Multiport MIDI interface for Windows 7

Vas314 · July 12, 2014, 6:05am

Vas314:

Hello,

Sorry for reviving this thread. Read this thread and my 8x8 predicament is as bad as everyone elses here. The level of the responses I noticed was high and so I will offer my story and hope someone reads it and can help.

My Midisport 8x8/s USB just died. In Cubase and other DAW’s I can see all eight midi ports though I use only seven and all are Midi channel 1, so I distinguish them by port number. And yes there is a driver for Windows 7 64 bit. Luck me!

TSI http://www.tsirepair.com/ informed me that to send in the Midisport and they may be able to repair it. It’s a gamble.

In my closet I found a dusty Roland A-880 which is 8x8. This is a 8 in and 8 out midi patcher/mixer without USB. Yes, truly a miracle!? Eight midi in and eight midi out. I can map all my eight midi in to go to a single midi out. I need 7 midi controllers to go down a single USB connector which I plug into my computer.

My question:
If I get a “midi to USB device” http://tinyurl.com/bgr9nho or a “midi pci card” will the single midi out plugged in to the adaptor be able to handle the midi stream? Will I be able to see the all eight ports in Cubase?

It will be another miracle if I can get the one midi out into a usb. Please help.

I ended up getting the MOTU MidiExpress 128

And so far I am happy with it.