Capturing Midi Via USB C from a Yamaha DM7 Mixing Console and want to route thru to a USB A MIO. Both show up in the router. I can see Midi In lighting up the event monitor and see it coming out the router but it’s not showing activity in the MIDI out port of the monitor. I simply patched from the DM7 to the MIO in the router page, but not getting any MIDI out activity in the event monitor. I do see activity in the router out light in the event monitor. What step am I missing here?
Hi and welcome to the Bome community!
Are we talking about Bome MIDI Translator Pro here or Bome Network? In either case, both have a logging feature where you can view the messages.
If you are talking about BomeBox, then you won’t see any logging, however you could show me your routing page and MIDI ports page to see what they show.
If you are talking about Bome MIDI Translator Pro, perhaps you can share your project file.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
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OK, I see nothing wrong with the project file. Do you have your aliases assigned correctly? Do both MIDI ports show opened?
You can learn more about aliases from this tutorial.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
Oh and if you are on Windows Platform. Make sure no other application is holding a port open. If you see a status of ‘pending’ it means that this is probably the issue. In that case, have your application either uncheck that device or shut it down completely. Most applications allow you to deremine which ports you wish to use by a check mark.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
Hi,
I am on a Mac Air.
ports are all selected
The log window is showing midi out to MIO, but the event monitor doesn’t show any activity on the MIDI output light. It does show activity for the router output when I hit a note.
I can confirm that on my system. You are indeed getting MIDI out as indicated by the log window. Perhaps there is a bug with the MIDI monitor window. I will check. Are you getting MIDI out of your target MIO adapter to your device?
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
I am not getting actual MIDI out of the MIO which tracks with the MIDI out indicator not flashing in the monitor window.
Well, I believe there may be a bug with the indicator. I’m checking on that.
I can confirm that although the MIDI activity indicator doesn’t show on my screen in MIDI monitor, I can indeed get the MIDI message to other devices.
In the meantime, try swapping your DIN cables on the MIO. Maybe you have in to in and out to out?
Can you get MIDI thru to any other device? Do you have any other devices or applications to check with? Have you verified that the MIO cable is working by perhaps connecting it directly up to an application without going through Bome MIDI Translator Pro ?
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
I’m confirming that the MIDI OUT indicator in the event monitor will only light if you are sending it through a translator and not the MIDI router. I’m not sure if it is a bug or not but this is how my Bome MIDI Translator is behaving. Maybe Router out means MIDI out through the router and MIDI out indicates MIDI out through a translator. Honestly, I find limited use of the event monitor so have always relied on the Log window.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
I did swap the in and out.
I’m away from the system now. Thanks for the help. I’ll try to see if another device can see the MIDI note tomorrow when I’m back in front of the system.
Thanks again for your help.
OK, standing by to hear from you again.
Steve
This is a feature. If a MIDI message is sent to a MIDI OUT port via the MIDI Router, then the Router LED will light up and not the MIDI OUT LED. The logic is that Router OUT implies MIDI OUT, so you can distinguish in the Event Monitor when something is sent via router or sent via translator.
Maybe not entirely intuitive…
Great, thanks Florian! Maybe we should either add a note in the Bome MIDI Translator Pro instructions or another possibility is to rename the virtual LED’s as follows (or similar):
- MIDI OUT - Translator
- MIDI OUT - Router
Just to avoid future confusion.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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