Why is this a recurring thing, where I have to hit MIDI reset just to get Halion Sonic to play back sounds at the normal level?
This doesn’t seem to happen with 3rd party samplers. Hmm…
Audio just drops down by like 20dB, and the only fix is MIDI reset… and this can happen multiple times with the same minute. It usually happens while I’ve got the track selected.
Hi,
Are you sure you don’t send MIDI CC7 or MIDI CC11 message?
No, but that clued me into thinking that maybe a controller of mine just is doing it at random. Changing the midi input to none seems to have made the problem go away.
Thanks Martin.
I wonder if this little mystery happens to others.
Hi,
As far as I know, sometimes there is a user with random MIDI CCs coming from the MIDI Keyboard. Very often it’s M-Audio. And very often we end up with the statement, the sliders are so cheap, they are sending data just when playing the keyboard (by moving the device itself).
Interesting. I do have an old M Audio Axiom controller connected. Plus some other cheap MIDI controllers too, and a couple not so cheap. At some point, I’ll try to narrow down the problem and report back. I appreciate your help. Thank you.
Hi,
I wouldn’t be surprised, if M-Audio Axiom would be the one.
My trusty old Axiom not so trusty.
Thanks.
3-year follow-up:
It’s not CC7.
Halion Sonic has dropped massively in volume a couple of times in a row today and it’s fixed with hitting MIDI reset. The problem seems to stem from my M-Audio Axiom controller sending out some weird message, I think, since disconnecting the MIDI input altogether to the channel makes the problem go away.
But here’s the thing, if hitting MIDI reset fixes the problem, then it isn’t an actual CC message that’s being fixed, is it? If CC7 were sent at like 20, then the volume would drop massively on the instrument output (like the way I hear it happen)… but hitting MIDI reset (esc) wouldn’t send a CC message of 127 or something, right?
Yes indeed. A nanoKontrol I have had to be banished from Cubase-land for making up its own Quick Control changes.
I would recommend adding the MIDI Monitor plug-in to a MIDI track to check which MIDI CCs are being sent by your MIDI controller without your input. You can then run the editor for your MIDI controller and disable any malfunctioning faders or buttons.
The MIDI > Reset option sends both “All Sound Off” and “Reset All Controllers” messages to your MIDI tracks and devices. This ensures that any stuck notes or unintended MIDI messages are cleared before starting playback again.
If you’re somehow still running into this issue, go to Preferences > MIDI and enable “Reset on Stop”. With this option enabled, you wont have to send a Reset message manually every time this occurs.
wow, why wouldn’t I just want this on all the time?
Well, this worked brilliantly and showed me CC11, expression, is being sent at about level 18, randomly… but surprisingly not sent by my expression pedal connected to my Axiom controller as I removed it from “All MIDI inputs.”
Hunting down the culprit now. Thanks for the great advice.
Hi,
You can apply the MIDI Monitor to the MIDI Input in the Studio > Studio Setup > MIDI Ports Setup. Here you can find out, which MIDI Port does send the data.
Oh, that’s the ticket. I’ll give it a shot. Thanks Martin.
Yes and thanks to this thread - sorted - was the volume slider on my Q49 playing silly beggers!