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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Beware cheap chinese USB MIDI cables on ebay...

2008-06-21 by Steve Wahl

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 05:29:40PM -0400, Bob S. wrote:
> I think I have been using the MidiMan UNO for the 1x1 stuff without a problem....

The info I have suggests that, for (certain versions only of) the UNO,
the USB midi driver must do a software work-around because the
hardware and/or on-board firmware doesn't react right to running
status.

If that's true, the driver reads the devices id numbers, sees it's a
MidiSport UNO, and in particular the version that needs the
workaround, and enables the software work-around.

Since this cheap knock-off I have reports different ID numbers (so
software doesn't identify it as a M-Audio interface), it would not
know it needs to enable the software workaround.

This is all based on theory, however it's still true that the
interface doesn't work for beans.

--> Steve

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