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My saga ends: I am now officially up and running.  I have no idea what I did or what 
changed, but now my widi-xu to widi-x8 connection runs perfectly from my mac.  Thank 
you to everybody for your help.  I'd be lost in silence without this group.

-- Joel

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "George F. Litterst" <PianoBench@...> wrote:
>
> Good morning, everyone.
> 
> Joel, I don't have WIDI XU, but I can tell you a few things about how  
> MIDI devices work on the Mac.
> 
> First of all, System Preferences : Sounds has nothing to do with MIDI.  
> That Preference pane has only to do with the volume level of various  
> AUDIO input and output devices as well as system sounds.
> 
> The Audio Midi Setup program is a useful program for determining which  
> MIDI devices are available to your system. If a device does not show  
> up, you can use the Scan feature to try to make it show up. And, you  
> can use the Test feature to test input and output. Many devices  
> require a driver to be installer; others do not.
> 
> Assuming that WIDI XU shows up in Audio Midi Setup, it should be  
> available to any program that communicates with CoreMIDI, which is the  
> system-wide programming interface for MIDI. If a MIDI software program  
> communicates directly with CoreMIDI, it will have a MIDI Setup or MIDI  
> Preferences window in which you choose your desired MIDI Input and  
> Output devices. The choices available are the choices that you see in  
> the Audio Midi Setup program.
> 
> A few of the most sophisticated professional MIDI software programs  
> for the Mac will require you to configure "endpoints" in Audio Midi  
> Setup. To configure an endpoint, you have to add a New Device within  
> Audio Midi Setup and then connect its inputs and outputs graphically  
> to the inputs and outputs of your MIDI interface, such as the WIDI XU.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> NOTE: There are a variety of software programs that will play MIDI  
> files but which do not communicate with CoreMIDI. Such programs, like  
> Safari, do not have a MIDI Setup option and simply output MIDI data to  
> QuickTime GM Synth, which means that you hear the sounds coming out of  
> your computer speakers.
> 
> Regards,
> George
> 
> 
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 2:54 AM, joel@... wrote:
> > So I just got my WIDI XU and X8 combo and I definitely need some  
> > help getting it to work with my Mac.  I hope someone can help.   
> > Here's the situation: I plug the XU in my computer with the X8's  
> > power on and both signal lights turn green.  BUT I can't seem to  
> > play a MIDI to any output except my computer's own speakers.  When I  
> > go to System Preferences/Sounds the only option listed there is  
> > Internal Speakers.  The XU appears in Applications/Audio Midi Setup  
> > but there didn't seem to be any other sort of instructions or pop- 
> > ups when I first put it in the USB port.  Should there have been?   
> > Can anyone help me figure out how to tell the computer to send midi  
> > files to a USB device?
> >
> > Forever grateful...Joel
>