somewhat URGENT technical question

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2005/08/26 18:40:38 (permalink)

somewhat URGENT technical question


i am doing some beta testing for a bank of sounds for someone who would like me to keep this as anonymous as possible,

here's the scenario,
I load a preset and fool with it in the editor, I send that pattern to the track and play it in th etrack. it sounds very much as if almost all but very subharmonic frequencies have been filtered. If I stay in editor or track, the sound is fine as soon as I switch play, it gets filtered.

AND it turns out that he's assigned CC1 to the filter
Does P5 or Sonar send midi messages (like CC1) with a switch from editor to track play???
I will look into this some more, to see if CC1 (filter) setting changes



 


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    xylyx
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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 18:53:00 (permalink)
    Well CC1 is the control code for the Mod Wheel...do you have a midi keyboard plugged into your machine? I wonder if you have whether it is causing the (presumably Low Pass) filter cutoff to go to near 0....
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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 18:56:32 (permalink)

    could this just be my machine?

    anyway, on these patches where the filter has been assigned to CC1, the filter definitely snaps down to 0 setting on a switch from play in the editor to track and also any halt in the track following a play

    i'vd had other sounds set to Mod Wheel and I'v enever seen anything like this


     


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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 19:06:57 (permalink)
    I presume that the synth which these presets are for is not a beta? Why is the preset set up to go to 0 when the Mod Wheel is down? Normal practice for presets as far as I can tell is to set the cutoff to the required level and then use the MW to either add or subtract from that initial level, without it ever going to the extreme that you are noticing...if that were the case here, then CC1 at 0 should have the filter cutoff set to the preset designer's desired cutoff amount, not 0...
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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 19:17:31 (permalink)

    that would seem to be the way it should work

    it initially plays with the filter all the way up
    as soon as i hit track stop or switch to the editor, it resets

    also if i move the Mod Wheel, it resets

    the synth definitely isn't in beta


     


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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 19:27:20 (permalink)
    It's hard to know what else to suggest without knowing which synth it is or being able to try out the preset for myself...from what you are saying, the mod matrix (or whatever the synth uses for mapping) is not setup to make the cutoff go to zero if the MW is at zero...correct?
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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 20:30:18 (permalink)
    it resets
    ... hi mr, ,,wrench,,,,,, i come across this alot,,, ,how i either rdi it or alter it is ,,, if you open the automation tab, (in the editor) ,, choose midi,,, if there is " messages in use",,,(most likely there are),,,, delete them ,,this will get rid of the reset,,,,, problem,,, if you have ,, acid ,, go into the list editor,, to clarify,,,,,, p5 wil read any cc messages that have been embeded ,,,in a saving of a midi file""" ,, hope this helps,,, ya,,

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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 20:45:38 (permalink)

    i don't think it does help

    i don't see any CC1 'in use' in any automation

    as X has mentioned this is the Mod Wheel control as well
    so it can be in use just about anytime

    the preset sets it somewhere near the to top of the range and twiddling the Mod Wheel or switching editor to track or starting and stopping track causes the setting to null out.

    apparently some hosts used to do this but 'corrected' this behavior


    if I draw a Mod Wheel automation at 100% [which would seem to be a sure fire fix]-- i wonder if it still responds to mod wheel twiddles?
    post edited by wrench45us - 2005/08/26 20:58:41


     


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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 21:16:44 (permalink)
    don't see any CC1 'in use' in any automation
    .. i just tested a midi track with embeded mod wheel automation in it ,, and i was,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, able to remove it,alter it.. via the "mfx midi event filter" the "wheel",,,,have ya tried that ,,,,,,,,, apparently ,,p5 doesn't show ,,,it as in use" but i see a visual of it in the editor,,,,,all other cc messages seem to "show as "in use",,,,,,,,, do ya have,,, the "list editor ,,, it's splendid,,,,, maybe the "midi master',,, mr "B",, can help,,,
    post edited by jardim do mar - 2005/08/26 21:30:46

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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 21:49:56 (permalink)

    i think the automation setting is a better fix

    you can still twiddle the wheel and when you're done it returns to where automation has set it

    if i filter messages don't i lose the ability to twiddle the wheel

    and then there's the issue that it wasn't an automation issue in the 1st place, it seems to be some resest messsage coming along from the host


     


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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/26 22:23:39 (permalink)
    it seems to be some resest messsage coming along from the host
    ,,,umm, wrench,, i was confusing the "pitch/bend, wheel" with the mod wheel,, i always do that,, anyways,, p5 does show,,, mod wheel automation as "in use",,,, if i "import a ,,,midi file that has it in it,,,,, and was created by another ,,host,,, app,,,, whenever i need,,specifics of a' midi track" ,,, i always use,,,acid's,,,"list editor",, this "stuff" does ,, get my "panties in a bunch" ,,,ya know.,,,, it's kinda "ironic,, now ya really could use ,,,"B",,, and he's not around,,,, some "chick",, named ,,, "katrina",, has got him by the *(&^&,,,,, well ya know,,,,,, just kidding ,, i do hope he's ok,,,,,,,,,
    Looks like I'm going to get the time to try this weekend. This 'chick' Katrina is dropping in for an unexpected visit
    post edited by jardim do mar - 2005/08/26 23:12:01

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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/27 04:22:05 (permalink)
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    i think the automation setting is a better fix


    It is still not ideal though, is it? I don't know if these presets are going to be sold when complete, but if they are, then this really needs to be sorted beforehand otherwise, if someone has the same problem, they may express their dissatisfaction publicly (hell, even if they're free people will still **** )

    If you want, I will post my email here and you can send the preset in question to me (providing I have the synth it is for) and will test out whether I have the same problem...don't worry about the discretion thing, I have beta tested a number of products, so I am aware of the obligations that come with this...anyway, let me know...
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    RE: somewhat URGENT technical question 2005/08/27 09:47:48 (permalink)


    Rob,
    e mail me at wrench45us AT Yahoo.com

    and I can provide some details and some examples of previous work that exhibits the same behavior


     


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