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Re: Midi in Live 8



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
>