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Daslight 4 Midi

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:01 pm
by Piti31
Hi together,

I'm relatively new to this subject.
I use Daslight 4 and also have a DJ controller from Pioneer and Rekordbox.
Daslight is started when Windows starts.
The DJ controller wants to "login" as a MIDI device when it starts, so I disabled it in Daslight.
Nevertheless the controller remains unusable under Rekordbox, it is not recognized.
I have to exit Daslight 4, restart Rekordbox and then start Daslight.
Is there a workaround so I can use the controller and Daslight without daily restarts?

Piti

Re: Daslight 4 Midi

Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2020 3:42 pm
by PolDavril
Hi,

As far as I know, a MIDI device cannot be used by 2 applications at the same time.
The first running app "locks" the device for itself.

Maybe, disable the device in Daslight (Preferences -> MIDI -> Disable the "Active" box).
Doing this, the MIDI device should be available for any other application.
Daslight should keep the device disabled at next startup.

Hope this helps.

Re: Daslight 4 Midi

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:32 am
by Piti31
Hi PolDavril,

I'm afraid not.
The midi device in Daslight 4 is deactivated as usual. Apparently it blocked the DJ controller anyway.
That's exactly my problem. :-)

Piti

Re: Daslight 4 Midi

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:16 am
by PolDavril
Hi,

Yep, you're right. I've just made a test with my APCmini. :(

In my opinion, Daslight should not block any MIDI device that is NOT selected in the preferences at startup, but just leave it available for any other application requiring it.

Maybe a topic for the development team ? @TomHat

Re: Daslight 4 Midi

Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:20 am
by Piti31
Morning,

Thank you for confirming my statement.
Now I know it's not just my problem. :)

Piti