Macos Serial Port For Midi
Ps/2 Port
In computing, a serial port is a serial communication interface through which information transfers in or out sequentially one bit at a time. This is in contrast to a parallel port which communicates multiple bits simultaneously in parallel.Throughout most of the history of personal computers, data was transferred through serial ports to devices such as modems, terminals, and various peripherals. Aug 24, 2019 Microsoft Windows versions of course were said to have a 10 or 11 MIDI port limitation; win95 was said to have a 'total of Ports Limit' and bluescreen + crash if u had more than 11; XP was said to have a 'Device limit' of 10 devices; SP2 was said to have bumped this limit up; while this was happening in windows land.
It's wonderful having access to the millions of functions most modern DAWs like Logic Pro, Cubase, Pro Tools and Ableton Live provide. But, honestly, sometimes a simple, single task app might be all you need when it comes to choosing which port you receive and send MIDI signals from and to.
Ícaro Ferre, the brains behind Spektro Audio has released version 1.0 of MIDIrouter, which does what you'd expect. Forget complex menus and a multitude of buttons or displays. This easy to use app gives you two drop down menus. One to choose the MIDI In port and the other to choose the MIDI Out port. Done. MIDIrouter simply routes incoming MIDI signals from a selected input port to another output port.
So, for example, you could route MIDI from one hardware synthesizer to another, using the computer as a simple USB / MIDI host. Just download it. You never know when it'll come in handy in your studio or live performance workflow.
The only caveat is that it's currently Mac OS compatible only. Sorry Windows musicians.
Macos Serial Port For Midian
Price: Free
Download MIDIrouter on Github here: https://github.com/icaroferre/MIDIRouter