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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "mpvh01" <mpvh01@y...> wrote:
> I was experimenting yesterday, I just sold my OS 9 capable G4 and now
> wanted to see if I could talk to the AN1x without using a really old 
> iBook, which still runs OS 9. 
> 
> Anyway, I have an M-Audio USB Midisport 1x1 as MIDI interface. I
> started up Classic, installed OMS 2.3.8 and subsequently the OS 9 
> Midisport drivers (basically followed the instructions on the 
> M-Audio website as though I was running OS 9). Finally, I installed 
> an1xedit (first 1.02 and just now 1.1). The short answer is: it works
> fine (both sending and receiving voices, real-time editing).
> 

You say 'started up Classic', but do you mean you started Classic within OS X or do you 
have a dual boot machine and used Classic as your boot OS?

AFAIK, and my hands on experience bears this out, there is no method by which a 
hardware MIDI Interface - USB or otherwise - can be addressed by OMS in Classic running 
under OS X without the assistance of a helper application such as MIDIBridge9X

http://www.troikatronix.com/midibridge9x.html

I have read reports of users running OMS in Classic under OS 9 who have successfully 
routed data between a Editor/Librarian in Classic to a Sequencer in OS X using virtual 
links. And while I've run AN1xEdit in Classic to convert Voices into SysEx, but you are the 
first and only user I know of who has established a link between the hardware and OS 
without a help app (see above comments.)

Were you able to perform a full bulk dump or only a few voices at a time from the AN1x to 
the MAc? Were you able to load a fulll bulk dump into the AN1x fromthe Mac or only 
individual voices one at a time? What release of OS X are you running? I assume you are 
running 9.2.2 for Classic? Which version of the M-Audio drivers did you install?

> I couldn't find anything about this option on this site (and the FAQ
> makes it look as though it is not going to work), so I thought I'd 
> share this with you. It does seem to be that the M-Audio MIDI 
> interfaces are particularly well-behaved, so it may not work with 
> others.
> 

My experienc with M-Audio MIDI Interfaces - particularly under OS 9 - is contradictory to 
yours. I happen to have a USB MIDISport 1x1 on hand and should be able to replicate your 
configuration on either or both of my two Macs (the BeigeG4 or new G5.)

> I haven't yet tried using the AN1x to control OS X Software in 
> parallel, but this is not essential for me.
> 

You can always use an add on specific to your sequencers: Mixer Maps or an Environment 
layer, etc. See the Files section here at Yahoo! Groups for a selection.

> Cheers,
> Michiel

regards,

Jon