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2008-05-05 by sean_zoega
I've just started to try and learn the operation of the p3. Unfortunately I have got stuck pretty early on. When I create a simple pattern the gate lengths seem to be random i.e. they change from one repeat of the pattern to the next. I've been through the manual but so far...no luck. Can a P3 guru help out? Thanks
2008-05-05 by eric f
Did you buy it second hand? If so, initialize the bank in question as the previous owner's data may be in the patterns. cheers, eric f sean_zoega <sean@zoega.co.uk> wrote: I've just started to try and learn the operation of the p3. Unfortunately I have got stuck pretty early on. When I create a simple pattern the gate lengths seem to be random i.e. they change from one repeat of the pattern to the next. I've been through the manual but so far...no luck. Can a P3 guru help out? Thanks ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-05-05 by Softroom
sean_zoega wrote: > I've just started to try and learn the operation of the p3. > Unfortunately I have got stuck pretty early on. When I create a simple > pattern the gate lengths seem to be random i.e. they change from one > repeat of the pattern to the next. I've been through the manual but so > far...no luck. Can a P3 guru help out? Could you tell me if you have used any aux events? Or if there are ties active on some steps? Is this a standard 16 step pattern straight from an initialised bank? And have you tried this with a number of different synth patches? Usually, anything that changes from one repeat of the pattern to the next tends to do so because it uses aux events (that's one reason they're so cool); check out the values of auxes A-D, what they are set to, if the aux steps are active. If not, time for some head scratching or for Colin to throw a synaptic spark or two. G'luck :) -- Paul --- "Effectus super absolutionem" http://www.JointIntelligenceCommittee.com http://www.myspace.com/jointintelligencecommittee
2008-05-05 by josh
Or it's playing more than 1 bar in a row, and the bar you are editing only loops around every so often? On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Softroom <softroom@btinternet.com> wrote: > sean_zoega wrote: > > I've just started to try and learn the operation of the p3. > > Unfortunately I have got stuck pretty early on. When I create a simple > > pattern the gate lengths seem to be random i.e. they change from one > > repeat of the pattern to the next. I've been through the manual but so > > far...no luck. Can a P3 guru help out? > > Could you tell me if you have used any aux events? Or if there are ties > active on some steps? Is this a standard 16 step pattern straight from > an initialised bank? And have you tried this with a number of different > synth patches? > Usually, anything that changes from one repeat of the pattern to the > next tends to do so because it uses aux events (that's one reason > they're so cool); check out the values of auxes A-D, what they are set > to, if the aux steps are active. If not, time for some head scratching > or for Colin to throw a synaptic spark or two. > > G'luck :) > > -- > Paul > --- > "Effectus super absolutionem" > http://www.JointIntelligenceCommittee.com > http://www.myspace.com/jointintelligencecommittee > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-05-05 by sean_zoega
I did buy it second hand and it is just back from Colin who kindly fitted a new screen for me. I have initialised the whole machine F1+STEP 7 when powering machine on. I did this after the initial random gate length problems but it hasnt changed anything. As I havent got as far as Aux events I get the feeling this unit might have to go back to Colin again for repair. Thanks for the help though.
2008-05-05 by sean_zoega
I have initialised the whole machine F1+STEP 7 when powering machine on. I did this after the initial random gate length problems but it hasnt changed anything. As I havent got as far as Aux events I get the feeling this unit might have to go back to Colin again for repair. Thanks for the help though.
2008-05-05 by sean_zoega
I have initialised the whole machine F1+STEP 7 when powering machine on. I did this after the initial random gate length problems but it hasnt changed anything. As I havent got as far as Aux events I get the feeling this unit might have to go back to Colin again for repair. I have tried it with different synth patches and different synths, but unfortunately the problem remains. Thanks for the help though.
2008-05-05 by sean_zoega
Thanks for the advice. I am just in the process of installing P3 tools. I did however record the sequence into Cubase. I then played it back and everything is fine...which would of course point to the problem being Cubase and not the P3. I havent the slightest idea what Cubase could be doing to the MIDI data though...the head scratching continues. Thanks for the help
2008-05-05 by ach_gott@yahoo.com
Here is what I would do. Load p3 tools onto a pc. Get all of the data onto p3 tools and look to see where, if any aux events are defined. If they're all blank, I would send it back. Alternatively, you could feed the midi into a pc based sequencer to see by how much these lengths are varying, how often, etc. cheers, eric f Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
-----Original Message----- From: "sean_zoega" <sean@zoega.co.uk> Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 19:18:47 To:analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com Subject: [analogue-sequencer] Re: help for a novice I have initialised the whole machine F1+STEP 7 when powering machine on. I did this after the initial random gate length problems but it hasnt changed anything. As I havent got as far as Aux events I get the feeling this unit might have to go back to Colin again for repair. I have tried it with different synth patches and different synths, but unfortunately the problem remains. Thanks for the help though. ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links