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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-CA"
style="font-size:12.0pt">>> </span></i></b><b><i><span
lang="EN-CA">Do the hesitations happen in the same way
each time when you start playback? <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Yes. Same way, same
places. The lags are recorded on the MIDI track.</span></p>
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<p>"<span lang="EN-CA">The lags are recorded on the MIDI track."???
Does that mean the gaps are in your recorded event list? If so,
that's not a playback problem. That's a recording problem. Your
filter is set to record note on/off and sysex. Does your event
list only contain note on/off and sysex? If you change your
filter to not record sysex, do you still have valid test
conditions for you to see the problem? IOW, if you don't record
sysex, will playback be silent because sysex was needed? Disable
sysex recording as a test. There's no lasting harm in doing so I
assume.</span></p>
<p>I think the next step is to monitor MIDI data with a MIDI monitor
during recording. There might be some sort of MIDI data clogging
up the MIDI stream. MIDI is capacity limited. So, for example, if
sysex is constantly being pumped along with note on/off, you could
plausibly see hesitations. Monitor in both directions (if you're
using both directions).</p>
<p>I recently had a Cakewalk experience that showed a bug regarding
.MID files. I took an interest in the "Situation" by Yazoo MIDI
file. When I loaded it into free Sonar, I had many problems
running it (problems I don't remember). I tried two other .MID
files and never had the same problems. I concluded that the Yazoo
.MID file contained something that corrupted Cakewalk. I tried the
same exercise with Bandlab and noted the same problem. I concluded
that there is some sort of bug associated with some .MID files in
Cakewalk and that the this mysterious bug has been around for a
while. I would try a different sequencer. You should be able to
find at least a few free ones, including online sequencers. The
bottom line is: CW has bugs and it probably always will.</p>
<p>If you haven't done so yet, install and use MIDI-OX. It's a swiss
army knife tool for MIDI. It has a MIDI monitor and will let you
confirm your MIDI data that you record has no hesitations by
taking Sonar out of the picture.</p>
<p>JJS</p>
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