Members ggm1960 Posted April 27, 2007 Members Share Posted April 27, 2007 Ok I'd thought I had this crazy system all setup and ready for prime-time until we were practicing last week and I got a stuck note:o M-Audio Keystation es88 is powered and communicates through USB into Toshiba Satellite T1300 Laptop running Sonar 5 which interfaces with Hercules 16/12 firewire interface that MIDI's into Roland JV-1080, whew...! It occurred to me that it all might be more stable if I could just wall-wart the es88 and use the MIDI out into the JV-1080, however, the biggest reason the laptop is in the system is to send program change messages to all my outboard gear (Korg X5D, Roland XP-30, Digitech RP2000, Antares AVP-1, and of course Roland JV-1080) between songs. So what that means is that I'd need a MIDI merger to have two MIDI inputs going into the JV-1080. So the question(s) for you MIDI experts is.......Have you had any luck using a MIDI merger? Would I really see any advantage because as long as I'm using MIDI there's always going to be a stuck note here and there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted April 27, 2007 Members Share Posted April 27, 2007 Doesn't Sonar have a panic button to quickly kill stuck notes? And couldn't you set a key binding on it so you just pop a key on the laptop if this happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ggm1960 Posted April 27, 2007 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2007 Doesn't Sonar have a panic button to quickly kill stuck notes? And couldn't you set a key binding on it so you just pop a key on the laptop if this happens? Yes that's how I stopped it but you're right, I should and I will assign a key to it. I guess it actually took me by surprise because it's been quite a while since I've had a note stick! Actually the system works pretty well but I have to shy away from software synths, that's just a little to much for it. I use the Sonar plug-ins for vocal effects which seems to work really well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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