padKontrol & Leopard - wrong midi message being sent!

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padKontrol & Leopard - wrong midi message being sent!

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Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can help. I have a padKontrol and no matter what I seem to do it always sends a midi note message that is one out e.g. set pad to C4 message that registers at my Mac is C3. It is driving me crazy - what am I doing wrong??? I have had the unit checked by Korg - who tested it on a Windows setup - and it works perfectly!!!

Mac PowerPC G5 2Ghz, Leopard 10.5.2, Korg USB Driver 1.0.8.

Testing the message recieved with Midi Monitor v1.1.8 (Battery 3 gives the same results).

The tests that I have performed are:

Test 1: Perform reset of factory defaults

Select Scene 1, Click on Pad01 C#4, Midi Monitor software registers C#3.
Select Scene 1, Click on Pad16 A#3, Midi Monitor software registers A#2.
Select Scene 4, Click on Pad01 A#3, Midi Monitor software registers A#2.
Select Scene 4, Click on Pad16 A#2, Midi Monitor software registers A#1.
Select Scene 8, Click on Pad01 C#3, Midi Monitor software registers C#2.
Select Scene 8, Click on Pad16 A#2, Midi Monitor software registers A#1.
Select Scene 12, Click on Pad01 C2, Midi Monitor software registers C1.
Select Scene 12, Click on Pad16 F#4, Midi Monitor software registers F#3.


Test 2: Transmit Factory Presets from Editor Librarian

Select Scene 1, Click on Pad01 C#4, Midi Monitor software registers C#3.
Select Scene 1, Click on Pad16 A#3, Midi Monitor software registers A#2.
Select Scene 4, Click on Pad01 A#3, Midi Monitor software registers A#2.
Select Scene 4, Click on Pad16 A#2, Midi Monitor software registers A#1.
Select Scene 8, Click on Pad01 C#3, Midi Monitor software registers C#2.
Select Scene 8, Click on Pad16 A#2, Midi Monitor software registers A#1.
Select Scene 12, Click on Pad01 C2, Midi Monitor software registers C1.
Select Scene 12, Click on Pad16 F#4, Midi Monitor software registers F#3.

Test 3: Configure pad manually in Editor and transmit to PK

Editor: Select Scene 1, Set Pad01 to F3 -> TRANSMIT -> PK: Select Scene 1, Click on Pad01 F3, Midi Monitor software registers F2.
Editor: Select Scene 1, Set Pad02 to C4 -> TRANSMIT -> PK: Select Scene 1, Click on Pad02 C4, Midi Monitor software registers C2.
Editor: Select Scene 1, Set Pad03 to B4 -> TRANSMIT -> PK: Select Scene 1, Click on Pad03 B4, Midi Monitor software registers B3.
Editor: Select Scene 1, Set Pad04 to F#5 -> TRANSMIT -> PK: Select Scene 1, Click on Pad04 F#5, Midi Monitor software registers F#4.

Where am I going wrong???

Help! Help! Help!

Thanks!
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