sorry for the threadbombing but i cant seem to find answers in the forum or the manual :/

i cant get the usb cable to work with midi.. just had the roland g6 and it was no problem there, i guess it should be possible to do the same with the motif?

the voice editor and all works fine its just the usb/midi that wont work for some reason.. im running cubase sx2

Re: using the usb cable to transfer midi

A couple of questions:[list][*] Did you download and install the latest USB/MIDI driver? This is available from the Generic USB/MIDI driver download page at yamahasynth.com

[*]Did you setup the Motif ES to communicate via USB rather than MIDI. You do this by setting the MIDI IN/OUT parameter in the [UTILITY]-->[F5] MIDI-->[SF4] OTHER dialog to USB (rather than its default value of MIDI).

(Don’t forget to store this parameter change - by pressing [STORE] while still in Utility mode.[/list:u]Hope this helps.

Regards,

Brad Weber /forums/images/icons/cool.gif alt=

Re: using the usb cable to transfer midi

thanks brad!

another issue did come up.. my crappyass soundcard wont send the usb signal from cubase to my racks.. dunno why but it doesnt work (i have the alesis fwio26)

now i have the motif controlling midi via usb,
midi in: motif
midi out: alesis
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and i have my alesis midiout connected to my rack.. but it wont send the signal!

so is it possible to have both usb and regula midi activated on the motif? so that i can send usbmidi to cubase and regular midi to my racks?

Re: using the usb cable to transfer midi

When you communicate between your computer and the Motif ES via USB you are actually setting up 8, 16-channel MIDI ports. MIDI port 1 is dedicated to communication with the Motif ES; the other ports are available for communicating with PLG cards installed in the Motif ES and additional MIDI gear connected to the Motif ES’ MIDI OUT and MIDI IN ports. So while you cannot communicate with the Motif ES’s internal tone generator and sequencer via USB and MIDI simultaneously, you can use the ES’ host USB interface to communicate with the computer and with additional MIDI gear.

For this setup, you would set the MIDI IN/OUT parameter to USB as described above. You specify which MIDI port is used to communicate to other MIDI gear (connected to the ES’s MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports) by setting the MIDI THRU parameter in the same dialog ([UTILITY]-->[F5] MIDI-->[SF4] OTHER).

Regards,

Brad Weber

Re: using the usb cable to transfer midi

again thanks for your time brad! i will try this

i also have a question for you in the communication forum in the Can I dump what is on a Motif Rack to a Motif thread..


i tried and dint get it to work, in the mididialog under usb there is midi thru. i can set this to 1-8, i tried to set it as 2 and use motif es 2 out in cubase.. didnt work. how should i set it up so that the motif is sending the signal out both thru the usb and the regulad midicable that is connected to my other gear?

Re: using the usb cable to transfer midi

wich of the 8 midiports should i select to the midimessages go thru the regular midicable to my other gear? anyone?