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Re: [xl7] Re: Command Station confusion

2017-10-27 by Adsr Multimedia

OK, more questions on the way.

My setup in question:
Windows, Steinberg Nuendo, RME Fireface 800, XL7.
System is rock solid.


1.
What's with MIDI Song Position Pointer?
I cannot get XL7 to interpret it reliably. Sometimes it follows, but usually, at the end of the loop in the master sequencer (Steinberg Nuendo)
the XL7 gets stalled, stops, then after some time starts following Nuendo's master MIDI Clock and SPP again.
With lots of hiccups. It's basically unusable.
Does following MIDI SPP work actually?

2.
I see disturbing fluctuations in tempo, both when using XL7 as master, as well as slave.
Base tempo being 127 BPM, the fluctuation is +/- 2 BPM usually, and rarely even +/- 3 or 4 BPM.
All this with a fairly empty sequence.
I'd like to hear what's the situation with other CS user's gear or setup.


Thanks,
Zsolt










Regards,
Zsolt





2017-10-26 1:49 GMT+02:00 smw-mail@... [xl7] <xl7@yahoogroups.com>:
 

Thanks for the clarification; I have a better idea of what you were trying to do.

Even for a native reader of English, the manual can be confusing.  When I first got my Proteus 2500, I read the manual several times and later discovered more things that I didn't understand from the first or second reading. Plus, the CS/P2500 is a very complex and flexible piece of musical gear. I have the Block Diagrams from 336-340 in plastic "sheet protectors" because they get a lot of use!

As for CCs you can assign MIDIA -> MIDIP to different CCs. However, some are hard coded in the OS.  CC7 will be volume, CC10 will be pan, There are some CCs in the 80 range that are hard coded to do specific things--select a Multisetup, change arp mode, etc.  See pp. 348-351.

I don't know if this will help with what you want to do, but sometimes I will use CC11 [Expression] as a sort of sub-volume and leave CC7 alone.

Steve


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