Can't get my omniports to work

Morningstar Gear MC Pro Series MIDI Controller
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Hi all

I recently got my MC6 Pro and am configuring all of my MIDI pedals

I currently have 3 pedals connected through the MIDI Out and then thru
I have one pedal connected via USB

These pedals all work fine and I can get them to work

However, I have 4 other pedals that I am connecting via the Omniports (2 strymon TRS, 1 Walrus Audio 5 Pin, and 1 GFI 5 pin). I can’t get any of the omniport pedals to accept any information.

I’ve set the pedals to MIDI mode (where appropriate - strymon) and the cables are either TRS-TRS or TRS-5 Pin depending on the need. I can’t figure out where I’m going wrong

Thanks in advance

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Hi, are you aware that you have to set up the omniports of the MC in ‘controller settings’ to send midi messages?

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Yes, I’ve tried pretty much every option of the omniport settings to try to get the messages to send. No luck

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There’s a need to restart the controller after making changes to omniport settings, is that the problem maybe?

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@james I am also unable to get any MIDI out of any of my omniports (MC6 Pro 3.12.4)

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Just tested - seems ok.

Can you go to controller settings >> Edit MIDI Channel Settings and check that the ports are all selected for the relevant channels?

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I’m trying to use a channel just with omniport 3.
So my channel settings for channel 12 have only omniport 3 selected.

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Seems ok with this setting:

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What pedal are you controlling?
Is the Remap MIDI Channel To also set to “No Remap”?

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I’m trying to connect to my DIN MIDI Router like this:

Omniport → 1/4 inch to 1/8 inch TRS plug adapter → BOSS TRS 1/8 inch to MIDI Female (Type A) → MIDI Cable → MIDI Router IN

Is it not possible to send the Omniport MIDI signal to DIN?

Also, Remap MIDI Channel is set to NO REMAP.

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Should work - what router is that?

You can test the Omniport by connecting it to the MIDI Input on the MC and then send a CC#127 on the MC MIDI Channel. If the MC receives a CC#127 message, it will display on the screen that a MIDI message is received.

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It works doing the test you suggested… But same cables and no signal received at the router which is a MOTU MTP AV (serial). This router has worked with every single thing I’ve thrown at it. This is the first exception. Is it possible the signal is not powerful enough?

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If I stick a MIDI Solutions box between the Omniport Out and the MOTU it works. So I’m guessing this means the MOTU is expecting a buffered signal?

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It might be related to the voltage protection in the Omniports

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Does this also include the Jackson Audio Broken Arrow v2?

I am having similar issue getting the midi to work with the BAv2 via TRS on Exp/Omniport of MC6 mkii.

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Yeah seems like this is mostly limited to some Jackson and Jet pedals.

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I did manage to get mine to work. This is what i did, most of this is what was recommended on this thread.

In controller settings under Configure Omniports, Omniport 1 is set to: MIDI Out - Type A (Standard).
Controller settings under Edit MIDI Channel Settings, Channel 2, i have Omniport 1 only selected. Renamed it to Broken Arrow.

In the preset i made sure to select this channel to send the CC.

On the BA, i changed the MIDI Channel to match MC6 Channel 2.

Now it works like a charm. Not sure if it will help the person on this thread but at least i got the JA BAv2 to work.

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@cstrife I tried this but it doesn’t seem to work, what TRS midi cable are you using, or @james is there a recommended one to use?