MIDI Delay

[Sherry C]

Hi guys,

Just a short note to say that I'm glad David's experience with the Uno device has been a good one, but we've had many reports as well as my personal experience and reports from other MIDI software manufacturers that the Uno as a production unit can be flaky. It was an "inherited" unit that M-Audio picked up from another company that they acquired, and so does not necessarily reflect their overall device making quality.

So, that said, everything that David has mentioned is true, and if Composer is recognizing the Uno for recording, it should indeed be there for playback as well. Whether your keyboard makes its own sounds will be a critical factor as to whether you can use it for playback or not

ttfn,
Sherry

[jhwater]

David,

Thanks for your advice and it has helped a lot and the delay problem has been taken care of.

4 steps forward and 1 back. I now have an interesting Metronome issue where only it will only use piano tones for all of the different metronome beats. Only MIDI Channel 2 will allow any sound. Do you want me to start a new thread for this problem?

Sherry,

Your concern about the M-Audio cable was something that I wondered about and decided to order a different brand. While my (old) M-Audio cable appears to be working, it seemed logical to get a new one just in case.

Thanks

--Jerry

[Sherry C]

Hi,

Re. the metronome sound - make sure that in Perform/Metronome Setup the Channel is set to 10 if you're using a General MIDI (GM) device such as the GS Wavetable. Channel 10 is the GM Standard drum channel.

ttfn,
Sherry

[jhwater]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

Re. the metronome sound - make sure that in Perform/Metronome Setup the Channel is set to 10 if you're using a General MIDI (GM) device such as the GS Wavetable. Channel 10 is the GM Standard drum channel.

Great, this will work! Thanks for your help...

--Jerry

[dj]

Hi, JH, Sherry:

Okay, I just went back and looked at the midi interface we've been talking about (it's been on my son's second system for some time) and it's not an UNO after all. It's an Edirol (Roland) UM-1. Only one letter off, though (if you spell it with ONE instead of 1)!

JH, glad you've got one problem licked. IF your UNO cable is working, don't go buy another one, unless you absolutely need to. On my main system, I'm using two Cakewalk/Roland UM-3G units, each of which is a 3-port unit, but can be daisy-chained for up to 9 ports. May be overkill for your needs, though!

Go to Perform/Metronome/Setup and you should be able to set things up as you need. Chances are your keyboard uses Midi Channel 10 for percussion sounds, so select it.