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by ramjet1962 » Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:54 am
Well I have good news. For me anyway. Since rebuilding the machine and reloading everything, I have been able to get the MCU working correctly.
Not sure how I found it, but it works a whole lot better by not being connected in Apple MIDI Setup. I have it on the screen, but have not connected it.
In Cubase I input that the Mackie Control is connected via the ESU1808 MIDI for both input and output and the MCU works really well.
Initially I had it connected this way and connected in Apple MIDI Setup and then I used MIDI Monitor to watch what was happening. I was getting MIDI signals, but things weren't making sense. For some reason, I disconnected it in the Apple Setup app and then watched MIDI Monitor and was getting an Invalid message.
Went into Cubase and checked the connection for the MCU and it was Not Connected as expected. Told it to use the ESU1808 MIDI for input and output and everything works. Oh, except the Assignment Display readout. (and I don't know why)
Opened up the Demo project which is 39 tracks. 4 I think are VSTs and the rest are recorded tracks. There are also various effects and such.
According to iStatpro, the CPU goes to about 93% and a bit more sometimes, but everything works and sounds as it should.
So for the time being, I will be staying with the G5.
Ensoniq ESQ-1, Ensoniq ASR-10, MicroKorg, ESU1808 Audio Interface, MOTU Micro Lite,
G5 MAC running Cubase LE4, Mackie MR8s, Mackie Control Universal