jgourd
New member
When I got my MotorMix, I had to get a MIDI interface. I bought a USB Fastlane from MOTU.
The first thing I noticed was that my PC would not shut down all the way when the MIDI interface was connected.
I did a little research about USB MIDI and VIA 133 chipsets and the basic recomendation was that USB is to be avoided in a DAW if possible because USB controllers "lock" the PCI bus a few thousand times a second while checking for new devices.
So I disable USB, and get a parallel port MIDIMAN MIDI box. While it does work, Logic blows up if the interface can't keep up with the data stream. This always happens when I switch banks on the MotorMix because it has to send a lot of MIDI data to move all 8 faders and update the display.
I talked to MIDI support for about 15 minutes and determined that the parallel port unit has to go back and I need a serial unit which should do the job.
GC has a nice return policy so taking the interface back is not a problem, the problem is that serial port MIDI interfaces are getting hard to come by. GC doesn't even stock them anymore. I am hesitant to buy one online because the return process can be difficult.
Now my question. What is the best serial MIDI interface I can get that is not overkill. I really only need 1 in and 1 out.
Thanks
The first thing I noticed was that my PC would not shut down all the way when the MIDI interface was connected.
I did a little research about USB MIDI and VIA 133 chipsets and the basic recomendation was that USB is to be avoided in a DAW if possible because USB controllers "lock" the PCI bus a few thousand times a second while checking for new devices.
So I disable USB, and get a parallel port MIDIMAN MIDI box. While it does work, Logic blows up if the interface can't keep up with the data stream. This always happens when I switch banks on the MotorMix because it has to send a lot of MIDI data to move all 8 faders and update the display.
I talked to MIDI support for about 15 minutes and determined that the parallel port unit has to go back and I need a serial unit which should do the job.
GC has a nice return policy so taking the interface back is not a problem, the problem is that serial port MIDI interfaces are getting hard to come by. GC doesn't even stock them anymore. I am hesitant to buy one online because the return process can be difficult.
Now my question. What is the best serial MIDI interface I can get that is not overkill. I really only need 1 in and 1 out.
Thanks