Musicianista Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Hey Brains Trust. My Mackie Control v1.02 works very well. Happy with that! When I select MIDI tracks or instruments and use the Mackie transport or faders etc notes are played thru the armed MIDI track. I know the Mackie is a MIDI device, but I thought that it would be discreet thru it's own send and receive channel regardless of track selection in Logic? Any ideas here? BTW it has always done this and I have only ever used it with LP8. Tanks boiz.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Can anyone confirm that this is normal behavior or not? I need to know so I can stop trying to solve it! Anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Not normal behavior. The MIDI events should be hijacked by the control surface preferences before getting into Logic. Are you saying the transport keys work but ALSO trigger the selected instrument track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Yes. All the buttons including the transport play different notes and the fader changes the pitch instead of volume. I am using a MOTU Micro Lite. What the?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagal Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I had this happen once with my MCU Pro. Some how I got two instances of it installed in Logic 7. Deleting both from Logic, closing Logic and then rescanning for Control Surfaces once I opened Logic back up fixed it. Or something like that as I sort of remembered what I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 If that doesn't work try removing your control surface pref file: ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.logic.pro.cs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Well, I do get the second Mackie Control pop up on launch which really freaks everything out. But I just delete it and the original one works fine except for this? If I go into the Audio/Midi Utility & touch any of the other MIDI devices it launches a second MC in Logic. I did try the pref removal when I first hooked it up, but I will do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Is your MCU connected via a MIDI interface, USB cable, or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Midi cables. It doesn't have USB. Mackie Control V1.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 I smell a MIDI feedback loop. Let us know how it goes. Also do you have other MIDI devices plugged in? If yes try unplugging them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted November 28, 2007 Author Share Posted November 28, 2007 Thanks David. I'm on the case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Also be sure to invoke Control Surfaces->Rebuild Defaults from the menu. That's a weekly ritual here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicianista Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 Problem solved. Thanks guys. I kept stripping preferences etc and nothing changed. I then decided to hang the Mackie off the MIDI I/O of the RME Fireface800. This made an instant difference by providing the discreet MIDI the Mackie needed. Working as intended now. Thanks for the answers to this post as I wasn't entirely sure if it was a problem or the norm. Phew... it sucked the way it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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