More Minimax MIDI woes...

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steveman
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More Minimax MIDI woes...

Post by steveman »

OK, sorted out the MIDI feedback issue, BUT...

As I pointed out, I noticed the Minimax sends a complete MIDI controller dump every time you change patch, trouble is, if you have the MIDI In and Out connected, all that controller data gets sent back to te Minimax and messes it up.

Posted this to ralf @ soniccore ( apparently he's not the one who deals with this stuff...)

"Seems also to lock the 'user' LED on, and switch 'Local off' back on.

This isn't a loopback issue as I've recorded the dump into Logic with
the ASB MIDI In disconnected and then played it back to the ASB from
Logic with the ASB's MIDI out disconnected and playing back the MIDI
dump has the same effect.
Just testing it now by playing the file from Logic...
1st time around was OK.
2nd time messed up FX
3rd time switched 'Local off' to on.
Reconnected Both MIDI ports and switched off Minimax to 'clear' it,
switched back on FX are still screwed arrrgghh... :-("

Can anyone help, please...????

It's currently almost unuseable with a sequencer like this.

Mac G4 : Logic Pro 6
AMT8 MIDI I/F

Other MIDI stuff (which causes ZERO problems).
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Janni
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Post by Janni »

Perhaps you have to build several midi-instr. if you want to trigger minimax and
record your tweeks at the same time?
And you have to be sure the one you record doesn't send it back at the same time...
Seems a bit complicated... Hmm...
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Post by astroman »

...This isn't a loopback issue as I've recorded the dump into Logic with
the ASB MIDI In disconnected and then played it back to the ASB from
Logic with the ASB's MIDI out disconnected and playing back the MIDI
dump has the same effect. ...
basically I see 2 possibilities where things can get messed

#1 the interface sends the data to fast and overruns the buffer
there's probably an option to insert delays into the midi stream - at least in SoundDiver (also EMagic) this cured some sysex problems with the Creamware boards.

#2 midi data integrity is lost somewhere in the chain - one false bit at a specific location can drive the thing nuts. This can have anything from a driver to a cable issue as it's source.

cheers, Tom
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