USING YAMAHA 01X AS A LOGIC CONTROLLER....NEED HELP

Question

I purchased a new Yamaha 01x on clearance ($219) for use as a software controller for Logic Studio (8). I find the Yamaha 01x manual very cumbersome and difficult to understand and am having trouble setting this up. I have a few questions if someone can please help.
1) Can I use the 01x MIDI in/out to USB port on my IMAC to connect as a software controller. My only firewire port on the imac is taken up by my MOTU 896 mk111? I purchased a m-audio midisport to go from the the o1x to the USB port on imac.
2) Now that I've made the connection, I've set up the o1x in Logic preferences, but no luck with any control. Do I have to somehow set up controller manually?
Perhaps someone could direct me to a good resource for the o1x since the manual is almost useless...
I appreciate any suggestions. Thanks! Colin

Answer 1

actually the site you'll want is http://www.o1xray.com
go into the forum under Mac drivers and post your question there.
I've only done a quick quick scan of your question, but if you're only going to use this o1x as a controller, routing the MIDI via another interface should work. You'll then only run audio over your MOTU 896 (I would do this too if I were you).
Should you want to run audio over your o1x, you'll need to add the mLan drivers from the yamaha synth site the other poster mentioned. you can also make an aggregate device combining both yoru mLan audio network and the MOTU - actually did this once... you'll have a lot of updating to do as the original drivers etc are pretty old (pre-Intel even - though it's all now UB)... the other thing to know, the mLan drivers are no longer supported on the mac, meaning they'll never go 64-bit. That will keep you from running OSX on a 64-bit kernel, but doesn't keep you from running Logic in 64-bit. You just need to know that if you install mLan drivers, your kernel won't be running in 64-bit now or in the future. Right now, all macs boot into 32-bit mode as the default for now, but someday this will change, and then the mLan drivers won't work for you (or me).
an o1x at this pricepoint, if you can use it as a control surface, was a great deal!!!
Good luck with this.
By the way, I have good reason to think this will work for you as a control surface. Although I do run mLan audio of the o1x, my MIDI routing is similar to yours, only I don't use the MIDI ports on the back of the o1x, but route MIDI to/from the o1x over mLAN to another device and then break it out to a MOTU MTP. Logic sees the o1x as a control surface, using port1 of the MTP. I have an extra step in the routing, but essentially do the same as what you want to do.
Good luck
Michael