Multiple USB ports configuration?

[cdv_gabriel]

Hi Matt,

I would say the only way to cope with this problem is to reach for Tools->Options->MIDI ports and double click on the name of the logical MIDI port that you are receiving data from.

Swapping my midi controller USB ports generates incrementing device names

There is a kind of work around for this: When the device gets a new name… Go to Tools → Options → MIDI Ports Instead of right clicking and choosing the new device name… Double click the port and select the new device name, while leaving the old device name checked. Repeat this everytime it happens and eventually the numbers will start recycling You’ll end up with a whole bunch of numbered devices all selected and Cantabile will use whichever one happens to be available at the time. As a bet…

This should open a list of all the hardware ports known to the system, even those not presently connected. By clicking on the checkbox to the left of each name, you tell Cantabile to listen to data coming from that port. In this way, if windows changes the name of a hardware port Cantabile will still be receiving data on its logical port. Maybe this is what you mean by “reconfiguring”. After a few times doing this, the list of hardware ports should contain all possible names given by windows to hardware ports (it seems it starts recycling old names) and from that point on you should not have to reconfigure them.

Gabriel