Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback

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2011/06/26 12:02:29 (permalink)

Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback

Hi - I recorded some audio on 1 track, and then recorded a midi track with lead.  The midi track used Native Instruments Reaktor 5.
 
On playback, the Reaqktor 5 midi track plays back 1 whole step down from how I recorded it.
 
I did no transposition, and while I used the pitch-bend wheel in the recording of the midi track, at the end of the track there is no use of the wheel, so I do not think that would have done this to me.
 
Does anybody have any thoughts on how I can fix this?  I had saved the project without realizing the transposition had taken place, so now it opens and plays with the shift down by a whole step.
 
Thanks!
 
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    Re:Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback 2011/06/26 15:29:23 (permalink)
    You should be able to transpose the midi back to where you want it.

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    Re:Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback 2011/06/26 16:12:18 (permalink)
    Thanks for the speedy reply.  The thing is that the pitch of the instrument itself has dropped, and yet there is no indication I can see as to why this has happened.  Quite strange.
     
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    Re:Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback 2011/06/26 23:07:49 (permalink)
    Check if you have a value entered into the transpose box in the track header.


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    Re:Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback 2011/06/27 07:06:13 (permalink)
    I checked - there is nothing entered in the track header transpose.  I also went into the Reaktor 5 synth and checked to make sure nothing was changed that would affect the pitch like that.  I then went back to the midi track and it only plays back properly with me entering a +2 value into the 'Key' window.
     
    It's quite bizarre.
     
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    Re:Help - I get midi 1/2-step pitch change on playback 2011/06/27 09:06:44 (permalink)
    Well - maybe something happened to you that happened to me a while ago...

    I was using a E-M Xboard61 to record some MIDI tracks. Every time when I recorded something I noticed that after using the pitch wheel the sound was a few semi tones "off center".

    It turned out to be a calibration error of the pitch wheel. The calibration was done a bit sloppy leaving a too sensitive "death zone". Even the slightest movement resulted in a pitch bend (most times up, but that varied), and the return to centre was not detected as the zero-centre but slightly off-centre.  Even the finest regulators (if you are using non-digital regulators that is) have a slight tolerance, so setting the detection too sensitive is (obviously) not preferable.

    This was solved by re-calibration the pitch wheel. It was a three minute affair, and after that the pitch wheel worked as expected.

    I do not say this is happening to you, but if the events you describe take place not before, but after using the pitch wheel, the above is maybe a thing to take in consideration
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