Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

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david_morin
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Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

Post by david_morin » Wed May 05, 2010 6:24 pm

Hello,
I was playing a track with APC 40 and when the project is open and playing I can hear a slight clip when arming the track to play with midi keyboard. Annoyance as the kind of click plays through the returns of the project any reason why? I have been trying to up the buffer but I don't think it is due to that. Any help greatly apreciated.
David

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Re: Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

Post by catalyst » Wed May 05, 2010 6:37 pm


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Re: Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

Post by david_morin » Wed May 05, 2010 6:42 pm

catalyst wrote:Like this ?

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=140535

Annoying huh :(
Absolutly! Thank you for info reading the post right now. Cheers!

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Re: Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

Post by david_morin » Wed May 05, 2010 6:45 pm

catalyst wrote:Like this ?

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=140535

Annoying huh :(

And BALLS !!!

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Re: Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

Post by Tone Deft » Wed May 05, 2010 7:09 pm

david_morin wrote:I have been trying to up the buffer but I don't think it is due to that.
why not?

you ask Live to do something and it chokes for a second. seems to follow that it's a sign that Live barely has the power to do this task. give it more power with a larger buffer.

guess you could trash your preferences file to reset your Live settings and start over.
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Re: Distortion when Arming midi track while project is running

Post by catalyst » Wed May 05, 2010 7:54 pm

david_morin wrote:
catalyst wrote:Like this ?

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=140535

Annoying huh :(
And BALLS !!!
Indeed :P

However - I found *a* solution through reading about a slightly different problem that had the same type of symptom.

First of all, read this for some background on the Options file if you have never used it:

http://www.ableton.com/pages/faq/options_text

Then create an Options.txt file with this parameter in it:

-StrictDelayCompensation

This cures the problem for me. I've only been using this workaround for a week or so but have had no issues so far, give it a try and let us know how it goes :)

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