Everytime I boot up I have to make new MIDI connections

[zandurian]

Everytime I boot up the computer I have to make new MIDI connections in the Audio/MIDI window as the old virtual routings to the MIDI Express unit are grayed out and a new blank MIDI express is shown active. This has never happened over the years unless the ME was unplugged or a different ME was added to the system. Now out of the blue it's doing this upon every reboot of my G5. Any ideas/suggestions?
- Byron

[HCMarkus]

I've been seeing some Audio/MIDI weirdness, too. Although my setup comes up intact, one connection via MIDI (the connection between my 828MkII and my Roland VX88) is lost every time I re-boot. More testing is to be done to confirm.

I thought I saw another thread on this a couple of days ago...

[cuttime]

Sounds very familiar:

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... =2&t=33850

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... =1&t=34108

http://www.motunation.com/forum/viewtop ... 46#p279242

[HCMarkus]

We'll see how things are working tomorrow.
Maybe I'll enjoy a spontaneous remission, like at least one other has reported.
I updated the 828MkII CueMix software to CueMix FX only two days ago.

[zandurian]

Thanks for the responses. I will look into the other threads. The weird thing is that I didn't change anything - one day it just started doing it. The old configuration is there, just grayed out so at least I can quickly re-create my connections looking at where they went on the old one but SHEEESH! I generally use all 8 ins/outs. I also noticed that in DP 5 I have NO MIDI working at all (MIDI tracks italicized) but no prob since I still work in 4.61 because of my rewire apps doing well there. Maybe the DP5 failure to see the new config is a clue though?

[daniel.sneed]

Just my 2 cents :
Have you tried to boot in different orders ? That is to say :
- computer first, then MIDI devices
- MIDI devices, then computer
Sometimes I just have to un-plug the USB wire on my MIDI device, then re-plug, and here it is again.

[zandurian]

Just my 2 cents :
Have you tried to boot in different orders ? That is to say :
- computer first, then MIDI devices
- MIDI devices, then computer
Sometimes I just have to un-plug the USB wire on my MIDI device, then re-plug, and here it is again.

I've always booted up computer with everything else already on. I tried booting up computer first and when I turned on the express XT it created the new icon with no connections and the others grayed out (just like before). When I unplugged the XT the new icon grayed out and when I plugged it back in the new icon remains grayed out until I rescan MIDI and then the new icon with no connections becomes active again...

[bkshepard]

It sounds like you may need to replace the battery in your MIDI Express. See this article on the MOTU Support site.

[zandurian]

It sounds like you may need to replace the battery in your MIDI Express. See this article on the MOTU Support site.

Yep - new battery fixed it!
Thanks for the tip