Eventide H9s and HX Stomp help.

Alamondm · February 22, 2020, 11:45:54 AM

I am completely boggled here. I have 2 H9s and an HX Stomp I'm trying to control with Bandhelper via midi. I have tried about every configuration possible and no matter what I do the 2 H9s will not work together. I have midi thru enabled , have them on separate channels and still won't work.
im trying to create 1 preset in BH with 3 PC commands. If I do 3 separate presets with 3 separate PC commands to 3 different devices it works fine.
I have tried just connecting the 2 H9s to BH and it will only control 1 H9. If I put the stomp in the mix BH will only control 1 H9 and the Stomp. It doesn't matter what order they are in there is just no way to control 2 H9s at the same time on the same preset. Has anyone else ran into this problem. I am using an IPad with the usb / camera adapter into a usb to 5 pin midi connector.
Matt.

arlo · February 22, 2020, 01:58:28 PM

How are you physically connecting the three receiving devices to the USB MIDI interface?

Alamondm · February 22, 2020, 02:48:13 PM

Usb/ camera iPad adapter with a usb to 5 pin midi adapter similar to the Roland MK2. Basically the recommend interface found on the support page under hardware.

Alamondm · February 22, 2020, 02:52:13 PM

The 3 devices are daisy chained together with 5 pin midi cables . All 3 devices have midi thru on them and are set as such.

arlo · February 22, 2020, 11:28:44 PM

If you put the HX Stomp at the end of the chain, after the two H9s, does it receive its MIDI messages?

Alamondm · February 23, 2020, 05:58:30 AM

Yes. I have submitted a help desk ticket

Alamondm · February 23, 2020, 12:02:46 PM

Problem solved. It was a defective usb to 5 pin midi adapter. Thanks.
Matt

arlo · February 23, 2020, 03:57:26 PM

To clarify, did you buy another item of the same model and that worked, or did you buy a different brand or model? If the latter, it might be helpful for others to know the model that didn't work.

Alamondm · February 24, 2020, 05:31:48 PM

The one that didn't work was purchased on Amazon. It was a Wersi usb to 5 pin midi adapter cable. What I didn't realize was that it was for PC and Mac. The ad implied that it would work on Ios but it did not. It would only send 2 out of 3 PC changes as verified by a midi monitor.
My solution was to run a camera / usb adapter from the Ipad into a USB A to USB B cable into the HX Stomp usb port, turned on midi Thru and sent that to the first H9 with a 5 pin midi cable, then out of that with a 5 pin midi cable into the second H9. Works great. Just make sure on the HX Stomp that you have the Midi setting set to send usb /midi and not just midi.
Thanks
Matt

arlo · February 24, 2020, 10:19:42 PM

Okay, cool.