Cme Uf Series Midi Keyboard Driver For Mac Os X

Originally posted by MartinHines They do seem to be pretty responsive in terms of updating their drivers: They even have a forum devoted to drivers: When I downloaded their latest driver, it was already two revisions past the one on my CD, but it still bombed my computer. The differences between revisions were minor, the pace of change glacial. For all I know it might take them another 10 revisions before they get it right, and I don't have the time.

I can quite understand why they have a forum devoted to their drivers. Whereas Edirol, M-Audio, RME, MOTU don't need them--they seem to get it right the first time, at least most of the time. Originally posted by Birdienumnum Whereas Edirol, M-Audio, RME, MOTU don't need them--they seem to get it right the first time, at least most of the time. There are definite advantages in buying a product from a company that has an established history. In the case of CME, I assume they are simply having 'growing pains' in their transition to being a 'retail company': -- they originally started out as a supplier of keyboard mechanisms to other music manufacturers (I assume this is still part of their business, similar to Fatar) -- they branched out into selling retail products in China -- they are now going international As an OEM supplier, they just had to figure out how to do one thing -- build a keybed. With their UF products, they now have to be like Korg/Yamaha/Roland, etc.

CME's original UF series of full-function Master Keyboards became an instant classic as one of the most convenient and cost-effective full-function master keyboards in the world. The CME UF-70 MIDI keyboard controller gives you 262 feet worth of wireless freedom. USB class-compliant for Win XP and Mac OS X, supporting hot plug with no.

And be a complete integrator. Originally posted by Birdienumnum I have a UF5 and two Macs w/OS X.

Driver sucks. That's for sure. I had a CME UF6 keyboard for a short time, and I made the mistake of installing the USB driver on my Mac. It caused a problem when I used Logic Pro 7, where a certain note would not sound when I was using software synths in Logic. It seems that the CME driver corrupted Core MIDI in OSX somehow, and I had to do a complete re-install of OS X to fix the problem.

I'm using an E-mu X-Board 49 now via USB with no problems at all. I'll never buy a CME product again. Originally posted by Ed A. It seems that the CME driver corrupted Core MIDI in OSX somehow. I'll never buy a CME product again. I wouldn't go that far.

I also had to do a clean install after the CME driver killed my 'puter, and it was a miserable experience, but after setting it up with a reliable MIDI interface I am very happy with it. Amazing quality for very little money. Besides the wonderful feel of the keybed, the aftertouch is superb, it's built like a tank, and it even has a breath controller jack!

Originally posted by Ed A. Try the keybed on the E-mu X-Board. It is at least as good as the CME action and it also has aftertouch like the CME. Unlike the CME, the X-Board's aftertouch will work on USB bus power, the CME requires a wall wart if you want to use AT.

I got my X-Board from here: I love E-mu, having owned the original Emulator and now a wonderful command station, but (not having played it yet) I kinda doubt their new keybed is quite as good as CME's, unless they have drastically improved them over their old line (PK-6, XK-6, etc.) Also, their aftertouch was 'off-on' and therefore unusable for expressive purposes such as vibrato, and again I kinda doubt they've improved it all that much, but next time I have a chance I'll check one out.