How do I erase pitch bend messages? [SOLVED]

There were notes in a MIDI part I played that were bent out of tune. I don't know how it happened - I don't think I touched the mod wheel while playing. Anyway, when I delete these notes and record new ones, the new ones are still bent. It seemed to me that I should be able to open up the media/lists/pitch bend tabs, find the notes and "unbend" them. I tried changing the value of the pitch bends to 0 but it made the notes go even further out of tune. So, I've deleted the notes , but in the part of the region where they were, I can see white vertical lines, which, I think, signify the pitch bend message? Actually, I'm not sure of that, because when I look through the entire region there are lots of those white lines in places where I didn't do any pitch-bending.

 

Anyway, my question is, how do I erase the pitch bend information or message, so that I can record the last few notes of my song in tune?

 

Thanks!

 

Andy

Select the affected region and open the Event List. Filter out the notes, find, select and delete all pitch bend events.

You can also test to see if it's an issue with your MIDI keyboard transmitting false/erroneous pitch bend events by unplugging your MIDI controller and playing the same instrument on the Caps Lock keyboard. Do you have the same problem?

Scott, I deleted all the pitch bends. Now the whole track is out of tune. When I play the instrument with the Caps Lock keyboard, it's in tune. It plays an octave lower and I don't know how (or if it's possible) to change the octave. But sticking to the more important issue at hand, I guess this means there is something amiss with my Axiom 25? I've turned it off and on, and while it was off, I unplugged the USB cable from the controller, then plugged it back in. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot the Axiom. Do you have any suggestions?

Create a single pitch bend event set to "0" at the beginning of the first MIDI region on the track. Then play the track. If it now plays in tune, then delete the event and see if the track stays in tune?

Thanks David. I did as you suggested - created the 0 pitch bend at the start, The track played in tune. Then I deleted the pitch bend, and the track still played in tune. Great!

 

But ... what does this mean?

The instrument was in the state of the last MIDI Pitch bend event it received, and since you deleted all your pitch bend events, it wasn't receiving any new event and stayed at that wrong pitch. It just needed its pitch to be reset.

The instrument was in the state of the last MIDI Pitch bend event it received, and since you deleted all your pitch bend events, it wasn't receiving any new event and stayed at that wrong pitch. It just needed its pitch to be reset.

Yes, thanks so much.

By the way, David, what would be the best way to delete say half a track's midi modulation. Is it a case of writing over what you don't want?

By the way, David, what would be the best way to delete say half a track's midi modulation. Is it a case of writing over what you don't want?

View your region automation, drag to select the desired automation points and press delete.

Perfect, this is great — I'll use this more than the other method. Thank you

Perfect, this is great — I'll use this more than the other method. Thank you

Great! You're welcome.