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RE: [xl7] Re: XL-7 midi woes - Aaron??

2004-03-06 by Matt Picone

Hi Justin

How about changing presets without leaving multi mode? Does that fix
anything?
Have you ruled out all stray midi messages by doing an ERASE ALL
CONTROLLERS on the track?

-m@

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Grimley [mailto:grimley@...] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 2:13 PM
> To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [xl7] Re: XL-7 midi woes - Aaron??
> 
> 
> Aaron,
> Do you have any idea what could be going on here?
> 
> I have narrowed the problem down by disconnecting the Virus midi in 
> from my midi patchbay altogether (midex 8).
> I now have the XL-7 midi B connected to the Virus midi in and I am 
> still seeing the problem.  I was convinced this was a Cubase problem.
> 
> Anyway, playing back a pettern on the XL-7 (just one track output to 
> channel:01B and Dest:both going to Virus) the sound on the Virus will 
> stop.  Preview sound on the Virus will not work (hold Edit and Sync), 
> playing the pads on the XL-7 will make no sounds on the Virus.  
> Previously I had to reset the Virus to fix the problem.  Changing 
> presets would have no affect.  However, I just discovered that if I 
> change from multi to single mode and back on the Virus then the 
> problem is cleared and all is good .... until I start play again on 
> the XL-7.  
> 
> I would greatly appreciate any help on this.
> 
> -Justin.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > Good idea.
> > 
> > rEalm
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "Justin Grimley" <grimley@i...>
> > 02/19/2004 01:04 PM
> > Please respond to xl7
> > 
> >  
> >         To:     xl7@yahoogroups.com
> >         cc: 
> >         Subject:        [xl7] Re: Cubase SX / XL-7 midi woes
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks for trying anyway!
> > This evening I'm going to try hooking up a midi merge box to the XL-
> 7 
> > and split the output so that it goes to both Cubase and the Virus.
> > Same with the Midex to Virus connection.  That way I can bypass 
> > Cubase and see if it is a XL-7->Virus issue or a XL7-Cubase->Virus 
> > issue.
> > -Justin.
> > 
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, erik_magrini@B... wrote:
> > > Actually for Sounddiver they both need to be set to sysex.  But
> it 
> > looks
> > > like you have them set right for what I was thinking, no other
> > ideas what
> > > could be causing that problem.
> > > 
> > > rEalm
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 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
> 
> 
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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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