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Hello Jim,
Are you still using OMS or have you switched to FreeMIDI?

In my experience with OMS and a standard MIDI Interface, i.e., Mac 
serial port, you sometimes need to 'wake up' the connection between 
AN1xEdit and the OMS Instrument definitions. This is done from the 
Setup > MIDI Port Setup... Toggle through a few OMS Instrument defs 
from the MIDI Out drop down menu in the MIDI Port Setup dialog. This *
always* works for me with my standard MIDI Interface (Opcode Tranlator 
Pro.)

My experience with USB MIDI Interfaces on the Mac and AN1xEdit is not 
good. I use an ADS Tech USB adapter card (PCI) in a desktop Power Mac. 
I've tried both a MIDIMAN MIDIsport 2x2 and an Opcode MIDIport 32 using 
every available USB driver from Apple - including the new v1.4.6 
bundled with OS 9.1 - and I've never been able to make AN1xEdit receive 
SysEx via USB. Transmitting from AN1xEdit via USB works fine - just 
receiving data is a bear :-# I've been able to dump and resend single 
patches successfully to Logic and Vision - Cubase was kind of wishy-
washy. Large bulk dumps didn't go to well for me - aside from the 
'Generic Bulk' facility in Galaxy. That seemed to be okaaaaay. Don't 
know how reliable it would be - Gary seemed to think there were some 
lost bits in my file but I didn't notice any serious corruption when 
the Voices were reloaded.

There's a fellow on the list who has been successful with an Emagic 
AMT8 + USB with AN1xEdit. I haven't had an opportunity to try an AMT8 
myslef - or any of the MOTUs. I once tried to use FreeMIDI in OMS 
Emulate mode - it was a disaster and I've never tried again ;-)

HTH 

Let me know how it goes for you - this is a topic I've been following 
for awhile!

Jon

--- In AN1x-list@y..., James Weisbin <jim@s...> wrote:
> I used to have an Opcode interface and using OMS had no problem with AN1X
> Edit 1.1 (Mac version). Since switching to a MOTU MTP (USB model), I cant
> get the editor to communicate with the AN1X. Any help would be apreciated.
> ----------------------------
> Jim Weisbin
> jim@s...
> http://www.savagetranscendental.com