hanging notes in soft synths in Sonar Studio 6.2.1
Hi, folks,
I've been baffled by this problem for months now, and I think I've narrowed it down to either me, my soundcard, or sonar. A search on the cakewalk forums turned up nothing. Here's the deal:
When I insert a soft synth and start playing it via MIDI keyboard or in playback, I get hanging (or stuck) notes. The note keeps playing until I hit the panic button. It seems to happen most often when I hold down multiple keys, but it can also happen from single key hits. I first noticed it with Absynth, but I also see it in Roland GrooveSynth, SampleTank, and a few others. It doesn't matter if it's DXi or VST. I also saw this in Sonar 5- I upgraded to 6 hoping it would solve the problem.
Here's my set-up: Sonar Studio 6.2.1 running on Vista 32-bit on an HP Pavilion. The soundcard is a presonus Firebox with the latest driver, and an old Yamaha keyboard plugged into the firebox's MIDI. I also use an M-Audio Axion 25 with USB plugged directly into the HP, and I still get hanging notes (and I also get it on playback, so I guess input shouldn't matter...).
The googling I've done suggests that something is not giving sonar the midi "off" command to kill the note. What I've found suggests this is the fault of the soft synth, but I'm having the problem with all soft synths. Could it be the soundcard? This is well beyond the bounds of my meager knowledge. I'm sure I've left vital info out. Can anyone shed light on this?
Thanks,
Greg