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Re: Cubase SX / XL-7 midi woes

2004-02-18 by Justin Grimley

rAlm,
Where do I check that?
In the control menu I can select Midi Control Lo and Hi page.  I have 
it set to LoPage -> Contr and HiPage -> SysEx.  I believe these are 
the settings I need for Emagic SoundDiver.

-grimley


--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> Hmmm, no idea what could be causing this one.  You're recording 
while in 
> loop mode in SX right?  What do you have your knobs on the Virus 
set to 
> send, CC's or sysex?
> 
> rEalm
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> "Justin Grimley" <grimley@i...>
> 02/17/2004 12:24 AM
> Please respond to xl7
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>         To:     xl7@yahoogroups.com
>         cc: 
>         Subject:        [xl7] Cubase SX / XL-7 midi woes
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> 
> I am having some serious problems using the XL-7 as my pattern 
> sequencer hooked up to Cubase and was hoping someone might have an 
> idea of what is going on (sorry for the long post).
> 
> First off I will recap my setup as outlined in a previous post:
> 
> In Cubase I have a template with 12 midi tracks which map to tracks 
5-
> 16 from the XL-7. I am using the input transformer on the tracks in
> Cubase so that they filter out channels not assigned for this 
track. 
> (I'm using a Steinberg Midex8 midi interface.)
> 
> For example:
> In cubase:
> Midi Track 1 -> Halion channel 1 <- From XL-7 channel 5
> Midi Track 2 -> Halion channel 2 <- From XL-7 channel 6
> Midi Track 3 -> Halion channel 3 <- From XL-7 channel 7
> Midi Track 4 -> Halion channel 4 <- From XL-7 channel 8
> Midi Track 5 -> Virusb channel 1 <- From XL-7 channel 9
> Midi Track 6 -> Virusb channel 2 <- From XL-7 channel 10
> Midi Track 7 -> Virusb channel 3 <- From XL-7 channel 11
> Midi Track 8 -> Virusb channel 4 <- From XL-7 channel 12
> Midi Track 9 -> MS2000r channel 1 <- From XL-7 channel 13
> Midi Track 10 -> EX5 channel 1    <- From XL-7 channel 14
> Midi Track 11 -> Juno 106 channel 1 <- From XL-7 channel 15
> Midi Track 12 -> Absynth2 channel 1 <- From XL-7 channel 16
> 
> Each track in the XL-7 template is storing a CC#11 controller as 
the 
> first event so that when I save the template the channel routings 
are 
> stored.
> In the Cubase midi preferences dialog, I filter out CC##11.  I also 
> filter program changes and SYSEX for both thru and record. 
> 
> Every time I use this setup, 2 problems occur at intermittent 
times, 
> and with no obvious pattern of events:
> 
> [1] ... The Access Virus b will not make any sound.  Even doing a 
> patch audition by pressing EDIT & SYNC or choosing any other patch, 
> will not result in sound.  The virus has to be completely shut down 
> and restarted.
> 
> [2] ... The XL-7 will completely lock-up and has to be 
> restarted.  "Local" is on in the XL-7 because I use the pads to 
> transmit midi to my other devices as well as internal patches.  No 
> tracks in Cubase are being routed back to the XL-7 so there 
shouldn't 
> be a midi loopback problem.  The only thing that I can see that the 
> XL-7 receives from Cubase is midi clock and song pointer info.
> 
> Anything else I should look at?
> Thanks for listening,
> grimley
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