MIDEX-8
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Questions and Answers
This section can be used to find solutions and answers to problems and
questions that can originate in the combination of system components
that you might use.
Problem/Question Solution/Answer
Windows 95 and the first Windows 98
version (Windows 98 Gold) do not
recognize the MIDEX-8 driver.
Windows versions older than Windows 98
SE can not recognize the driver. To be able
to use MIDEX-8, please install Windows 98
SE or a newer system on your computer.
If you disconnect the MIDEX-8 from the
USB-bus while Windows 98 SE is active, the
error message “The specified MIDI device is
already in use. Wait until it is free, and then
try again.” might appear. It depends on the
host application that you use, if this
happens or not. If you do Cubase VST, the
problem occurs in a different form, i.e. the
MIDEX-8 MIDI ports can not be selected
within Cubase.
This problems originated in a faulty
implementation of USB within Windows 98
SE. It can be solved by activating a Windows
98 SE repair program (USB Fix). The repair
program is called 242937usa8.exe. You can
find it on the MIDEX-8 driver CD-ROM and
run it by double clicking on it.
You wish to use more than one MIDEX-8. The devices must be installed separately
and one after another. We recommend that
you restart Windows after each installation.
Note: The MIDEX-8 driver has been developed based upon Microsoft’s latest driver
model. This has the advantage that the MIDEX-8 driver can both be used under Windows
9x and under Windows 2000. Normally, Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000 do not
support more than 10 MIDI ports which are provided by WDM- drivers (Windows Driver
Model). The Steinberg programmers have found ways to prevent these limitations for
Cubase VST 5.0 or later and Nuendo. Other applications, however, are limited to the
number of MIDI ports supplied by the operating system. In the successor to Win98 SE,
called Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft have solved this problem. A future Service
Pack for Windows 2000 might solve the problem on this system. Service-Pack 1 for
Windows 2000 from Microsoft though did not yet contain a solution. Windows XP, the
Windows 2000 successor, will provide 32 MIDI ports.
How many MIDEX-8 can be connected to
the USB-bus, if the devices receive their
power from the USB bus itself (are thus “Bus
powered”)?
If the devices receive their power only from
the USB bus, you should not connect more
than two MIDEX-8. Reason: The MIDEX-8
registers on the bus with a power
consumption of 400 mA and the USB host
(i.e. the USB bus of your computer) does not
supply more than 1 A.
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