MidiShare installation notes Mac OSX Panther
May 24, 2004

Visit http://midishare.sourceforge.net/

Downloaded MidiShare-1.87.dmg

Plugged in my X-Session control surface into the Mac's USB port and turned the X-Session power switch ON

Double clicked on MidiShare-1.87.dmg which was on my desktop, which opened a folder called MidiShare-187 Package

Double clicked on MidiShare-Package.mpkg

Welcome to MidiShare Package Installer -> clicked continue

continue again past license

Selected Macintosh HD as destination volume, clicked continue

Clicked Install button

Authenticate dialog opened, I entered my PW.  Installation began, optimizing volume MacIntosh HD...

"The software was successfully installed."


* msDriver shows Input slots for my X-Session control surface, named Port 1: EV-XS USB and Port 2: EV-XS USB
I mapped input slot 0 to Port 1: EV-XS USB
I mapped input slot 1 to Port 2: EV-XS USB
I mapped output slot 0 to Quicktime GM Synth
I mapped output slot 1 to EV-XS USB

* The native app msDisplay shows Ctrl data when I move faders on my X-session control surface

* msController plays midi notes using the Quicktime GM Synth

Running SimpleMidiShareTest plays midi notes on Quicktime GM synth, but also gives this error:
MIDIServer: driver /Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers/DIOOSXMIDIDriver.plugin not loaded because of ID conflict
Stephane Letz reports that this error is nothing to be concerned about, as other Midi applications cause this, too [ie it is not a MidiShare problem and has no apparent consequences].

Ran testmidishare.MidiShareIOTest, got same ID Conflict error (again, this is not a problem)
Moving faders on X-Session does cause ctrl values to be dumped to the java console in MidiShareIOTest

Plugged in a midi kbd to X-Session, ran MidiShareIOTest with input port = 1 and Java console showed midi notes when I hit kbd

Sending Midi notes to an external synth worked fine from MidiShareIOTest. (Make sure your midi device is set to receive on channel 1 )