midi and my dmx

I'm thinking you might want to find that CAPS-LOCK key first.

Need more information, but you're not reading previous threads about MyDMX and MIDI Sequencing on the same computer. Is that what you're doing?

1: MyDMX is NOT installing as a MIDI device. To trigger MyDMX, it needs to see input at the MIDI IN port on the MIDI interface.

2: You are right that MyDMX will learn and remember MIDI triggers. Just ensure you SAVE!!! And if you send Note 36 on MIDI channel 9, it will save MIDI NOTE 36 ON on MIDI CHANNEL 9 for that trigger. You can then plug it into a sequencer for triggering. You might also want to document your trigger settings to ensure in case they get lost you can rebuild it quickly.

3: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES run your sequence for playback and triggering MyDMX on the same computer you're running MyDMX on. It's not a CPU and processing power issue, it's more of a MIDI issue, as you'd have to roll a hard MIDI loop(cable from an out to IN) and ensure you have no echo issues, which can crash you in seconds.

MyDMX also needs to be the foreground application in order to see MIDI events.

If using an external sequencer or a second computer for sequencing, you should have few problems. BUT: do take note in a 2 computer configuration: you MUST use MIDI as your transport protocol. This means if 2 computers, you need 2 MIDI interfaces, not one of those USB "data transfer cable" devices, as those won't work.

Thanks for the quick reply :my setup is i create midi songs on a computer record the notes to trigger scenes on midi channel 9 then copy my midi files to a roland sequencer hook up my laptop using midi interface the sequencer plays the recorded tracks triggering my dmx on channel 9 which in turn triggers the scenes am i on the right track????

Yup. Since you're effectively taking the computer out of the mix as far as being the playback MIDI source, then the stand-alone hardware sequencer tied back to your laptop via the same MIDI interface you used to SEND TO the sequencer should work just fine. I can't see any reason for that to not work barring any hardware failures.