First Note Or First Chord Chopped Off After Recording MIDI Region
I just purchased Logic Express 8 about three hours ago and am running 8.0.1. I am hoping to transition from Ableton Live to this, but I have to say that my first experience is a disappointing one. I certainly hope someone here can help me. I've tried to search for the answer if it already exists, but I tried every keyword combination I could think of to no avail.
On to the problem. I insert an instrument track and assign Native Instruments Akoustik Piano to it. I play my keyboard (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88) and everything sounds fine. I arm the track and hit record. I record my part. So far, so good. I press play to audition what I just recorded, and everything sounds fine, but is a little off (not quantized). So, I quantize the track.
Now, when I press play, the first note (or chord, depending on what I'm playing) is abruptly stopped mid-tone. The remaining notes play just fine. This only happens to the very first note (or chord). To add to the mystery, if I loop the recorded region and let the playback loop, the very first note (or chord) then plays back fine after the first pass. But no matter what I do, the very first note (or chord) on the first pass always abruptly stops. I thought maybe something went awry with the quantize, so I deleted the recording and started over. This time I didn't quantize, but unfortunately, the first note/chord issue is still present.
I am pulling my hair out over this. I can't believe something like this is happening, and although I would love for this to end happily, I honestly am not holding my breath. I am terribly frustrated at the moment, and figure it's time to head off to bed. I don't see this resolving itself in the morning, but hopefully someone out there will be kind enough to help me out of this jam.
I should have added the following:
1. The note/chord that is chopped off appears to be the correct length when inspecting the piano roll, so the MIDI information seems to be recording properly.
2. I am running this software on my Mac Pro.
3. I have connected my keyboard to my Mac through USB.
Message was edited by: ifonline
On to the problem. I insert an instrument track and assign Native Instruments Akoustik Piano to it. I play my keyboard (M-Audio Keystation Pro 88) and everything sounds fine. I arm the track and hit record. I record my part. So far, so good. I press play to audition what I just recorded, and everything sounds fine, but is a little off (not quantized). So, I quantize the track.
Now, when I press play, the first note (or chord, depending on what I'm playing) is abruptly stopped mid-tone. The remaining notes play just fine. This only happens to the very first note (or chord). To add to the mystery, if I loop the recorded region and let the playback loop, the very first note (or chord) then plays back fine after the first pass. But no matter what I do, the very first note (or chord) on the first pass always abruptly stops. I thought maybe something went awry with the quantize, so I deleted the recording and started over. This time I didn't quantize, but unfortunately, the first note/chord issue is still present.
I am pulling my hair out over this. I can't believe something like this is happening, and although I would love for this to end happily, I honestly am not holding my breath. I am terribly frustrated at the moment, and figure it's time to head off to bed. I don't see this resolving itself in the morning, but hopefully someone out there will be kind enough to help me out of this jam.
I should have added the following:
1. The note/chord that is chopped off appears to be the correct length when inspecting the piano roll, so the MIDI information seems to be recording properly.
2. I am running this software on my Mac Pro.
3. I have connected my keyboard to my Mac through USB.
Message was edited by: ifonline
Quad-Core Mac Pro / MacBook (Black), Mac OS X (10.5.1)
