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All my MIDI are transposed 1 semitone!

Hi,

After a computer breakdown and restore some of my songs are MIDI transposed 1 semitone down. If I open the matrix for one of the regions I can see that the note are not changed and it'll play back right if I click it. But not if I play the song. The song is not tranposed in the parameters left in the arrange window.

I find this behavior very strange. I can make the song play back normally if I tranpose all the tracks, but what's wrong?

Thanks

Dual G5, Mac OS X (10.3.9), RME 9632

Posted on Nov 29, 2005 2:23 PM

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Nov 29, 2005 8:09 PM in response to Justin C

Jules,
I experienced the same problem. But mine was a lot worse.
Do what Justin says and go into
VIEW > Global Track Components > Transposition and...
BE CAREFUL...my problem stemmed from that transposition track destructively applying changes to the notes.
Put the automation line in that track at 0 and you should be fine.
(It could also be a transpose applied in the parameters of the track).

Nov 30, 2005 7:29 AM in response to Jules2000

Hey Jules,

This exact same thing has happened to me at least 3 times now, only my notes were about an octave higher (everything sounded like chipmunks, and the sample rate wasn't changed). Double checking everything as you have done revealed no change in the song whatsoever (and these were pretty large sessions with a lot of work being done). I've yet to figure out what caused this to happen - finally ended up having to do the entire sessions over from scratch. It's extremely frustrating to lose all of your work like that - please keep us posted if you happen to find out what caused this to happen.

Dec 3, 2005 10:40 PM in response to Scott Roewe1

Thats happened to me a long time ago. Somtimes if you're using a keyboard with key transposition or an old keyboard, it faulters. If you change it then go in score window then go out of it . It gets hung up. Somtimes if you return your studio to normal setting and boot up again , all is well. The problem comes from your keyboard.

Dec 4, 2005 3:11 AM in response to R.K

It's only my MIDI tracks. Both audio instruments and outboard MIDI. The audio tracks are fine.

I found a fix for this very strange behaviour. I loaded a song which worked and then a "broken" song without closing the "working" song. That made the "broken" song work. I then saved it under a new name and the problem is now gone. Very strange.

I can't se how this can come from my keyboard?

Jan 8, 2006 7:06 AM in response to Jules2000

What kind of keyboard are you using just in case?
And did you use the transposition from it? just in case.
It could be unitor interface. i've heard amt8 are very reliable.
Do you have midi pedals attached ? they tend to grab midi with logic and run with it.
It could be your AUTOLOAD is corrupt. try creating a new one or compare by process of illimination. Or let it create a new one for you. Or try a standard midi file.
disconnect midi cables and connect again.

Again, an old simple keyboard can cause havoc in midi. I have one, and I still use it because it works for me on other issues.

Jan 8, 2006 11:35 PM in response to R.K

FYI, I am pretty conscious about things and familiar with Logic and I have experienced this one, AFAIK no fault of my own. It makes you go crazy-why is my drum sequence all whack? I returned to it (after quitting and it was gone, this is very rare in my experience but I did check everything and simply quitting worked to fix it. Cheers.

All my MIDI are transposed 1 semitone!

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