logue-cli failed to connect to KORG NTS-1 (v1.03)

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Intro

I've upgraded my KORG NTS-1 from v1.02 to v1.03. After that, logue-cli started to fail to connect to the KORG NTS-1 device. This post explains a workaround on that issue.

• KORG NTS-1 v1.03 download site (ja)

tl;dr;

Please append -i 0 -o 0 command line parameters:

$ ./logue-cli probe -i 0 -o 0
...

If it won't work, you may need to adjust the 0s. Please keep reading :)

Environment

MacOS

$ sw_vers
ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.15.2
BuildVersion:   19C57

KORG NTS-1 / logue-cli

$ ./logue-cli probe -i 0 -o 0
> Device: nutekt digital
> System version: 1.03
> Logue API version: 1.01-0
> Available modules:

Issue

After upgrading to v1.03, the CLI tool logue-cli started to fail with the following message:

$ ./logue-cli probe 
Error: Search device request timed out.
Logue handshake failed.

Resolution

It can be resolved if we specify the MIDI interface number manually.

$ ./logue-cli probe -h

Usage: logue-cli probe <options>

Detects and displays information about a connected logue device. This is the help for probe command:

Probe Command Options:
  -h [ --help ]         Display usage help.
  -m [ --module ] arg   Module specifier: modfx, delfx, revfx, osc.
  -l [ --list ]         List all available MIDI ports.
  -i [ --inport ] arg   Input MIDI port index.
  -o [ --outport ] arg  Output MIDI port index.
  -v [ --verbose ]      Print out verbose details about each step.
  -d [ --debug ]        Print out transaction details.
  -V [ --version ]      Display version information.

As you can see, we can get the list of MIDI ports with -l option. On my laptop, it shows the following result:

$ ./logue-cli probe -l
  Available MIDI inputs:
    in  0: nutekt digital MIDI IN
    in  1: nutekt digital KBD/KNOB

  Available MIDI ouputs:
    out 0: nutekt digital MIDI OUT
    out 1: nutekt digital SOUND

We need to use the MIDI port number for nutekt digital MIDI IN and nutekt digital MIDI OUT. In my example above, they are 0 and 0, and can be specified by -i and -o options respectively. Please adjust it for your environment based on the list of MIDI ports..

$ ./logue-cli probe -i 0 -o 0
> Device: nutekt digital
> System version: 1.03
> Logue API version: 1.01-0
> Available modules: