UC-33e - Looses MIDI assignment.

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grumblenoise
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UC-33e - Looses MIDI assignment.

Post by grumblenoise » Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:49 pm

Hello folks,

Just a quick question, sometime ago I was using the UC-33e with LIVE, I was playing at a club and half way through the set the UC-33e forgot all of it's MIDI mappings. This was very annoying and I have to quickly fudge way around to assigning them all again. This has happened to me a couple of times, once on my main DAW and once playing out with my laptop. I'm using MAC's (if that makes a difference)

Has anyone else had any problems like this?

Cheers,

G

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Re: UC-33e - Looses MIDI assignment.

Post by Fieldy » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:59 pm

grumblenoise wrote:Hello folks,

Just a quick question, sometime ago I was using the UC-33e with LIVE, I was playing at a club and half way through the set the UC-33e forgot all of it's MIDI mappings. This was very annoying and I have to quickly fudge way around to assigning them all again. This has happened to me a couple of times, once on my main DAW and once playing out with my laptop. I'm using MAC's (if that makes a difference)

Has anyone else had any problems like this?

Cheers,

G

sounds strange. mine doesn`t do that, but sounds like the problem is in the daw.
sounds stupid, but reasons can be: you change to a new set after a song (some people do that) ,you hit any of the programmkeys to the right. i think the uc normally sends it`s custom midi cc. one per knob,per program.

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Post by grumblenoise » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:37 pm

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Roll on the new Akai 8)
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Post by stallos » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:26 pm

did it clear the mappings or did they look different to the ones the controller is sending out.

do you use program banks? could it be you jumped onto a different bank with different CC data?

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Post by GT » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:55 pm

my uc33-e looses the connection often with Live too..
i think its some kind of power problem.. it happens especially on outdoor festivals and in places where are lot of effect machines (laser, smoke machine, strobe...)..

i tried everything to fix the problem except an usb hub.. it will be the next thing..

i'm just figured out lately how to bring back the uc33-e...
you have turn it off, then play with the midi settings in the preferences in live, then turn it on, then playing again with the mid settings, etc...
i think i don't have to say how annoying it is...

p.s.: i'm planning to buy an APC40 too....
:D

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Post by Fieldy » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:09 pm

GT wrote:my uc33-e looses the connection often with Live too..
i think its some kind of power problem.. it happens especially on outdoor festivals and in places where are lot of effect machines (laser, smoke machine, strobe...)..

i tried everything to fix the problem except an usb hub.. it will be the next thing..

i'm just figured out lately how to bring back the uc33-e...
you have turn it off, then play with the midi settings in the preferences in live, then turn it on, then playing again with the mid settings, etc...
i think i don't have to say how annoying it is...

p.s.: i'm planning to buy an APC40 too....
:D

also tried a power supply? a hub makes it worse instead of better.IMO

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Re: UC-33e - Looses MIDI assignment.

Post by stonee » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:18 pm

grumblenoise wrote:Hello folks,

Just a quick question, sometime ago I was using the UC-33e with LIVE, I was playing at a club and half way through the set the UC-33e forgot all of it's MIDI mappings. This was very annoying and I have to quickly fudge way around to assigning them all again. This has happened to me a couple of times, once on my main DAW and once playing out with my laptop. I'm using MAC's (if that makes a difference)

Has anyone else had any problems like this?

Cheers,

G
mine does this ONLY when i play live :x

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Post by GT » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:30 pm

Fieldy wrote: also tried a power supply? a hub makes it worse instead of better.IMO
yeah, i'm using a power supply. it makes it maybe a little bit less sensitive, but its almost 100% that it will lose the connection with Live when somebody turns on a smoke machine.... :)

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Re: UC-33e - Looses MIDI assignment.

Post by GT » Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:38 pm

stonee wrote: mine does this ONLY when i play live :x
mine too. 0 problems at home. :?

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