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'dirty' midi
I would very much like to use Notation Composer as my go-to software for actually playing midi files, as well as editing and preparing them.
Using Notation has the advantage that I can also have in the same file, visible but muted, either a piano score or at least score prompts which will show as a good-class visual display, and scroll with the backing. I have a Ketron SD2 which I want to use as the sound source for my 'backings'. I have all this physically set up, with a newly-bought second copy of Composer on a little notebook computer beside my piano keyboard. I also have the set-up in Notation, and the test scale playing on the Ketron. But when I play a file, there is sound, but not cleanly flowing, nor clean sounding - like a radio broadcast from an-imperfectly tuned station. By way of comparison, I have the identical set-up in another software (which does not have a notation display), and that will play the identical file perfectly. Can you give me any clue what the problem might be, and how I might solve it ? (I have been round the 'reconfigure' route several times, and that hasn't cleared the problem.) Sincerely Ian G. |
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Re: 'dirty' midi - further information
Two interesting additional facts !
1. I have found that Biab 2007, on the same notebook, and with the same set-up, has similar problems. With both NC and Biab 2007, the problems extend at times to actually locking the application. BUT 2. I have down-loaded the free Notation Player, and that is perfectly happy with the set-up - configured itself and plays the file perfectly. Does this give any clue as to why Composer is 'gibbing' ? (Obviously I'm somewhat less content, in that Player doesn't have the flexibility of Composer in terms of eg part-display or indeed midi-editability. ie Player isn't really a viable 'solution' for me.) Ian G |
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Re: 'dirty' midi
Hi Ian,
Does this happen for all .mid files, or just some? If it happens for only some, could you please send us a sample of one that does NOT work as well as one that DOES work to support@notation.com please? Also, does the problem happen if you turn off all other programs and only use Composer or BIAB 2007? I'm just wondering if there may be a memory issue. We may be asking further questions as well Thanks! Sherry
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Re: 'dirty' midi
Hallo, Sherry
I can't speak for 'all' midi files. I've used two that happened to be part of my current activity flow, and had rather different ensembles. But I would point out again that these same files play happily in other softwares. I can now add Midi-Illustrator to the list – like your Player, it picked up the midi set-up without any detailed configuring and plays the same files cleanly through the Ketron. So I really doubt it is a file-specific issue. Also, although as I've explained, I've been switching between softwares, I always close one before opening another. And I have simply restarted the notebook from time to time. I have also been into the registry and cleaned out 'midi-n' entries, back to just a single 'midi' entry. Each time I 'do something', I tend to go first to 'the other' software to check that it is still working, and then close it and try NC again. It has got so even the ' test' scale is (a) not piano and (b) not really a scale. I'm not really pointing the finger at Composer, well, not totally. (NC is far the best software I know for what I want to do, and it is intended to do what I want to do ! And I've just bought a second copy !) The Ketron itself can be a peculiar beast. But the way 3 applications play this set-up like a dream, and two others clearly 'don't like it', puzzles me considerably. Might it be worth uninstalling NC entirely and re-installing ? Cheers Ian |
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Re: 'dirty' midi
Hi, Ian, Sherry:
As I understand it, the Ketron doesn't have a USB Midi connection. So, the question arises: what midi interface are you using? The fact that the problem doesn't arise with some other software doesn't necessarily preclude the interface being the bottleneck. $0.02 David |
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Re: 'dirty' midi
Hallo, David
The Ketron has trad 5 pin midi sockets, and I'm using a USB-midi cable which I've used happily for a number of years. If I understand what you're saying, the USB-midi cable could be the problem? I guess the only way to know would be to get another (good one) and try it. But logically, I think there would still need to be some 'proximate' cause to account for the problem arising with some softwares (2, at the moment, of which the other is always a 'distinct beast' in terms of midi set-up) ) and not with others (3 that I've tried, one being also from the Notation stable) ? I've held off further input today because I believe Sherry is a 'church person'. I will update more thoroughly some tim tomorrow. Thanks for your 2p. Ian G. |
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