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midronome not working with mrcc

Posted: 18 Feb 2024, 03:25
by besbin
Short description of the issue: Conductive Labs MRCC gets stuck on startup when the midronome is connected

Setup (devices connected to the Midronome and how): befaco cvthing, befaco midithing, perkons, hydrasynth, linnstrament, pc, and midronome are all routed through the mrcc

Steps to Reproduce: turn the power on? (my whole setup is powered up at the same time)

Expected Behavior: things work?

Actual Behavior: the mrcc hangs on initial startup. if i startup without the midronome its fine, then i can plug the midronome into the mrcc and it works. i suspect it being an issue with getting its power from the mrcc.

Has the Midronome firmware been recently upgraded, from which version to which version? just updated to 2.0

Re: midronome not working with mrcc

Posted: 18 Feb 2024, 10:07
by Simon
Thanks for reporting!

I assume with "plugging the Midronome into the MRCC" you mean using USB - if not please let me know.

That's going to be a toughie, and I'm afraid to say it probably is a bug on the MRCC (my first guess is that it cannot handle the multiple USB-MIDI interfaces of the Midronome and gets confused), the easiest solution will probably be a workaround.

I believe the easiest workaround would be to power the Midronome using a simple USB wall power adapter (like a phone charger) and then using MIDI-DIN to communicate with the MRCC? MIDI-DIN will be more precise than USB anyways.

But to investigate a bit more: could you remove all devices, simply plug the Midronome into the MRCC, then power the MRCC, see if it makes any difference?

Cheers
Simon

Re: midronome not working with mrcc

Posted: 21 Feb 2024, 00:21
by besbin
the issue seems to be when i have both the midronome and befaco cvthing plugged in at the same time. i will send a bug report to conductive labs. the setup works fine with using the din port, but then i lose the midi in capabilities :(. which i was hoping to automate the midronomes tempo.

Re: midronome not working with mrcc

Posted: 26 Apr 2024, 07:58
by Simon
Any news about this? Just FYI, FW 3.0 changes the USB-MIDI interfaces, solving this bug (which is a macOS bug but changing the interfaces worked around it). This might have an impact on your issue :)

Let me know ;)
Simon