> > I use a MTPAV midi interface which unfortunately will disappear >> after periods of inactivity, requiring the USB connection to be >> replugged. Markus Fritze wrote: >I would consider this as a bug. Probably your USB HUB has a problem! While you wouldn't want to rule out the USB hub as being a culprit, this is actually a known problem. The possible solutions I've heard are: 1. Update the MTPAV to the so-called Windows USB ROM, which apparently polls the interface less often. You can use the Apple System Profiler to check whether it's earlier than 1.3x. (Note this is different from the operating ROM - this is the USB ROM). 2. Use Conflict Catcher to make FreeMIDI and OMS load first. There's a rumor that just putting spaces in front of their names won't do the trick, but I don't know. (I'm glad developers are working to improve MIDI timing, and it's not hard to understand why there were at last count four proprietary standards plus the upcoming Apple one for doing this. But I can't help lamenting the serial MTP-compatible days when you just turned on your rig and started working! Firewire is great, but USB hasn't improved my life.) -- Nick Batzdorf 818/905-9101, fax -5434, cell 818/601-4874

> 1. Update the MTPAV to the so-called Windows USB ROM, which > apparently polls the interface less often. You can use the Apple > System Profiler to check whether it's earlier than 1.3x. (Note this > is different from the operating ROM - this is the USB ROM). Not to change the subject, but do you know the deal is with updating the ROM in a MTPAV (opertting rom i guess)? Mine has consistantly been problematic and I haven't been able to find much info on MOTU's website. Nothing saying the latest version, or how to obtain it, etc etc. Colin Miller