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Re: a nasty bug

2005-12-22 by lifeistheformofenergy

I guess the only real reason why you might want to do that is if you 
plan on going beyond what the programmed parameter limits of the cc / 
sysex / midi note knobs allow - is this the case - why is it that you 
do it ? 



--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Jose Alvarenga <sistemazero2002@y...> 
wrote:
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> Zsolt Szabo <Zsolt.Szabo@g...> wrote:  Hi !
> 
> XL7, OS 2.0.
> Connect both in/out to a MIDI interface or patchbay which doesn't 
have
> the MIDI realtime msgs filtered. Enable "Merge MIDI In to Out" on 
the
> XL7, it doesn't matter which out port, A or B which is even more 
weird
> than what happens next. Start XL7 by pressing PLAY. Now XL7 will 
nicely
> transmit MIDI Start message. If the MIDI interface transmits it 
back to
> the XL7's MIDI In port a nasty MIDI loop will occur which will kill 
the
> XL7 in approx. 10 seconds. Complete freeze. If you are quick enough 
to
> pull the cable the XL7 is able to cope with it (buffer size big 
enough
> to hold approx. 8-10 seconds worth of MIDI msgs ?)
> 
> 100% percent reproduceable.
> Workaround - filter the outgoing MIDI realtime on the MIDI
> interface/patchbay towards the XL7's MIDI In. Keep an eye on
> it in live situations - I learnt it the hard way ...
> 
> Regards:
> Zsolt
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> thanks man! ill try that 
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