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Can't get MIDI keyboard to work in Bluetooth

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imacken

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I bought a cheap Rockjam MIDI controller and got it to work perfectly fine if I connect the USB-C cable.
However, I want to use it Bluetooth mode. I cannot for the life of me see how to get this to work in Studio One. (My Mac sees it OK as a Bluetooth device.)
Any help appreciated!
 
Hmm, managed to get it to work. Didn't realise I had to go into 'Audio MIDI Setup>Window>MIDI Studio' on Mac and configure bluetooth device there!
The slightly weird thing is that the device shows as 'Model Unavailable' in S1. Still, when I select it, it works OK.
 
Hi @imacken ! Can you tell me how you got that to work? I can see my Bluetooth pedal in MIDI devices but cannot see how to create something that S1 sees, driving me nuts! If you can tell me the steps you took to make it visible that'd be great - thanks.
 
Did you see my second post? That shows what you need to do.
 
Oh, and you need to repeat that every time your Mac comes back from sleep or a power off! A real pain.
 
Just looked at it - unfortunately my Strich BlueTooth Page turner simply doesn't show up in the MIDI setup bluetooth scan, despite showing as being connected the general BT connection page. Tried it on both my MacBooks, one 2015 running Monterey, and my M4 Pro running Sequoia - no luck! Maybe it's the pedal, works fine with iOS , might need to find another pedal solution, but the profile and height of the pad is exactly right for me, currently using an FBV MKII, cable connection of course which is not ideal, plus the feel and height / position of the pedal I need to hit (whilst my other foot is hitting a Roland SPD-One drum pad) is slightly awkward.
 
You go to Audio MIDI Setup>Window>Show MIDI Studio>Configure Bluetooth and it doesn't show?
 
imacken said:
Oh, and you need to repeat that every time your Mac comes back from sleep or a power off! A real pain.
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That's because BT is an RF transceiver and is designed to shut down on sleep or power off condition, therefore dropping all client device connections.
BT response times can also be as long as 35ms, making the latency unusable IRT.
 
OutrageProductions said:
That's because BT is an RF transceiver and is designed to shut down on sleep or power off condition, therefore dropping all client device connections.
BT response times can also be as long as 35ms, making the latency unusable IRT.
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Is it really necessary to re-connect bluetooth MIDI devices manually every time on MacOS?

Every time I go to use my MIDI keyboard with S1, I have to run Mac 'Audio MIDI Setup', find the BT device, then click on 'Connect' to get it to work. Is there not some way of making the device auto-connect to avoid all that?
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