Evolution MK-249C? no working on Mac?

I am converting over from windows and hit a snag with the keyboard controller I have been using forever on windows:

Evoluion MK-249C via the USB connector

Seems that my Mac does not have a clue that it exists, it doesn't show along with my other MIDI controllers in Audio/Midi configuration.

Given this, it does not show up in Garageband, Ableton or Logic.

Searching the archives didn't seem to produce a usable result.

The bigger question is whether there is something up with the MIDI on a Mac? My Line 6 PODxt shows up but the Midi is disabled. I used that a lot on my PC DAW to control start/stop/record hands free.

All else has been rather straight forward this is the only snag I cannot seem to figure out.

Thanks!

Jim

Mac OS X (10.4.9), Intel iMac 24" stock

Posted on Jun 1, 2007 1:08 PM

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Posted on Jun 3, 2007 7:05 PM

I might be able to help you out here. I had the same problem a little while back after a fresh install of the OS.

It seems that somewhere along the line, OSX (Tiger) actually lost the driver for this model of controller keyboard. This is no good, as the Evolution drivers don't really exist in any third party form.... The Evolution support pages just say that it is supported directly by the OS.

If you would like, you could email me and I could send you the file extension.

It is called - " Evolution USB-MIDIKeyboard.kext " and it resides in :
Macintosh HD / System / Library / Extensions / Evolution USB-MIDIKeyboard.kext
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Jun 3, 2007 7:05 PM in response to jimbo-mac

I might be able to help you out here. I had the same problem a little while back after a fresh install of the OS.

It seems that somewhere along the line, OSX (Tiger) actually lost the driver for this model of controller keyboard. This is no good, as the Evolution drivers don't really exist in any third party form.... The Evolution support pages just say that it is supported directly by the OS.

If you would like, you could email me and I could send you the file extension.

It is called - " Evolution USB-MIDIKeyboard.kext " and it resides in :
Macintosh HD / System / Library / Extensions / Evolution USB-MIDIKeyboard.kext

Jun 4, 2007 5:25 PM in response to mattrixx

Here is the link to the file. As I mentioned, I don't know whether I should be hosting this, but hopefully it sorts a few things out.

http://www.users.on.net/~mattrixx/page3/page7/page7.html


Important that you place it in the correct folder.... as there are three extension folders on your mac...

MacintoshHD / System / Library / Extensions (people often miss the System folder and go straight into the Library folder of the root of the drive, which will not work.

Regards,
matt

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