Intel Mac - MIDI Interfaces

Hi Everyone -
Can anyone help me? I have 2 USB MIDI interfaces, both Emagic: an MT4 and an AMT8. Bot work with my PowerBook G4, but I've just bought an Intel Mac, and the drivers don't seem to work; the Intel doesn't recognise either of them. I desperately need a solution to hook them both together, so I can use the standalone versions of the plugins I've bought, NONE of which have yet been successfully ported over to work on the Intel.
Yours, stranded....
Matthew Vaughan
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Hi,
I have the Unitor8mkii,and the first time I used my new intel macbook,it did give me some trouble.The only solution I had,was to unplug the Unitor,and then plug it in again.Apparently,the Mac's AudioMidi setup utility had lost communication with the Unitor.After re-plugging it,AMS saw it,and it has worked great since.I use the unitor8mkii for a Mackie MCU,a Line6 Pod,and an old roland JX3P keyboard,and a now obsolete Edirol PCR30 (not supported on Intel Macs,and discontinued as well)and they all are seen by Logic Pro.
hopefully all you have to do is re-connect the USB cable.Sometimes it gets loose from the Unitor side,so check both ends.

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