"Audio MIDI Setup" not reliable

So I have a lot of midi instruments.. I want to start using them along with the computer.
I have 3 emagic unitor8 chained up, so 24 inputs, 24 outputs.
I defined every single device, added device icons, made all the connections, etc..
Saved the configuration. Everything fine up until the next time, when I checked the application when the midi interfaces were off. I lost 2/3 of the connections made (devices remained) and the thing auto saved it!
Must be some bug :'(
Anyone else had this?
I'm not such an advanced Logic midi user, should I be doing this in the environment instead of in Audio Midi Setup?

poqasonic wrote:
So I have a lot of midi instruments.. I want to start using them along with the computer.
I have 3 emagic unitor8 chained up, so 24 inputs, 24 outputs.
I defined every single device, added device icons, made all the connections, etc..
Saved the configuration. Everything fine up until the next time, when I checked the application when the midi interfaces were off. I lost 2/3 of the connections made (devices remained) and the thing auto saved it!
Must be some bug :'(
Anyone else had this?
I'm not such an advanced Logic midi user, should I be doing this in the environment instead of in Audio Midi Setup?
I never use Audio MIDI Setup to configure my external synths, as long as my MIDI interfaces show up there I just go ahead and use the Environment.
However... and it's a big one....
Similar to Audio MIDI Setup, if you boot Logic with not all of your interfaces powered up, the port order can change... at least that's the way it used to be, currently I'm using an interface that's USB bus powered so I haven't seen the "port order shuffle" for a couple of years.
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