Problems receiving MIDI in Ableton Live 9

Hello! Hoping to get some help with a strange problem. I'm running Live 9 on Windows 10 and can't get Ableton to receive MIDI from my midi interface.

My setup:
Audio - Motu Ultralite mk3 Hybrid
Midi - Motu Express 128

The weird part is that using the mme/DirectX audio driver allows midi to be received and routed within Ableton. But using the Ultralite's ASIO driver prevents Ableton from receiving midi. No light from the MIDI in track indicator-- just nothing. I understand that ASIO isn't supposed to effect anything to do with MIDI, but unfortunately in my case it seems to interfere.

I tried switching to the ASIO4All driver but similar to the mme/DirectX driver that prevents me from using more than a stereo pair as input and output on my audio interface. I've tried reinstalling drivers without any luck.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

It might be a limitation of Ableton 9. I had the option of upgrading to version 10 and a number of problems with ASIO disappeared miraculously, specifically keyboard routing. If you have the option to upgrade, you might try that and see if that solves your problem before pulling your hair out over this.

Note that even the free version of Ableton has an upgrade path to version 10, IIRC.