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Originally Posted by albee1952
Hmmm, out of curiosity, I checked mine and SOME of my USB3 ports had power management back on  You say your midi connection is firewire....is that directly from the Motif? I used a Motif es8(2 generations older than yours) and always used midi cables thru either a DIGI003 or a MOTU Fastlane USB(2x2). Both connections were always rock-solid. I know its easy for me to spend YOUR money  but maybe its time to try a different connection? 
If you decide to try another connection, I can highly recommend the MOTU box and can highly NOT recommend the iConnect boxes 
It may also be worth checking for updates for the firewire controller(inside Device Manager) |
My FW controller is right up to date. So that's not it. Yes, its direct from the back of the Motif XS to the PC. Its been my set up since day one and I've no issues with this set up. My guess is that something in the last Win-10 update changed something, but I just can't see what that might be. Everything appears to be configured correctly.
What's more baffling is that when I first boot up the PC and open PT, everything works just fine, as per usual. Its only when I stop and just let things sit there for a bit, unused, that something causes it to drop off. Its not just the MIDI connection to PT I lose. I lose it altogether. I checked that by closing PT, and then opening my Motif XS Editor. No MIDI there either. Which tells me that whatever is shutting off, is doing so at the Windows level, and not just in PT. So, I reboot the PC, and we're back in business. Also, if I boot up the PC, and then don't do anything for a while, including NOT opening PT, then come back to start working on something. MIDI is gone. For example, I booted up this morning first thing. I checked the MIDI connection using the MOtif editor, all fine. Then, had to take a call, and that led to other distractions, so it was an hour or so before I got back and opened PT. And....NO MIDI. So, even without me doing a damn thing, it disappears if the PC is idle for a bit.
Its a head scratcher! Also annoying as hell!
