AnsweredNeed MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please!

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June 08, 18 11:47 PM (permalink)

Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please!

New to MIDI, and I'm getting random MIDI event drop outs that are clearly in the PRV; in other words, I can see the events that should trigger notes in a VSTi. Sometimes they don't trigger the VSTi, sometimes they do.
 
There's no rhyme or reason that I can see, so I've been fiddling with adjustable settings in in Preferences/MIDI/Playback and Recording (specifically, "Number of Buffers" and "Millisecond Buffers) and in Preferences/Audio/Sync and Caching (the Playback and the Record I/O Buffer Size). 
 
 
Am I heading in the right direction? Nothing seems to help.  Thanks so much!
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Re: Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please! June 09, 18 1:39 AM (permalink) ☼ Best Answerby Billy86 June 14, 18 2:46 PM
I think you're heading in the right direction. Buffers at 2500 is what worked for me.

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Re: Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please! June 09, 18 4:40 PM (permalink)
Thanks so much. I wasn’t sure if you could crank it up that high.

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Re: Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please! June 13, 18 5:31 PM (permalink)
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I think you're heading in the right direction. Buffers at 2500 is what worked for me.


Craig, buffers at 2500. That seemed to do the trick! Playing without missing a beat. Thanks! 

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Re: Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please! (SOLVED) June 14, 18 2:48 PM (permalink)
Thanks, Craig.

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Re: Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please! (SOLVED) June 16, 18 5:37 AM (permalink)
Hey, no problem! Always glad to help. Whenever get frustrated with computers, I remember how much of a pain in the @$$ it was to lap heads, adjust azimuth, buy test tapes, and lose a whole lotta disposable income buying reels of tape . I'll take having to play the role of IT professional, however questionably, any day!

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Re: Need MIDI guru help with MIDI drop outs. Please! (SOLVED) June 16, 18 2:21 PM (permalink)
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Hey, no problem! Always glad to help. Whenever get frustrated with computers, I remember how much of a pain in the @$$ it was to lap heads, adjust azimuth, buy test tapes, and lose a whole lotta disposable income buying reels of tape . I'll take having to play the role of IT professional, however questionably, any day!


haha, yes they're all virtual settings these days 

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