New iPad App : iMIDIPatchBay , it looks familiar ! ;)

[Grifo]

Hi, i have a problem whit iMIDIpatchbay and my nord stage 2. I set off local control on my keyboard and midi messages related to the organ section "on/off" button and volume knob are not forwarded to the keyboard, so i can't adjust the organ volume or activate/deactivate the organ section. In the other sections (piano and synth), everything works fine.

Any solution?

Thanks in advance!

[JohannesD]

Hi, does the organ section send/receive on a different MIDI channel than piano and synth?

[Grifo]

Hi, thanks for your reply,

on the stage 2 i set global channel on USB 1. It is the only one who is able to transmit and receive midi messages. If i set off the global channel and i set different midi channels for the piano, organ and synth sections, these can only receive midi messages but not transmit them.
On the stage 2 midi messages are sent and received in the following way:
Global - midi in/midi out
Slot A/B - midi in
Extern section - midi out
Instrument section - midi in
So, the only midi setting on nord stage 2 that allows imidipatchbay to route midi messages is on global channel.
I checked the nord stage 2 manual (midi controls list) and it seems that imidipatchbay does not recognize midi CC # 100 (organ level) and midi CC # 101 (organ enable).

[JohannesD]

Hi, this sounds strange. I haven't had any bug reports about iMIDIPatchbay not sending specific control changes. Can you describe in detail how you have configured iMIDIPatchbay?

[Grifo]

Hi, this sounds strange. I haven't had any bug reports about iMIDIPatchbay not sending specific control changes. Can you describe in detail how you have configured iMIDIPatchbay?

I use iMIDIpatchbay on iPad Air. I connected my Nord Stage 2 through a USB hub (i also connected a nord wave using a MIDI to USB cable)

On Nord stage 2 "midi menu" i set global channel on USB1 and Local Control on OFF
On iMIDIpatchbay "global setup" i set "master 1 input" with the following parameters: Device: Nord Stage 2 - Channel: 1
For each song, i set program change and "select program change on load" for both keyboard (stage and wave).

Everything works fine except this problem in the organ section.

I just uploaded a video on Dropbox to show you better.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/llhq73x0zu0kk ... .45.38.mov

Thanks for your support

Gianluca

[JohannesD]

Thanks for the video. What I would like to know: Is the "Receiving MIDI" LED in iMIDIPatchbay flashing when you turn the volume knob?

[Grifo]

Thanks for the video. What I would like to know: Is the "Receiving MIDI" LED in iMIDIPatchbay flashing when you turn the volume knob?

Yes, it does. Midi data are recognized by iMidipatchbay, but are not forwarded to nord stage. I did a test with midi bridge app using the same setting on the NS2 and everything worked.

[JohannesD]

Ok, I can reproduce the problem here. I will give you more info tomorrow after some research. Thanks for the detailed description/video so far, you are the first one who found this. I hope I can fix it for you soon.

[Grifo]

Ok, I can reproduce the problem here. I will give you more info tomorrow after some research. Thanks for the detailed description/video so far, you are the first one who found this. I hope I can fix it for you soon.

Thanks for your interest to my problem. I hope you can fix it, because your app is awesome.

Gianluca

[JohannesD]

Unfortunately, it seems to be an iOS bug which I need to report to Apple, and it may take time until it will be fixed. However, I will include a workaround in the next release of iMIDIPatchbay. I'll try to make it available as soon as possible.

Best,
Johannes