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Old 11-20-2023, 04:01 PM
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This. This right here worked for me on 14.1.1 Sonoma.

The graphics and background in the Eleven Rack Editor disappear when I click on anything. I find that the images sometimes return when clicking on random devices (Volume, Amp, Delay, et al) in the Editor screen. I couldn't use the tuner at all because the tuner page in the Editor went blank and I couldn't click my way back out of it.

I had already followed the incorrect directions on Avid's site for installing the Eleven Rack Editor so I had to remove the drivers and reboot. Just before that I went into Audio MIDI Setup/Audio MIDI Setup and removed the greyed-out MIDI device that wasn't labeled Eleven but some garbage name. I did not reinstall the driver because I'm not using it as an interface. I also did not uninstall the Eleven Rack Editor beforehand.

Thank you!

I hope this can help someone else in the future.

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In case someone else is still trying to use this on Catalina and getting the "MIDI engine" error, I was able to run the Eleven Rack Editor after the following steps:

- Disconnect the USB
- Open Audio MIDI Setup (Cmd-Space > "Audio MIDI Setup")
- Window > Show MIDI Studio
- Select and remove the greyed-out eleven rack MIDI device
- UNINSTALL the Eleven Rack drivers
- Reboot
- Connect the Eleven Rack via USB, which will install the MIDI device properly
- Eleven Rack Editor should now run properly
- Reinstall the 11R drivers (if you want to use it as an interface)
- Reboot

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Old 11-21-2023, 08:05 AM
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You have the Elevenrack editor working in Windows 11 with Pro Tools ..2023.9?
And you're using it as an audio interface?
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This. This right here worked for me on 14.1.1 Sonoma.

The graphics and background in the Eleven Rack Editor disappear when you click on anything. I find that the images sometimes return when clicking on random devices (Volume, Amp, Delay, et al) in the Editor screen. I couldn't use the tuner at all because the tuner page in the Editor went blank and I couldn't click my way back out of it.

I had already followed the incorrect directions on Avid's site for installing the Eleven Rack Editor so I had to remove the drivers and reboot. Just before that I went into Audio MIDI Setup/Audio MIDI Setup and removed the greyed-out MIDI device that wasn't labeled Eleven but some garbage name. I did not reinstall the driver because I'm not using it as an interface. I also did not uninstall the Eleven Rack Editor beforehand.

Thank you!
So did this fix the issues you describe in the first paragraph?

I'm curious what is the most recent version of macOS that the Elevenrack audio drivers work with? Catalina?
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Another follow-up: do the 11R editor controls appear in the Pro Tools menubar after this fix? What version of Pro Tools are you running?

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The graphics and background in the Eleven Rack Editor disappear when you click on anything. I find that the images sometimes return when clicking on random devices (Volume, Amp, Delay, et al) in the Editor screen. I couldn't use the tuner at all because the tuner page in the Editor went blank and I couldn't click my way back out of it.
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So did this fix the issues you describe in the first paragraph?
If we are referring to the disappearing/reappearing graphics they are a visual bug that I saw after I was able to get the Eleven Rack Editor finally running on Sonoma 14.1.1. I don't know of a fix for it yet.

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I'm curious what is the most recent version of macOS that the Elevenrack audio drivers work with? Catalina?
I only started using my Eleven Rack recently so I hadn't tried until Sonoma. As I was researching this issue it seemed to me that the problem may have started with Catalina. I'm sure someone here can help answer that question for us.
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Old 11-24-2023, 06:02 PM
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Another follow-up: do the 11R editor controls appear in the Pro Tools menubar after this fix? What version of Pro Tools are you running?
Sorry, no PT on this Sonoma box. Only needed Eleven Rack Editor software for copy/save of presets and a hopefully better environment to make changes and visualize the settings.
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Old 11-24-2023, 06:32 PM
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I believe that the last version of MacOS that was fully compatible with the Eleven Rack driver AND the Editor both was Mojave. I believe the driver alone was updated to be compatible with Catalina but the Editor was not updated for Catalina. I keep a removable disk drive loaded with Mojave, the Eleven Rack driver and Editor around so that I can boot from it and modify my two Eleven Racks if necessary. Since the Eleven Tack is still a supported device, it would be great if Avid would release one last pair of Driver and Editor updates to allow the full use of the Eleven Rack with Monterey (or even better Ventura) before official support ends. There are a huge number of Eleven Racks still in perfectly good condition, some purchased only a few years ago when Avid offered them at highly discounted rates.
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Old 11-25-2023, 04:45 AM
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I use E11 only for playing guitar, I arranged an old MiniMac (30 euros) (Mac OSX Lion+ProTools) just for testing and using presets...and it ends the job for me...
on OS Catalina the Editor cannot work
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