Max's list of MIDI ports is not correct....

zangpa's icon

I am experiencing a strange problem, possibly a bug. When i use a MIDI-object in Max and try to set a specific port, Max chooses a different port. Actually whatever port i choose, the software will choose a different one. So my guess is that the list of ports are incorrect. Any idea how to fix it?

yaniki's icon

Post your patch.

zangpa's icon

Thanks for answering. It's just the simplest possible test patch for debugging purposes, and guess it will not show my list of MIDI ports anyway. But here's the patch i've made.

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

yaniki's icon

Try this:

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

I ran into a similar problem (on MacOS) - hope, this trick works.

zangpa's icon

Wow, this actually worked great and saved me a lot of frustration! Thanks a lot!!

yaniki's icon

Haha... yeah, I’ve spend a day or two trying to find this workaround - I’m happy, it’s useful for others too.