drivers.

(Always assuming that the keyboard does work OK on another computer, and that the cable is OK).

CCT

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