Hi all,

So, here's the software:

• Windows 7
• Pure Data-extended 0.41.4
• Nuendo 5.5
• LoopBe 1

Here's my goal:

• Use 4 toggles in Pd to solo 4 individual audio tracks in Nuendo

Progress so far:

• Successfully setup "Generic remote" in Nuendo. It recieves MIDI messages from my Arturia MIDI keyboard. When I press the keyboard notes:
  "C" (address 12), Audio track 1 is soloed
  "D" (address 14), Audio track 2 is soloed
  "E" (address 16), Audio track 3 is soloed
  "F" (address 17), Audio track 4 is soloed
  This is all working nicely over my RME babyface MIDI port.

• I now need to replace this MIDI keyboard (hardware) with 4 toggle buttons in Pd (software). I have LoopBe1 installed as my internal MIDI connection, and I can select this as the output port in Pd and as the input port on Nuendo.

Problem:

• Despite the correct MIDI ports being selected in both Pd and Nuendo, when I try to send MIDI messages from Pd.. absolutely nothing happens in Nuendo. I've tried using [ctlout] and [noteout] with no luck.

• I think the problem is either incorrect use of [ctlout] or [noteout]. Or the LoopBe1 virtual MIDI connection is not working (or a combination of both).

I hope I explained clearly enough! Any feedback would be much appreciated.
(And I have already trawled the internet for relevant forums/discussion, and so far I've found no solution from these).

Please check out my screen shots of Nuendo setup and Pure Data setup.
Any questions, please ask!
Thank you.

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/pd_MIDI_test.png

here's the Nuendo screen shot.

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/Nuendo_MIDI_setup.png

hey oggy

if you are new into pd i suggest you to test your midi connection with vanilia [noteout] help patch
just set up connection between pd and Nuendo via loopbe then open any midi synth etc you have there(Nuendo) and check if you can hear any notes being played

thanks for the reply susz0n..
I'm actually not new to Pd - I've got a lot of experience with it (including MIDI). However, no experience with internal MIDI routing.
I'm currently in the process of re-installing Pd to the latest version and I will test the MIDI connection (like you said) tomorrow morning. Then I'll report back here with the result.

Cheers!

Hi, midi-ox is nice to monitor midi stuff.

Gromit,
I already checked it out, but unfortunately MIDI-OX only works upto Windows XP... not for Windows 7.
At least, that's what their website says...

I can't say for x64 but x32 works on win7.

Some progress made:

• The LoopBe connection is definitely working
• I created 4 MIDI tracks in Nuendo, set the input port to "LoopBe":
  MIDI 01 has Channel 1 as input
  MIDI 02 has Channel 2 as input
  MIDI 03 has Channel 3 as input
  MIDI 04 has Channel 4 as input
• I then used [noteout] in Pd to send messages to these MIDI tracks, with LoopBe set as the MIDI output port.

Problems:

• The MIDI messages are definitely received by the MIDI tracks in Nuendo.
• However, when I send a MIDI message, this is received by ALL MIDI tracks in Nuendo.
• For example, I send the list [12 127 1 ( to [noteout] and MIDI tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 ALL show input. I would expect only MIDI track 1 to receive input.
• If I then change the list to [12 127 2 ( , the same thing happens. So, how do I send MIDI messages to be channel specific? According to the help file of [noteout], this should be the last argument of the list... i.e. [12 127 $3 ( should send a MIDI message with the following properties:
  Note number = 12 (this is a "C" note on a MIDi keyboard)
  Velocity = 127
  Channel number = $3

So, either my use of [noteout] is incorrect, or the Nuendo MIDI track input setup is wrong. I can't see the mistake in either case.

Any experience or ideas would be much appreciated.
In the meantime, I will keep searching for the problem.

Many thanks!
oggy

Problem solved!

I won't bother explaining as it seems no one else is having the same problem (plus it would take a fair amount of time).
But, please write here if this problem applies to you and I will be happy to show how to solve it.

Thanks for the input so far.

Just an fyi, MidiOx works fine on Win7, though with a major limitation: it may not appear as a valid input to 64-bit software pkg, eg, your DAW.

I have not yet experimented with working around this using LoopBe or LoopMidi after MidiOx, but that might work...

Ok, thanks for info shawnb.
I decided to ignore MIDIOX, for the simple reason that I have everything working as intended with LoopBe (though I should note I'm now using LoopBe30, not LoopBe1).

Furhtermore, my DAW is a 64bit Nuendo 5.5

Cheers