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Re: Midi in Live 8



Solved it! (after reading Per's posts in the Bidule forum)

Increased the buffer slightly in Live.

Great - now on with getting to know Live a bit better……

Thanks Per.



On 15 Dec 2011, at 23:15, Bingham Steve wrote:

> Hi again Per!
> 
> This gets more interesting: I tried connecting via a midi to USB box, 
> but that didn't make any difference. I also tried turning a basic Live 
> setup with no plugins. That didn't work. Actually the expression pedal 
> connected via my 12Step seems to be working OK. It's just the one 
> controlling SL, which is going via the pedal 1 port on my Gordius LG, 
> which is making the "zipper" noise.
> 
> More experimenting shows that actually any midi signal coming from the 
> LG makes a noise - so pressing a button switch on the LG makes a very 
> slight click through the speakers. This happens whatever midi port setup 
> I seem to have within Live; whatever way the midi from the LG is 
> connected (via my sound interface / or midi to USB box / or direct USB).
> 
> The same expression pedal connected via the 12Step works fine, and a 
> different pedal on the LG still "zips"!
> 
> I tried removing the 12Step from the equation and just connecting the LG 
> - no change.
> 
> Since I've used expression pedals with the LG in Logic for over a year, 
> the problem seems like it must be down to something in Live 8. Can't 
> fathom out what though!
> 
> All the best,
> Steve
> 
> 
> On 15 Dec 2011, at 00:43, Per Boysen wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Bingham Steve <stevebingham@me.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> However as soon as there is audio playing then moving either of the 
>>> expression pedals does what it's meant to, but also causes clicks and 
>>> glitches in the audio!
>> 
>> 
>> HI Steve,
>> 
>> MIDI port:
>> Long ago I had this "CC# sweep causing zipper noise" issue with an RME
>> Multiface audio interface when using the RME's MIDI ports. I found a
>> solution in not using the MIDI ports on the Audio Interface but a
>> cheap MIDI-to-USB cable/converter instead.
>> 
>> Badly coded plugin:
>> Recently I've also had "CC# sweep causing zipper noise" issues related
>> to the SoundToys plugin EchoBoy. I talked to the developers about that
>> and had it confirmed that they know about the issue (but fixing it is
>> not their highest priority). When the plugin caused noise I was
>> controlling three of EchoBoy's parameters simultaneously from the same
>> CC# swept by the expression pedal. I fixed this issue by only
>> controlling one continuous parameter in EchoBoy and directing the
>> signal through two other plugins/mixer stages where I applied the same
>> exp pedal CC# to affect the other two aspects of the live morphing
>> sound.
>> 
>> The audio interface I use now, RME Fireface400, is flawless with no
>> issues. Only convenience is the reason I plug everything in by USB
>> cables into a USB hub on the MBP - the 400's MIDI interface doesn't
>> have the issues of the earlier Multiface.
>> 
>> Greetings from Sweden
>> 
>> Per Boysen
>> www.perboysen.com
>> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>> 
>