Piano Roll Octave

[Olivier57]

Hi,

As in Mixcraft 8, there is always one octave of offset between an external Vsti and the piano roll !!
This is a big problem when using drag and drop with instruments that have this possibility.
Where does it come from instruments or Mixcraft ?

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

Are you saying it happens in both Mixcraft 8 and 9? Can you please explain the problem in more detail?

Greg

[Olivier57]

Yes in MC 8 and 9.

Here a little video:
https://youtu.be/fJruyL_P4LA
Hope you understand.

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

Does your external keyboard have an octave setting? The Oxygen8 I'm using has an octave setting that can shift the octave up or down.

Greg

[Olivier57]

Hi,

Yes, I can do that.

[Olivier57]

Hi Greg,

But, there is always an octave shift with some Vsti

[Acoustica Greg]

HI,

So, you've got certain VST plugins that play an octave off? In the video, it's the DX7 plugin. Which other plugins are having this problem, exactly? Is it just the DX7 plugin?

The DX7 plugin allows you to drag MIDI and drop it in Mixcraft, and then the notes are an octave higher than they should be?

Greg

[Olivier57]

Hi,

Ujam Beatmaker, but drag and drop looks correct.
Ujam VG Carbon.

The DX7 plugin allows you to drag MIDI and drop it in Mixcraft, and then the notes are an octave higher than they should be?

There is no drag and drop with the DX7.

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

In the video, I'm not seeing a problem with DX7, or am I missing something?

Greg

[Mark Bliss]

I think.... The user is talking about where C1 is pressed (vsti), but C2 is shown to respond graphically (piano roll)? I dont think its the sound in question, its the GUI. Maybe? Not sure.

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

I think the video shows 2 concerns for him:

1. If you click the virtual instrument keyboard, the piano roll doesn't show it. I think that's just the way it works.
2. Pressing a key on the keyboard makes the wrong octave play.

But the VST in use wouldn't affect which piano roll key is played. The video seems to show that the piano roll and the VSTi have the same key playing.

Greg

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

If pressing C4 on the MIDI controller makes C5 play in Mixcraft, that makes me wonder whether the octave setting on the keyboard i set to 0, so that's why I asked about that.

Greg

[KDW]

In Cubase 9.5 and 10.5 it is displayed correctly.

I press C3 and the piano roll also shows C3 and is also recorded as C3.

Mixcraft 8 & 9 instead shows C4 and also recoreded C4.
No matter whether with MODX8 or MP7.

Now, i save the midi file and load it into Cubase. Cubase shows C3 in the piano roll.

As Mark said, maybe just the GUI.

Maybe it helps a little...

[Olivier57]

Hi,

I think.... The user is talking about where C1 is pressed (vsti), but C2 is shown to respond graphically (piano roll)? I dont think its the sound in question, its the GUI

Exactly

If you click the virtual instrument keyboard, the piano roll doesn't show it.

Exactly

Pressing a key on the keyboard makes the wrong octave play.

Yes in the piano roll.

And yes the octave setting on the keyboard is set to 0.

[Acoustica Greg]

Hi,

If you switch the virtual instrument to Memorymoon on that track, does the second problem happen?


The first problem being that clicking on the virtual instrument doesn't make the piano roll keys visibly respond. That's just the way it works.

Greg