Midi interface

hi,
i don't know anything about the UAD's .. but I use a M-Audio
Midisport 4x4 and have grown quite fond of it ... mostly because
I don't have to mess with it ;-)
jeff

Im thinking of getting a Uad-1 should i?

UAD-1 is an audio DSP with plugins not a midi device

Im thinking of getting a Uad-1 should i? And if i should what is the diffrents between the studio and the project one?

Like the man said, it won't do anything for your MIDI situation, but it's a heck of an upgrade to the DAW - great-sounding plugins with hardware acceleration. I've got 2 in my machine and I'd be in big trouble without them. The difference between the studio and project is simply the number of plugin liscenses you get and the price. Studio pack comes with more plugs, but costs more. The card is the same in both packs.

It might be overkill for you, but I'll mention it anyway...

I still love my old MOTU MTPAV Parallel. 8x8 and has worked great for me using Cakewalk products for many years now. Built like a tank and never complains. You can find one occasionally on e-bay for $100 or so.

I know a lot of people have less need for Midi ports if they were primarily using them for synths (since now many people are moving to soft-synths). However, in spite of actually really using only one external sound module (Roland MGS-64), I still use most of the MTPAV's I/O ports. It's great for providing I/O for other things (my guitar processer, my electronic drum kit, my 2 midi keyboard controllers, Digitech VHM-5, Alesis Midiverb IV, among others) and for saving off SYSEX dumps for these external devices.

Good luck!

ORIGINAL: juca

Hi Randy:
As you, I have an old but powerfull MIDI Interface: the 8Port/SE. It´s working very fine under WinXP Pro with the drivers selled by Earth Vega Connection.
Large size SysEx messagens are handled fast and precisely and the timing under Sonar is very precise.
As you, I wish to register this for all friends here.
Greetings.

I had this interface for years - Juca is right, it's a terrific box. XP killed mine tho - like an idiot I changed to XP right in the middle of a project and at the time Music Quest was out of business and there were no XP drivers for the 8port. Horrors! I ran out and bought the MidiSport 8x8 that day. It's good to hear that someone wrote some XP drivers for the 8Port/SE, since it is a very fine piece of hardware.

Just wanted to put in a word about the new 8Port/SE drivers for XP: they work great! I was just about to get rid of my 8port before they came along, just in time.

- m

If your interested, I have several 2x2s, & a 4x4 "Midi Sport" and they are all problem free!!!! Contact me if you need one, two, or whatever...... The Midi Sport line is super reliable on everyone I've used & I've used a bunch of them!! NC Wildman...

paugust586,

I'm using my MOTU MTP AV parallel with a 1.4 Ghz AMD Athlon and an IWILL KT266+ motherboard running Windows 2000 + Sonar 4.0.1. For audio, I'm using a Roland RPC-1 PCI card plus the Roland SI-24 control surface.

Working great.

Did you try changing the settings in the BIOS according to the MOTU readme file? I know that if you've got some setting for your parallel port other than the one they recommend, it causes problems.

Randy

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=key/search?c=4893

Check out the Motu Micro Lite. It's a 5x5.

b3gsus@msn.com
If your interested, I have several 2x2s, & a 4x4 "Midi Sport" and they are all problem free!!!! Contact me if you need one, two, or whatever...... The Midi Sport line is super reliable on everyone I've used & I've used a bunch of them!! NC Wildman...

Hello,
Good morning.
i am new in the forum and have no experience on it.
I am spanish native speaker so english is an extra challenge.
Lets see if your experience can help me to run the 4x4 midisport and Sonar Platinium
I work with Windows 8.1 and although i see the devices at the device manager i can not find them at Sonar>>preferences>> midi devices.
The problem is even worst because i have 2 midisport 4x4 units and they do not appear inside sonar.
 
do you have any idea in regarding what to do under those circunstances?
 
thanks in advance.
regards,
santiago

Many thanks Michael

Yes, I did it.
As mentioned, the devices are available at the Device Manager screen.
You also have the an icon to verify that the device is working ok. I did so, and the feedback was ok.
thanks
santiago

I was so frustrated that i considered the fact of buying the motu 128 or the xt.
but prices in EU are high and in addition i've read abut some issues with MidiQuest.
Up to this point i guess that the problem is W8.1 itself but not sure how to solve it yet.
 
Regards,
santiago