Using standalone Dimension Pro 1.5 on a Macbook and I cannot locate the secret passageway to MIDI/Audio I/O anywhere on this interface. So, the question is, how is this done? Audio output is only using Mac core audio. I can't figure out how to redirect the audio output to my RME FF800. Is this just a Mac thing, or is there some interface for configuring MIDI/Audio I/O on Dimension?

This is all pretty new to me. I am a long time IBM/Windows PC and Cakewalk/Sonar user just moving over to Mac. I know there are mostly Windows PC users around these forums due to no Cakewalk for OS X. Figured out the audio I/O. Nothing in Dimension, I guess. Set the RME as default in the Mac system settings. Still working on uising multiple MIDI controllers, in case anyone here has any suggestions on that.

You need a host application like Sonar to run it thru. Dim Pro is not a standalone app.

Rick

Sorry, I seen you were on the thread and I tried to post three times and every time it kicked me out, I had to log out and log back in to make a post. So I tried to give you the fast post. Once you insert Dim Pro into the host you then have access to your midi input and outputs thru the host.

Hope this helps,
Rick 

Thanks. I kind of thought so, since I couldn't find anything, other than the MIDI vector, in the Dimension interface. I am going to be using Ableton as a host for now, at least until Cakewalk ports Sonar to OS X. I suppose I may occasionally go back to the Wintel, if I'm feeling nostalgic.

I finally tired of struggling with unstable Wintel system configs/problems, etc. The Vista debacle really burned me out. So far, everything I have done on the Mac has been stable as a rock, and I'm throwing a ton of old/new hardware/software at it - RME, TC, Lexicon, Ableton, Reason, Pro Tools, Dimension Pro, BFD 1, Native Instruments, Yamaha, Roland, M-Audio, Line 6, UAD, Waves, USB hubs, USB drivers for everything that has them. 

I also needed a new laptop with Firewire (not gonna give up the RME FF800 for a long time) and most of the Wintel manufacturers have dropped Firewire. Macbook Pro still comes with IEEE 1394b (FW 800), that Windows never really supported anyway.

rdotson

Dim Pro is not a standalone app.

Are your saying that it's not possible on a Mac?  DimPro will certainly run as standalone on a PC.

Hey Kev and cholliet, Kev if you know a work around let me know, I tried to do use it as a standalone years ago and called cake tech who politely slapped me up side the head and said you have to run it thru a host application. A quick look at Dim Pro system requirements goes something like this

For MAC, an Audio Units or VSTi capable host application, audio unit support on INTEL Macs requires free update.

For Windows, a DXI (32bit or X64) or VSTi capable host application, Native Windows X64 requires free update.

Cholliet, I am not a Mac guy but there are some Dim Pro updates that are Voodoo to me but might help you with a bit more digging behind the lines.

LOL,
Rick  

You launch the "microhost" by running the Dimension Pro.exe file.  I believe that the exe file is now included with version 1.5, whereas with earlier versions (I'm still using 1.2) it is necessary to download this file separately.  I don't know whether it works on a Mac though.

Live and learn, I to am using an earlier version, 1.2, will have to give it a shot ,thanks for the info!

Rick 

The exe file can be downloaded here.

Place the (unzipped) file in the same folder as the Dimension Pro.dll file and create a shortcut to it.