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Zoe, I take it you are plugging MIDI cables into the MOTU and have the MOTU deliver the MIDI data in through the firewire port into the applications in the computer? When I was using a RME Multiface avoided this scenario for years because it created problems with zipper noise in my audio (not the same problem as you have, I know). Instead of scrambling MIDI and audio streaming in the firewire bus I was using a simple MIDI Link USB midi interface to get my MIDI input into the software world, thus leaving my audio interface to handle audio full time on the firewire bus. This solved my problem and the RME sounded excellent. Just an idea for a troubleshooting. Per On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:28 AM, info at zoekeating <info@zoekeating.com> wrote: > I've been pursuing this on the Ableton forums, and thought I might as >well > post here too... > > I wonder if anyone else has ever had this problem?? Its been going on >for me > for a long, long time and I think I just found a clue! > > The backstory: > > - I am remotely controlling Live with a foot pedal, blah blah. > - The foot pedal is hooked up to a MOTU Ultralite. > - MOTU ultralite goes into MIDIPipe, MidiPipe goes into Live. > > 80% of the time, everything is hunky dory. Occasionally, when I start up >the > MIDI is dead. I can see the midi signal flash on the LCD of the MOTU. > However, according to my trusty MidiMonitor, nothing is coming in on the > MOTU port, and in fact...the MOTU port doesn't show up when this occurs >so > there is nothing to see. (clue) > > I can also get this to happen when, like a genius, I spontaneously edit >and > recompile my AppleScripts right before going onstage. That means quitting > and restarting MIDIPipe. When I do this, invariably my MIDI input is >dead. > (clue) > > (I'm using the pedal to control external hardware and this I can always >do > just fine. Good ol hardware. Again, messages are coming into MOTU >according > to the LCD.) > > Seems like the problem has to be MOTU or Apple or MIDIPipe. I've been >trying > to sort it out with MOTU for donkeys years. They blame Apple. No one at > Apple has ever responded, but the forums say MOTU. Nico, as far as I >know, > doesn't respond anymore to MIDIPipe questions. > > The only thing that gets my MIDI back up is crazy, frantic powering off >the > MOTU and rebooting my computer, (and WTF, order seems to matter) and its > always freaky to do onstage AND sometimes it doesn't work. I have to do >it > twice. I can also never remember the correct order (MOTU - Computer - > MIDIPipe) in these situations. I dread this more than anything. > > Well, it just happened again, and I looked in my console. (why didn't I > look before??!) > > There is this error: MIDIServer crashed > And indeed, the MIDIServer crash log is full of stuff, from every time I > have this problem!! > > This is the best clue yet. But I have no idea what to do with it. > > Does anyone have any suggestions what to do next? > > -- Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) www.myspace.com/perboysen www.stockholm-athens.com