I am recording some midi with my new midi controller and I quantized everything so it looks perfect on the grid and all notes have the same velocity and length. For some reason however, I get a short staccato note on the F# at the top of the arpeggiation. It is almost silent just on that note. The note in question is highlighted as you can see in the screenshot.
Can someone please tell me what can be causing this? The velocity and note length are all perfect so what else can it be?
No true idea, I admit, but the thing I would try first is to see how this sequence appears in the List Editor : often, it reveals something, in this kind of case.
Maybe you could even post a screenshot of it ?
EDIT - Additional ideas :
Thank you. I opened it in the list editor but can’t see anything weird. In truth, I have never used the list editor so not sure what to look for. Any ideas? Here is a screenshot with the note highlighted.
I don’t see how the midi controller could do anything because this is happening on playback.
Also, it is strange but when I change the note it plays back fine, it is only the F# that has the problem at that specific location…so it is note specific!!
As a test I copied the midi part into a new project and it works fine
Yep, I have understood this, from which my inquiry about any Input Transformer module that could go in the way.
From which there is something in the initial project that acts in a weird way. Double check everything : MIDI inserts, MIDI modifiers, Preferences > MIDI settings, Input Transformer, etc.
Yes indeed but what? There is nothing in the midi inserts or the midi modifiers… they are blank! I have never used those functions in any of my projects. THe input transformer is that insert in the midi inserts section right? Well that is not inserted onto the midi track so there is nothing there that can be causing it.
I notice the second aftertouch value after the specified note is relatively low compared to others, obviously I have no idea what your aftertouch is doing, but maybe worth a look?
A couple of possible avenues for investigation, which may lead to the cause:
Have you tried to send that MIDI to a different instrument?
Have you tried to eliminate the aftertouch messages?
In addition to the MIDI inserts, there’s also a MIDI Modifiers Section, which can be shown or hidden in the inspector for MIDI or Instrument tracks.
@Surrealist thank you but the issue goes away when I move the note up or down… it seems to be only that F# note that casues the problem… if it were the aftertouch then it would still drop out on all the other notes
I have tried all of these, thank you
No, the Input Transformer acts in real time on any incoming MIDI messages in amount of any reception of the involved MIDI/Instrument track. It is available just on the right of the Input Routing dropdown list, in the inspector :
You are confusing it with the bundled Cubase Transformer plug-in, which indeed is used as a MIDI insert, the plug-in acting after the messages having been received/recorded.
EDIT : the more I look at your issue, the more I think that either, something is wrong in your new controller (which one, by the way ?) settings, or something is capturing incoming F#2 notes and transform them, a way or another (any external MIDI processing program working in the background?).
