Using HX3.5 Editor on a Mac
Sorry, there is no Mac version of HX3.5 Editor available yet. But Mac users may use our application anyway. All you need is install a Windows environment, either by making use of Apple’s Boot Camp, or in a virtual machine like Parallels Desktop or Oracle’s free VirtualBox.
As an example, we are explaining how to set up and connect the HX3.5 Editor even in a very old Windows XP environment running in VirtualBox. We are assuming that you already have installed VirtualBox and the Windows XP operating system:
- 1 Launch VirtualBox and start up Windows XP.
- 2 Download HX35_Editor_508.zip from the KeyboardPartner Github. Unzip the file and make sure all contents is in one folder on your virtual Windows machine.
- 3 Connect the HX3.5 board or device to your Mac via USB and power it up.
- 4 Open VirtualBox pull-down menu ‘Devices’ and select ‘USB’.
- 5 Choose the entry ‘DREAM S.A.S HX3_USB’.
- 6 Go to the ‘HX35_Editor_508’ folder and launch ‘HX35_Editor.exe’.
- 7 In the HX35 Editor window, click on ‘Connect’.
- 8 The ‘Select USB device’ window will open, check ‘USB audio device’ in MIDI input device as well as MIDI output device boxes and then ‘Ok’.
Then you’re done. You may now use the HX3.5 Editor as described in the manual.
Note: Since old Internet browsers for Windows XP are no longer supported, it may be impossible to access the KeyboardPartner Github due to security settings. In this case you may perform the file downloads in the Mac environment and then transfer the files to the Windows environment through a Shared Folder.
After a firmware update is completed, the HX3.5 mainboard will reboot, disconnecting the USB port. This may result in an error message in HX3.5 Editor, since Windows XP in the VirtualBox environment is not able to re-establish communication. In this case you need to go back to topic 4. and re-connect the HX3.5 system. Click on the ‘Get Board Info’ button in the ‘Update/Fiinalize’ window to confirm the update has been performed successfully.
