Virus TI|2 no midi from USB?

[civan]

I'm having a problem where my QL Play will not detect midi from my Virus via USB. It used to work before but that was a while ago; I haven't tried using Play in standalone for a while now. The Virus' midi via USB works fine in Cubase, but not in Play.

I tested the actual midi out from the virus and that works fine going into the TC K48.

Any suggestions?

Also I wanted to bring something else up. I noticed that both in Play and Cubase I have two midi devices showing from the Virus:

Virus TI Midi
Virus TI Synth

This doesn't make sense. :confused:

[civan]

I'm completely lost now...

As a followup from the last post. I tried loading a project in Cubase that I know had a working Virus Control. Now it does not detect the Virus.

Now I check the USB port. It's fine; it opens up my USB thumb drive. I check Mac Audio Midi utility and it shows my Virus as grayed out, meaning it's not plugged in. I plug in the USB cable for the Virus and the midi device in the utility becomes available. I go back to Play Standalone version and I get no midi from the Virus with USB connection. Virus Control Center still doesn't detect the damn thing at all either.

This is effin messed up.

[feedingear]

Buy a new USB cable or swap one over if you have a spare and test it, see if it makes a difference. My cable up and died on me one day, and I spent two days trying to troubleshoot the lack of VC working.

[civan]

Thanks feedinger for the response. I tried what you suggested. I tried another cable and another USB port. As I was doing this I also tried unplugging the power cord because I thought to myself "the virus isn't really turned off but suspended when you push the transpose buttons together." Trying the new cable, I turned on the Virus and noticed that a "USB connection established" or something similar flashed right after the welcome screen. I got my midi back and the VC connected within Cubase 5 also worked fine. All is well now. Out of curiosity, I tried the original cable and connector, after suspending the virus, and I established a USB connection again. I'm a happy Virus user once again.

Access should make a note that something isn't being reset when the Virus is suspended. Virus users out there... If you loose your Virus connection, be sure to unplug it and try again.

[kcinsu]

Thanks feedinger for the response. I tried what you suggested. I tried another cable and another USB port. As I was doing this I also tried unplugging the power cord because I thought to myself "the virus isn't really turned off but suspended when you push the transpose buttons together." Trying the new cable, I turned on the Virus and noticed that a "USB connection established" or something similar flashed right after the welcome screen. I got my midi back and the VC connected within Cubase 5 also worked fine. All is well now. Out of curiosity, I tried the original cable and connector, after suspending the virus, and I established a USB connection again. I'm a happy Virus user once again.

Access should make a note that something isn't being reset when the Virus is suspended. Virus users out there... If you loose your Virus connection, be sure to unplug it and try again.

this happens to my TI v1 all the time. I think it's something in the beta that needs addressed. Some times it works, some times it doesn't.

I have to do what you said, unplug it and all that. Annoying... but what can you do.

[marc]

cubase scans for available MIDI devices when you launch it. but it doesn't recognise devices which come into the game when cubase is already launched. if you put the virus to sleep and switch it on again you also need to boot cubase in order to make it see the port (again). this has nothing to do with the virus TI.

marc

[civan]

Hey Marc,
I know what you mean. I always make sure everything is turned on before I start Cubase or the East West Play engine in standalone.

Could you clarify for me please what the two midi devices are that come up:

Virus TI Midi
Virus TI Synth

Thanks. Where do we submit bug reports by the way? There's a serious one I experience once in a while. While working in Cubase, when my project is not playing the Virus will make a loud shreeeeek and all of the lights on the Virus go out and the thing sort of restarts and then repeats the problem.