Looking at my system. I see the following for my Bome MIDI Translator Pro virtual ports but there are no-apps that see the numbers in the parenthisis. I think the numbers are just an enumerator to help define a unique MIDI endpoint. If this is not true, tell me what apps are getting messed up.
Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care
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