Hi,

I apologise if this is not the right section to ask this.

I recently upgraded my system and bought a Mac mini M1, a Scarlett Focusrite 4i4 3th generation, and I'm currently trying to make my Yamaha Motif xs8 work via MIDI cable to record and playback midi notes on Cubase 11 - usb won't work anymore because of the new apple silicon chip and Big Sur, so I found this workaround.

Usually, what I do is create a MIDI track and an audio track: I can record midi notes and when I play them back on Cubase, the keyboard will read the notes and play back audio as well.

So, everything kind of works fine, I can record MIDI files and simultaneously hear audio coming from the keyboard. The problem is during playback. Cubase won't recognise any midi note that I just recorded, thus it won't playback audio. I can't even see midi signal coming in, which actually happens when I hit a note or record.

I attached a screenshot of the midi track settings (I tried both "Scarlett USB" and "midi all" on input but it doesn't seem to change anything).

What might be the issue?

Turn off monitoring (that monitors your MIDI input), you want to playback your MIDI track.

hi,

I already tried that. both with monitoring on and off. doesn't change a thing

You do have the MIDI out of the 4i4 connected to the MIDI in of the XS8?
(MIDI DIN is one way)

one of the MIDI cables was on thru.

thing is that I inserted the cable from the top of the keyboard, which is next to the wall and has a shelf really close to it, it was hard too see and I just put the cables in the wrong way.

never too old to admit to be an idiot.

thanks for the help!