Babyface Pro FS as Midi Device – default off (MacOS)

[seasack]

Hi!

I just upgraded my interface to the RME Babyface Pro FS with the latest FW and Drivers. I hook my Roland TD-27 to it via a Midi cable, the Babyface is connected via USB C to my MacBook 2017 which runs the latest SD 3.

Under the Midi Devices, there is a ticked off check box with no device name next to it. When I check the box, everything is working fine. But when I restart the whole setup, the box is empty again. This is a bit of a nuisance.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

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[Ryanrrr]

Try connecting the td27 directly to the laptop, and then just having the babyface as the audio output.

Only downside is you lose a port on the laptop. But you will still get the insanely low latency which im guessing thats why you went for this set up

should get rid of the issue tho

• This post was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by Ryanrrr.

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[Ryanrrr]

Guessing you tried saving as default session after the selection?

[drumjack52]

seasack wrote:

Hi!

I just upgraded my interface to the RME Babyface Pro FS with the latest FW and Drivers. I hook my Roland TD-27 to it via a Midi cable, the Babyface is connected via USB C to my MacBook 2017 which runs the latest SD 3.

Under the Midi Devices, there is a ticked off check box with no device name next to it. When I check the box, everything is working fine. But when I restart the whole setup, the box is empty again. This is a bit of a nuisance.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Where are you setting the ‘MIDI Devices’? In SD3? In the Mac world you initially configure MIDI through the Audio/MIDI Setup utility in MacOS. There’s also MIDI setting in SD3 especially if you’re using SD3 standalone. And make sure that your ekit is powered on before starting the computer. MacOS sometimes doesn’t recognize things when powering on stuff after the computer has started.

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[seasack]

Connecting directly would require a breakout box which I do not want. But thanks for the idea!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

• This post was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by seasack.

[seasack]

Saving to default does not help. But thanks!

[seasack]

drumjack52 wrote:

seasack wrote:

Hi!

I just upgraded my interface to the RME Babyface Pro FS with the latest FW and Drivers. I hook my Roland TD-27 to it via a Midi cable, the Babyface is connected via USB C to my MacBook 2017 which runs the latest SD 3.

Under the Midi Devices, there is a ticked off check box with no device name next to it. When I check the box, everything is working fine. But when I restart the whole setup, the box is empty again. This is a bit of a nuisance.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Where are you setting the ‘MIDI Devices’? In SD3? In the Mac world you initially configure MIDI through the Audio/MIDI Setup utility in MacOS. There’s also MIDI setting in SD3 especially if you’re using SD3 standalone. And make sure that your ekit is powered on before starting the computer. MacOS sometimes doesn’t recognize things when powering on stuff after the computer has started.

I set the MIDI devices in the SD3 standalone settings.

I just looked up the MacOS-MIDI-Settings. The Babyface just shows up as USB-MIDI Interface. Renaming does not change anything in SD3, the entry there is still blank with a blank check box after a restart. And I alway switch the TD-27 on first.

• This post was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by seasack.

[drumjack52]

seasack wrote:

drumjack52 wrote:

seasack wrote:

Hi!

I just upgraded my interface to the RME Babyface Pro FS with the latest FW and Drivers. I hook my Roland TD-27 to it via a Midi cable, the Babyface is connected via USB C to my MacBook 2017 which runs the latest SD 3.

Under the Midi Devices, there is a ticked off check box with no device name next to it. When I check the box, everything is working fine. But when I restart the whole setup, the box is empty again. This is a bit of a nuisance.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Where are you setting the ‘MIDI Devices’? In SD3? In the Mac world you initially configure MIDI through the Audio/MIDI Setup utility in MacOS. There’s also MIDI setting in SD3 especially if you’re using SD3 standalone. And make sure that your ekit is powered on before starting the computer. MacOS sometimes doesn’t recognize things when powering on stuff after the computer has started.

I set the MIDI devices in the SD3 standalone settings.

I just looked up the MacOS-MIDI-Settings. The Babyface just shows up as USB-MIDI Interface. Renaming does not change anything in SD3, the entry there is still blank with a blank check box after a restart. And I alway switch the TD-27 on first.

• This post was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by seasack.

Thanks for the further explanation. What you should/will see in SD3 is the actual MIDI device which should be the TD27 brain. Do you have the proper device driver for the Babyface installed on your computer?

