M5 Periodically Spikes in Volume!

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Kristopher7519
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M5 Periodically Spikes in Volume!

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Hi, I am new here and quick search could not solve my problem.

I am using M5 to build sample expansion packs for the UVI Workstation. However, periodically, M5 will play a sample back at 10x the volume! Nearly blows my ears and speakers away!

This is on Win7, Pro Tools 12.1, Lenovo Z570, i7, 8 gigs of ram.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this problem? I have already cleared out my PT Prefs.

Thanks! I am new to M5 but have read the manual from front to back so I am familiar with the interface.
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Re: M5 Periodically Spikes in Volume!

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For anyone else who runs into this problem, I have solved it.

It was a simple as dragging the samples in from M5 instead of Windows Explorer!

If I drag samples in from Windows explorer I get MASSIVE volume spikes. If I drag samples directly from the M5 browser, it works perfectly.

Strange, but in case anyone else runs into this, that is what will solve it :koolaid:
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Re: M5 Periodically Spikes in Volume!

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Why would you drag samples from Explorer in the first place?
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Re: M5 Periodically Spikes in Volume!

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MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Why would you drag samples from Explorer in the first place?
It is easier to navigate. I could leave M5 with the selected part and simply drag the correct samples in. I am dealing with thousands of clips and it made it much faster.

Now I know I can't do that!
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I guess I don't know PCs well enough to understand. On Macs we drag from the desktop or other audio apps, not a browser.
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Re: M5 Periodically Spikes in Volume!

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MIDI Life Crisis wrote:I guess I don't know PCs well enough to understand. On Macs we drag from the desktop or other audio apps, not a browser.
Explorer is the Windows equivalent of finder on Mac.

So I would navigate to the folder that contained the samples through Windows. That is what caused the problem.
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I had no idea! Thanks for the lesson.
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