Hello! First thoughts and the MIDI update
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 5:13 pm
Hey Richard and Yann,
Really annoying I typed all of this out and then for some reason it didn't post! So, take two...
I just want to say to start with - I am not a drummer, I have never drummed in my life but Aerodrums is amazing! It's such a great tool that is really surprisingly simple and easy to use. It sounds great and slowly but surely I am teaching myself the basics of drumming!
So, I was looking forward to the MIDI update but I can't seem to get it working correctly so far. I run Aerodrums on a 2011 Macbook running OSX 10.9.2 and am trying to use Aerodrums with Logic Pro X.
I installed the MIDI update and followed the instructions in the manual, setting up the IAC midi port. I ran Logic X and Aerodrums - selecting in the MIDI menu MIDI ONLY and the IAC Port. In Logic I set up an instrument track running Drum Designer and proceeded to test. Nothing. I presume this is because I have not set up Logic to receive information from the IAC port - but after spending a while trying to find out how to do this, I still didn't know how. So I instead tested the other 2 MIDI ports in Aerodrums - COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 1 and COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 2. Port 2 again did nothing, however Port 1 worked! I was happy, I could play the drums in Drum Designer... for all of 15 seconds. After about 15 seconds, all functionality ceases and I can no longer use Aerodrums to control the plugin. The plugin seems to have malfunctioned too - clicking the drums you get no audio. Relaunching the plugin or selecting a new drum kit preset causes Aerodrums to start working again, before once again promptly stopping. I've tried a few different things to tackle the problem, but none have made any difference.
- As it is COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 1 that is functioning, I disabled the IAC port in the Audio MIDI setup. This leads to COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 1 not functioning at all.
- Tried different MIDI channels on the instrument track (1-16 and ALL)
- Tested different graphics settings within Aerodrums
- Tried different channel settings in Logic for instrument track - stereo, multi output...
- General testing of various project settings etc
- Restarted both softwares and Mac
It's a little frustrating as the update offers a whole new potential for Aerodrums but it just doesn't want to work. Maybe it's just me and I've set it up wrong, but I thought it'd be good to see what you guys thought!
Anyway, as I said to start with, fantastic product! Very pleased with it as a whole, hopefully can sort this MIDI issue out for even more fun!
Thanks,
Benni
Really annoying I typed all of this out and then for some reason it didn't post! So, take two...
I just want to say to start with - I am not a drummer, I have never drummed in my life but Aerodrums is amazing! It's such a great tool that is really surprisingly simple and easy to use. It sounds great and slowly but surely I am teaching myself the basics of drumming!
So, I was looking forward to the MIDI update but I can't seem to get it working correctly so far. I run Aerodrums on a 2011 Macbook running OSX 10.9.2 and am trying to use Aerodrums with Logic Pro X.
I installed the MIDI update and followed the instructions in the manual, setting up the IAC midi port. I ran Logic X and Aerodrums - selecting in the MIDI menu MIDI ONLY and the IAC Port. In Logic I set up an instrument track running Drum Designer and proceeded to test. Nothing. I presume this is because I have not set up Logic to receive information from the IAC port - but after spending a while trying to find out how to do this, I still didn't know how. So I instead tested the other 2 MIDI ports in Aerodrums - COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 1 and COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 2. Port 2 again did nothing, however Port 1 worked! I was happy, I could play the drums in Drum Designer... for all of 15 seconds. After about 15 seconds, all functionality ceases and I can no longer use Aerodrums to control the plugin. The plugin seems to have malfunctioned too - clicking the drums you get no audio. Relaunching the plugin or selecting a new drum kit preset causes Aerodrums to start working again, before once again promptly stopping. I've tried a few different things to tackle the problem, but none have made any difference.
- As it is COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 1 that is functioning, I disabled the IAC port in the Audio MIDI setup. This leads to COREMIDI,USB2.0-MIDI PORT 1 not functioning at all.
- Tried different MIDI channels on the instrument track (1-16 and ALL)
- Tested different graphics settings within Aerodrums
- Tried different channel settings in Logic for instrument track - stereo, multi output...
- General testing of various project settings etc
- Restarted both softwares and Mac
It's a little frustrating as the update offers a whole new potential for Aerodrums but it just doesn't want to work. Maybe it's just me and I've set it up wrong, but I thought it'd be good to see what you guys thought!
Anyway, as I said to start with, fantastic product! Very pleased with it as a whole, hopefully can sort this MIDI issue out for even more fun!
Thanks,
Benni