Rescan MIDI devices with Live running?

[agent314]

On a Win7x64 system, is there a way to rescan your MIDI devices with Live 8 running, or is the only way to get it to recognize them to completely close and restart Live?

[Dennis DeSantis]

In the File/Folder tab of Live's Preferences, there's a button called "Rescan Plug-Ins" which does this.

Best,

[agent314]

That's for my plugins, I thought? I'm talking about for actual MIDI hardware devices. Does it work for that too?

If I plug in a USB controller with Live running, I have to exit and entirely reload Live to make it see it again. I'm curious if there's a quick way to make it see the re-plugged hardware without needing the restart.

[Dennis DeSantis]

Ah sorry! I should read before replying, huh?

No, unfortunately, Live on Windows does not currently deal with new or removed MIDI hardware while Live is running.

Best,

[theophilus]

however, if you accidentally unplug something, you can recover it by just unchecking/rechecking its entry in the midi preferences panel. i do that a lot...