Wierd midi issue, or not i dont know

[Chris Jahn]

I dont know much about midi other than that i use it somtimes with Logic, I mostly use it for sound effects and noise, synthes mostly. I trigger the stuff with an M-audio keyboard.

my question is....I have one song were i used just a little midi, and the first time i open the file to play the song, it freezes on the midi parts, then once its gone through the song completely i can play it back over and over no problem

Whats up with that?

 

[J.D.Min]

its probably better to bounce your midi tracks into audio. that way you wont get those problems. as for why it does that.... beats me..

 

[mikemorgan]

It freezes because it's trying to send an inordinate amount of midi data all at once. Take a look at your event list and space some of the events out prior to your point of needing them loaded. This is why many midi files begin after a measure or two. The open measures at the beginning of a song are used to transmit the bulk dumps, sysex, patch information, etc. to the synth in spaced out time increments.

 

[Rich Sommer]

Computers

If it's a box or a full computer it's still really a computer & they get bogged down or buged out from time to time. If it's a computer only run the the midi program & nothing else. If a computer you might need to optimize the machine. Look at your sequencer manual or online help for suggestions.

Power fluctuations may also come into play here.