Hello,

I have a Motif XF8 which I’m trying to connect to Cubase 7 via Steinberg’s CI2+ interface (I thought it would be easier to go the same hardware/software company route, go figure!).  I am running everything on a MacBook Pro: OS X 10.8.4.

I should also mention that I have updated my Motif firmware to 1.30 from 1.12 and have downloaded and installed the latest CI2+ driver, with my Yamaha Steinberg USB driver showing 1.8.3.

In my previous attempts a few years ago (when I was using Cubase 5, an M-Audio Fasttrack Pro interface and my windows laptop) connections and port setups seemed pretty straightforward and went pretty much as described in this forum; however, I’ll be darned if I can get things to work this time around.

Having located previous posts and screenshots for port setups, I’m pretty convinced that something is going wrong in my Device Setup - Midi Ports where rather than seeing my Motif listed for all Ports 1-4 in the I/O sections, I am instead seeing my Steinberg CI2+ listed in Port 1 with YAMAHA MOTIF XF 8 then *also* listing below this as Port 1 and then also Ports 2 & 3 (so no Port 4 appearing at all).  As this really doesn’t correspond to instructions I’ve seen, I believe this might be the root of my problem, but I don’t see how I can change these settings (edit/modify/add ports, etc.).

So far as I can tell, my VST Connections appear to be setup correctly with both my Inputs and Outputs tabs showing a stereo bus to my CI2+.

Eventually, my aim is to be able to use the VST module within Cubase to go about my work and in that I have attempted to setup both the USB ports and the VSTi audio routing ports but the usual setup seems to call for a Port 4 for the former and the latter only lists my CI2+ for L/R.

Maybe some of this is acceptable and some of it not, but after going back and forth trying to change things, I still can’t seem to get things to work correctly.  I am attaching screenshots of what I believe are all my key settings.  I would appreciate any advice to get me started.

Thanks in advance to any kind soul willing to help!

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Adding my VSTi Setup screenshot…

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After a brief hiatus and retrying, I’m still encountering the same issues.

Does anyone have any ideas what I might be doing wrong in my setup?

Anybody???

Hakan,
Not that it will resolve the problem, but why use the Steinberg interface at all.
Unless you have a specific need to use it I thought the Motif XF audio interface would be suitable.
Also the Motif XF firmware is now at v1.5 with extra voices and effects