[Ardour-Users] How to set up mcu control surface in OSX?

[Glarbl_Blarbl]

Thanks for the quick response!

I reverted the .rc file to its original state, but I got this error:
Sep  8 12:14:00 cabin [0x0-0xb80b8].org.ardour.Ardour2[1922]:  
set_active to false because exception caught: The Mackie MCU driver  
will not use a port with device=ardour

I remember this error from linux, and the solution was to specify the  
midi port in the .rc file.  So I went back to my custom .rc and it  
connects again.

As for reading the first time user's page, yes I did. There is nothing  
on that page about the MIDI patchbay.  Regardless I downloaded it and  
did as you suggested.  Now it works!

Maybe I was remembering syncing my midi sequencer for the MTC stuff...

Grant


On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Thomas Vecchione wrote:

> Going off memory the Mac doesn't need anything edited in the .rc  
> file IIRC.  The build and install I believe sets it up correctly,  
> but I will have to double check that sometime.  I don't remember  
> editing anything the last couple of times I did this anyways.  Yes I  
> am aware you need to edit it on Linux but the reason is that on  
> Linux you ened to tell it to use the raw port, not the alsa-seq port  
> which causes issues.
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Glarbl_Blarbl  
> <glarblblarbl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The weird part is that even though it seems to recognize the control  
> surface and map faders to mix channels, none of the faders move when  
> I move them in the mix window (with or without feedback checked --  
> this works under linux) and I don't see any log activity when I move  
> faders around on the mcu.  I tried Logic mode, MCU mode, and HUI  
> mode all to no avail.
>
> It sounds like you didn't read the part about using the MIDI  
> Patchbay app on the first time OS X user page.  You need to download  
> the MIDI Patchbay app, it can still be found on various points of  
> the internet, and route from the mcu port to the MIDI port and Back,  
> then enable feedback.
>
> I have tried a bunch of different sync settings, but get errors when  
> I try to "Send MTC" and sync mcu to MTC -- which is what I needed to  
> do to make it work under linux.
>
>
> Completely unrelated and should never be needed to get MCU working.
>
>       Seablade

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