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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 >> >