Automation - I hear it but don't see it?

mesayre · Post by **mesayre** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:13 am

Hi everybody,
I have a positively weird issue cropping up from time to time. I have some sessions where volume automation seems to be working correctly (everything sounds correct and I can hear the fades), I don't see the faders moving in the mixer. I have other sessions that appear to work fine. I've yet to detect a pattern here (I'm actually troubleshooting this for someone else). It's rather disconcerting. Anyone else seen this issue?

Already tried deleting the preferences files.

Would appreciate any advice you could offer.

Thanks!
Mike

DP 8.06
Mac 10.6.8
Faderport

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:13 pm

mesayre wrote:Hi everybody,
I have a positively weird issue cropping up from time to time. I have some sessions where volume automation seems to be working correctly (everything sounds correct and I can hear the fades), I don't see the faders moving in the mixer. I have other sessions that appear to work fine. I've yet to detect a pattern here (I'm actually troubleshooting this for someone else). It's rather disconcerting. Anyone else seen this issue?

Already tried deleting the preferences files.

Would appreciate any advice you could offer.

Thanks!
Mike

DP 8.06
Mac 10.6.8
Faderport

Are you sure you're using track automation, and not bite gain/volume?

mesayre · Post by **mesayre** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:05 pm

Yeah, these are all MIDI tracks. Sorry, should've said that before.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:38 pm

Are you viewing the mixer for the current chunk?

mesayre · Post by **mesayre** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:19 pm

Hi,
Yes, there's only one chunk in the project. Also, all the other tracks chase, it's just the track that's selected that doesn't chase. It's like DP thinks someone is touching the fader, even when no one is.

Mike

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:39 pm

Might be time to call that Great Unicorn in the Sky (MOTU tech support).

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:44 pm

mesayre wrote:Hi,
Yes, there's only one chunk in the project. Also, all the other tracks chase, it's just the track that's selected that doesn't chase. It's like DP thinks someone is touching the fader, even when no one is.

Mike

Are you sure the channel is not set to an automation mode in the mixer (e.g., Latch, touch)??
Make sure it's set to read it.

mesayre · Post by **mesayre** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:00 pm

I think I tracked this down. Looks like a buggy Faderport firmware was causing some chaos with DP's HUI driver, leading to some seriously weird, unpredictable stuff. Upgrading the firmware to 1.3.8 seems to have fixed the issue...for now

Thanks everyone!
Mike

MOTUnation.com

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