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[seasack]

drumjack52 wrote:

seasack wrote:

drumjack52 wrote:

seasack wrote:

Hi!

I just upgraded my interface to the RME Babyface Pro FS with the latest FW and Drivers. I hook my Roland TD-27 to it via a Midi cable, the Babyface is connected via USB C to my MacBook 2017 which runs the latest SD 3.

Under the Midi Devices, there is a ticked off check box with no device name next to it. When I check the box, everything is working fine. But when I restart the whole setup, the box is empty again. This is a bit of a nuisance.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Where are you setting the ‘MIDI Devices’? In SD3? In the Mac world you initially configure MIDI through the Audio/MIDI Setup utility in MacOS. There’s also MIDI setting in SD3 especially if you’re using SD3 standalone. And make sure that your ekit is powered on before starting the computer. MacOS sometimes doesn’t recognize things when powering on stuff after the computer has started.

I set the MIDI devices in the SD3 standalone settings.

I just looked up the MacOS-MIDI-Settings. The Babyface just shows up as USB-MIDI Interface. Renaming does not change anything in SD3, the entry there is still blank with a blank check box after a restart. And I alway switch the TD-27 on first.

• This post was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by seasack.

Thanks for the further explanation. What you should/will see in SD3 is the actual MIDI device which should be the TD27 brain. Do you have the proper device driver for the Babyface installed on your computer?

Thank you.

I have the latest Babyface Pro FS drivers installed on my Macbook. Just to clarify: When I check the empty check box in SD3 everthing works fine – it’s just that I have to check it again after every restart.

[drumjack52]

seasack wrote:

drumjack52 wrote:

seasack wrote:

drumjack52 wrote:

seasack wrote:

Hi!

I just upgraded my interface to the RME Babyface Pro FS with the latest FW and Drivers. I hook my Roland TD-27 to it via a Midi cable, the Babyface is connected via USB C to my MacBook 2017 which runs the latest SD 3.

Under the Midi Devices, there is a ticked off check box with no device name next to it. When I check the box, everything is working fine. But when I restart the whole setup, the box is empty again. This is a bit of a nuisance.

Any ideas?

Cheers!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Where are you setting the ‘MIDI Devices’? In SD3? In the Mac world you initially configure MIDI through the Audio/MIDI Setup utility in MacOS. There’s also MIDI setting in SD3 especially if you’re using SD3 standalone. And make sure that your ekit is powered on before starting the computer. MacOS sometimes doesn’t recognize things when powering on stuff after the computer has started.

I set the MIDI devices in the SD3 standalone settings.

I just looked up the MacOS-MIDI-Settings. The Babyface just shows up as USB-MIDI Interface. Renaming does not change anything in SD3, the entry there is still blank with a blank check box after a restart. And I alway switch the TD-27 on first.

• This post was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by seasack.

Thanks for the further explanation. What you should/will see in SD3 is the actual MIDI device which should be the TD27 brain. Do you have the proper device driver for the Babyface installed on your computer?

Thank you.

I have the latest Babyface Pro FS drivers installed on my Macbook. Just to clarify: When I check the empty check box in SD3 everthing works fine – it’s just that I have to check it again after every restart.

Are you running your Mac in admin mode? Do you have write permissions for the system drive (which admin mode would/should give you)? The settings aren’t being saved and that’s one thing to look at. Some time back Apple changed global write permissions. This is NOT an SD3 problem as such but more of a systems issue.

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[seasack]

Is there a thing such as an “Admin mode” in MacOS? From time to time MacOS asks for my system password for system changes. However, I have no problems saving stuff on the system drive. How could I activate this “Admin Mode”?

With my previous interfaces like an ZOOM UAC-2 I had no problems like this.

[drumjack52]

‘admin mode’ on a Mac is the root account. If you only have the one account and no others on that Mac you’re in admin mode. Say you created a second account for another person on that computer that person would not automatically have admin privileges. That you get asked for your password from time to time is normal and kind of a safety feature so you you don’t do something stupid. It’s asking for confirmation/authorization and nothing to be worried about.

Being the RME is bus powered I wonder if you have anything else drawing power on your USB2 bus. Are you on a laptop? If so do you just use the battery and only charge when necessary? I’m wondering if the USB port on your computer is being starved for power.

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[seasack]

Thanks for the clarification. It’s a Macbook Pro 2017 running on power supply.

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