On May 5, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Nick Batzdorf wrote: > Nope. I'm saying that maybe five years ago I used to have to phooph > around to get the MIDI interface to be seen when I flipped the switch > to turn on my studio. In all honesty I forget the specifics, but it > was never just "turn on the switch and play" like it is now - I had > to power-cycle the interface sometimes, or maybe unplug and plug its > USB cable - again, I forget. Posted by: "Andy Hardwake" andyhardwake@mac.com digitalmechanics Mon May 5, 2008 10:28 am (PDT) > OMG! Have you ever updated the firmware? Probably, but I have no interest in doing anything to it now. Another reason to keep it turned on is that sometimes I launch MIDI programs without my studio turned on, and I don't want to deal with dialogs about not being able to find the MIDI interface. Again, it doesn't use any power worth talking about, so I just have it sitting in a rack way back under my desk along with other stuff I don't ever need to look at. > Been using mine for 7 or 8 > years and never seen it here... Or in the worst case pressing the > panic button made it work... Now I recall having an issue when > switching to USB, but I solved it right away by getting a top-quality > USB cable shielded on both ends... Am I just lucky or what :-) ? The transition to USB MIDI in general was a huge PITA. Serial MIDI worked perfectly (except for that horrible DIN connector), and then all of a sudden everything was a mess for a couple of years. Not all the interfaces worked right away. It took MOTU a ROM chip upgrade, and there were other problems. This is all a good ten years ago, though - water under the bridge. Now they all seem to work fine. Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher Virtual Instruments Magazine www.Virtualinstrumentsmag.com 1-877 VImagzn (846-2496) +1818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434 ------------------------------------