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Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 17:37
by motage
Hi all,
I am using 2 akai midimix controllers at once. In preferences I can see both of them (they are both named "midimix" and they are checked). When I map first one theres no problems. But when I try to map something on the second one, midi controller doesnt respond. This situation is only when they are both connected in the same time. But when I connect only first one (or second one) they are working fine. Thanks for all ideas.

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 18:50
by motage
I tryed map controllers in Ableton live ver9 and there wasnt any problem (controllers are distinct as Midimix and Midimix#2)

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 09:16
by 5AMvisual
You should be able to set one of your midimix's to midi CH1 and the other to midi CH2.
This way you can use both in full function without overlapping.
I used to do this with 2 BCF2000's.

Are you on PC or mac ?
I know it's fairly easy to change the settings on mac.

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 10:33
by Joris
The problem is that Resolume identifies midi controllers based on their name. So the moment you have two devices with the exact same name, it gets very confused.

We're aware that this can be annoying and hopefully we can get around to fixing this in the future. In general, using the same midi controllers is not that common, so we haven't put much priority on it.

In the meantime, if you change the name the second Akai Midimix has in the registry to something like Midimix 2, you should be good to go.

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:54
by dialect
ok, no need to use resolume, as i use same / paired controlers allt he time :(

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 21:18
by upliftingnini
Hello everyone, would you recommend to a beginner buying an akai midimix?

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 09:58
by kudre7
I just had my midi mmix but resolume doesn’t recognise the controller in settings. Do I need to install any extra driver? Windows 10. Thanks

Re: Two identicall midi controllers (akai midimix)

Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 19:32
by Zoltán
kudre7 wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2019 09:58 I just had my midi mmix but resolume doesn’t recognise the controller in settings. Do I need to install any extra driver? Windows 10. Thanks
Do other programs see your controller?