MIDI issue when using ReWire

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PoliticalBonobo
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MIDI issue when using ReWire

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Hi,

I am using Live 9 as a slave and have set up tracks according to the DP8 manual for rewire: MIDI [output: Live track], Audio [input: Live track].

I get audio when playing MIDI notes, but after a few seconds the MIDI notes start to echo and repeat. I have 'Sync Recorded MIDI to Path Thru' turned off (it was causing issues during MIDI recording).

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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DP9.5 64bit, Windows 10 Pro 64bit, UA Apollo Quad FireWire interface, Desktop: Intel i7 5820K at 4.0ghz, MSI X99A Gaming 7 mobo, 48gb RAM (DDR4 at 2133 mhz), MSI GTX 960 2GD5T 2GB, 512GB Samsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD (project/system drive). VEP 6
Mathematics
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Re: MIDI issue when using ReWire

Post by Mathematics »

What hardware interface and ASIO driver are you using?
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PoliticalBonobo
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Re: MIDI issue when using ReWire

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I'm using a scarlett 2i2 with ASIO driver (should be focusrite driver).
DP9.5 64bit, Windows 10 Pro 64bit, UA Apollo Quad FireWire interface, Desktop: Intel i7 5820K at 4.0ghz, MSI X99A Gaming 7 mobo, 48gb RAM (DDR4 at 2133 mhz), MSI GTX 960 2GD5T 2GB, 512GB Samsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD (project/system drive). VEP 6
Mathematics
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Re: MIDI issue when using ReWire

Post by Mathematics »

That's supposed to be a pretty solid driver on the PC. I had something similar happen with a 2i4.

I'm running PC and what I know for PCs is that if you're running an i3, i5, or i7 processor, turning off SpeedStep in the BIOS will keep the CPU from changing frequency speeds while running applications. This has been known to be an issue for some PC setups which affect DAWs from playing smoothly/correctly.

For now, my only suggestion would be to turn off SpeedStep and try a different latency. Mine stabilized at 7 and at 10ms. It's odd that anything else gave me issues but that's what I did.

Sorry I don't have a rock-solid solution but this is what worked for me. I hope someone can give you a better answer. I'd like to see how this gets solved.

Peace.
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PoliticalBonobo
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Re: MIDI issue when using ReWire

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Thanks for the recommendation. I'll try turning off SpeedStep and see how that goes.
DP9.5 64bit, Windows 10 Pro 64bit, UA Apollo Quad FireWire interface, Desktop: Intel i7 5820K at 4.0ghz, MSI X99A Gaming 7 mobo, 48gb RAM (DDR4 at 2133 mhz), MSI GTX 960 2GD5T 2GB, 512GB Samsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD (project/system drive). VEP 6
PoliticalBonobo
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Joined: Sat May 23, 2015 7:38 pm
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Re: MIDI issue when using ReWire

Post by PoliticalBonobo »

Before I got the chance to mess around in BIOS, the problem went away with DP9.
DP9.5 64bit, Windows 10 Pro 64bit, UA Apollo Quad FireWire interface, Desktop: Intel i7 5820K at 4.0ghz, MSI X99A Gaming 7 mobo, 48gb RAM (DDR4 at 2133 mhz), MSI GTX 960 2GD5T 2GB, 512GB Samsung 950 Pro m.2 SSD (project/system drive). VEP 6
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