APC40 not showing up in Input/Output sections.
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 7:57 am
I've had an Akai APC40 (NOT the Mk II version) for some time, and have been using it for years, but it's been sitting idly for a few months and now i'm doing some Ableton work and can't get Ableton to recognize that the APC40 is connected. I'm working on a Mac, running High Sierra 10.13.6. As it is, the APC40 powers up, but i'm just getting running lights flashing around the screen and the device is unresponsive. So, i'm in the MIDI section in preferences.....
The setup instructions say simply to set up a line in your MIDI preferences with "APC40" as your (1) Control Surface, (2) Input and (3) Output. The problem is that i CAN select APC40 as my Control Surface, however when i click the dropdown box for either Input or Output, the APC40 is not an option to choose from. See the attached screenshot to see exactly what i'm talking about. It's my understanding that the APC40 should show up as one of those options. I'm hooked up directly from the APC40 to my Mac via USB, no issues there. I see no reason why it shouldn't show up (and like i said, this has always been working for me before).
Anybody encounter this?
thanks,
jim.
The setup instructions say simply to set up a line in your MIDI preferences with "APC40" as your (1) Control Surface, (2) Input and (3) Output. The problem is that i CAN select APC40 as my Control Surface, however when i click the dropdown box for either Input or Output, the APC40 is not an option to choose from. See the attached screenshot to see exactly what i'm talking about. It's my understanding that the APC40 should show up as one of those options. I'm hooked up directly from the APC40 to my Mac via USB, no issues there. I see no reason why it shouldn't show up (and like i said, this has always been working for me before).
Anybody encounter this?
thanks,
jim.