bongfury Posted December 18, 2007 Share Posted December 18, 2007 Hi, very new to the Hackintosh scene (only made the leap due to the logic 8 demo ) Just wondering if some members would be kind enough to point me in the right direction of some working midi interface choices. (I noticed some of the midiman/m-audio are reported to be usable via the wiki HCL list but would like confirmation and to have a number of options??) Even better if someone might make some suggestions/confirmation as to my existing interfaces which I've failed miserably to get working on 10.4.8 with Semthex S5 kernel. I'm more than prepared to tweak kext's/change 'family' kexts etc if pointed in the right direction. Existing interface possibilities >> Emagic MT4 USB - shows up in profiler on USB bus, OSX drivers v1.70 installed... will not show up in core midi or via the emagic unitor software (config software for the interface).. just sits in patch mode (where it should kick into USB mode - changed ports/tried hubs so on and so forth but no idea where to begin editing etc for usb devices) Motu midi express XT Serial/parallel - okay, I haven't tried!.. but as it's serial I suppose there's no hope?.. possible serial <> usb converter? or get parallel port detected in OSX and use a USB driver (I realise I'm reeeaally dreaming there though) RME Digiface (similar to Multiface also with 2x2 midi onboard).. again haven't made much of a go as its cardbus PCMCIA and I doubt my elan p111 PCMCIA PCI card is going to be detected (on the look out for a pci card though, hoping one of the RME users could confirm if their ports are shown in core midi). oh and maybe someone has come across a free midi overlan or ipmidi alternative to allow PC <> Mac midi over lan (as it could be a short term workaround just to get some noise made) Sorry to ask for so much... Many Thanks in advance.. much love.. fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomazzzi Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 edirol interfaces are working very well on both tiger & leo. i rec those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_stick Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 i had a similiar problem with my Terratec MIDI Hubble - when connected directly via the computer's USB port, the device would be picked up in the System Profiler, and the USB Ports on the back would work, but the device would not show up in any software. Connecting via the USB port on my keyboard fixed that problem *somehow* try different configurations if you have USB hub about somewhere, and your existing hardware (if supported by the OS) should work fine EDIT: no serial/parallel devices work in OSX, even with adaptors (that's straight from the Pro Tools manual) however your PCMCIA device *might* work, if your controller is detected by OS X (check out the links here - but it's possibly OSX just won't have drivers for the card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongfury Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Cheers Tomazzi. I'll look out for a deal then. DJ_Stick, thanks for the reply and for the link mate, very ugood of you, yep tried all usb options available (inc. apple k/board) anyways just built a quad hackintosh on leopard so I'll be having another bash (probably literally) with the MT4 and will check out the PCMCIA route too happy new year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongfury Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Now I know no-one really cares but just in case someone has been struggling wih an MT4, AMT8.. whatever. any of the emagic unitor range.. the driver for intel mac comes with logic 7.2 or Logic studio 8 (legacy hardware option in the DVD installer), y'can't download it anywhere.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livewireuk Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 My multifaces midi ports show up in core midi too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToP Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I use M-audio midisport on both 10.4.11 & 10.5.1 with their downloadable drivers. No problems at all Flawless and cheap device i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubhead Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 The Emagic MT4 works great if u get some older Driver Installed..i Run one..dont use 1.70!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongfury Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 Yep, cheers drumhead, as I said I've installed the 'legacy hardware' package from the first logic 8 DVD and all's good.. except of course I'm used to 8 in's/out's (sadly a prallel interface), so I'm having to compromise/workaround but it's nice to be capable of writing with mac.. and I'm liking logic.. veeeerrry much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dparada78 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 BongFury... Heres the legacy file you're looking for! Works with my Unitor 8 Mk II using USB..just put the file in your /Library/Audio/ Midi Drivers folder and check Audio MIDI Setup...i run oSX86 10.4.9 with reason 4.0 with my unitor 8 mk II...it works! Emagic Intel Driver or here http://rapidshare.com/files/96800255/Emagi...plugin.zip.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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