Flenix Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hello all. I'm trying to set up my Pod HD pro alongside MainStage (OSX live performance software) so I can cut down the work of changing settings when playing live. MainStage has an option to send MIDI out when changing patches, sending a single PC message to a specified device/channel. It does this using a system called External Instruments, which you can tell it the device and channel to send to. I set this up, and initially it was working great, when I clicked the patch I'd set it up on it would send the corresponding PC message and change the Pod to the new sound. I added a second patch and could flick between the two, no problems at all. The issue came when I tried to add a second external instrument, for controlling other things. If there's no MIDI output set on there, it's fine, but as soon as I set the MIDI Out device on that second channel, the Pod totally stops responding to any interaction; MIDI or physical touching of dials. Sound is still produced fine, but it won't for example change patches. I have to reboot my entire mac for it to respond again (Just closing MainStage and then power cycling the unit doesn't do anything) I checked in MIDI Monitor and this new output isn't sending any data whatsoever at the time the issue comes up, so I think it's a case of the pod getting confused as opposed to MS sending it confusing data. Has anyone else experienced anything like this, or could recommend a fix? Does the Pod have some sort of secret MIDI panic button I don't know about which would help resolve it without a full reboot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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