Kyle Terrizzi

I am new to MAX/MSP, and I am on chapter 12 in the tutorial that comes with the demo download.

The patch on the left and right are reading the input signals from the Yamaha S90 keyboard I have plugged into my interface via MIDI, but the patches near the bottom right which are supposed to be playing my Yamaha synthesizer are not communicating with it. They will run the DLS synth on my Mac, but will not play the Yamaha and I assume they should be.

If it matters, I have the Yamaha sending on Port 1, recieving in Omni mode. I'm connected exactly how the tutorial says I should be. If you know why the patch is not playing my synthesizer, please let me know.

I am new to MAX/MSP, and I am on chapter 12 in the tutorial that comes with the demo download. 

The patch on the left and right are reading the input signals from the Yamaha S90 keyboard I have plugged into my interface via MIDI, but the patches near the bottom right which are supposed to be playing my Yamaha synthesizer are not communicating with it. They will run the DLS synth on my Mac, but will not play the Yamaha and I assume they should be. 

chapter-12-tutorial-question

Double click on the midi/noteout object. A pull down menu will appear. The

Double click on the midi/noteout object.  A pull down menu will appear. The
rest should be cake.

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At some point now you might find it worthwhile to read the two chapters 

on "Using MIDI" and "Ports: How MIDI Ports Are Specified" from the 

MaxGettingStarted.pdf. They will provide you with additional information 

on how to set up MIDI in Max so that you can set what MIDI device to use 

as an argument to the various MIDI objects. That way you won't have to 

double click and select every object for MIDI input and output each time 

At some point now you might find it worthwhile to read the two chapters 
on "Using MIDI" and "Ports: How MIDI Ports Are Specified" from the 
MaxGettingStarted.pdf. They will provide you with additional information 
on how to set up MIDI in Max so that you can set what MIDI device to use 
as an argument to the various MIDI objects. That way you won't have to 
double click and select every object for MIDI input and output each time 
you open your patch.

yeah, i have read those portions. i went through the getting started manual before i began the tutorials, but still i had no luck. i tried setting the i/o abbreviations for the interface as specified by the object arguments, and it didn't work, but the double-click method did.

Its made life much easier for me and my band-mates.

We all have the same code but it auto-loads our different midi interfaces so

that we don't need to double click on the things when we go up on stage...

Check the helpfile for [midiin]
Its made life much easier for me and my band-mates.

We all have the same code but it auto-loads our different midi interfaces so
that we don't need to double click on the things when we go up on stage...


thanks for the heads up. i'll give it a look.

If you are able to post a screenshot somewhere of the MIDi setup in 

AudioMIDISetup (assuming that you are on Mac) and the Max MIDISetup 

Window this should be possible to sort out.

If you are able to post a screenshot somewhere of the MIDi setup in 
AudioMIDISetup (assuming that you are on Mac) and the Max MIDISetup 
Window this should be possible to sort out.

thanks for the responses, but actually, i have it all figured out now. it wasn't working before, but now for some reason when the desired output abbreviation is used, everything works fine. good for me. so thanks everyone.

Chapter 12 Tutorial Question!