MIDI TROUBLE: Track length messed up after recording

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:26 am

Hi,

I have a strange problem. After recording a virtual instrument sound for 1 second and finishing recording, I hear a strange noise, "VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!!", and suddenly the 1 second track is expanded by Mixcraft to a 2 minute track, and the 1 second piano is waaaaaaaaaay at the end of the track.

I have NO clue what to do about this; I've gone through help files, Troubleshooting, FAQ, Forum, but nothing.

I have a SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer sound card, an E-MU 49 Xboard MIDI keyboard, Mixcraft 4 build 98.

Settings are on ASIO. Whenever I set it to WAVE and try to record something, Mixcraft freezes.

Any ideas? I'm at an end here

Rgrds,
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Jim Lad · Post by **Jim Lad** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:13 pm

Maybe change the heading to something like. "Trouble with midi".
One of the experts here is bound to jump in.
In the meantime you could reinstall Mixcraft.
Cheers!
Jim

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:35 am

Done that

Also reinstalled Mixcraft (2 times), updated sound card driver, reinstalled Mixcraft, to no avail.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:18 pm

Hi,

Why are you trying to record a one second track? What happens if you record a five second track? Does it only occur with one second tracks?

You could record a longer track and then trim it down.

You can also try it with the latest version of Mixcraft, which is version 4.2 build 100 as of this posting.

Greg

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 5:52 pm

That didn't work and frankly, I'm growing tired of the continuous problems with this program.

No, it happens to tracks of any length. I record 3 seconds of sound, and it results in a 7 minute track which is completely empty after I stop recording. I record 4 seconds of sound, and I end up with a 9 minute track, which is completely empty, save for the recorded sound which Mixcraft puts all the way at the end of the 9 minute track.

Tinkering with the latency doesn't solve anything, neither does setting Mixcraft to use Wave instead of ASIO. (Setting it to Wave causes Mixcraft to crash, by the way.)

Just to ensure that I'm not a complete idiot, and to ensure that my PC's hard- and software is functioning properly, I installed Ableton Live 4.1, that came with my MIDI keyboard.

THAT PROGRAM RECORDS JUST FINE.

So it's not my MIDI keyboard, it's not my pc, it's not my Windows install, it's Mixcraft.

I'm getting dangerously close to demanding a refund.

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:04 pm

I don't want to add insult to injury, but I downloaded a trial version of Steinberg's Sequel 2, and recording MIDI also works like a charm in that program as well. True plug 'n' play.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:55 pm

Hi,

I was going to say that there's only one other person I know of with this problem, but you are that person.

For others reading this, we've been corresponding via support ticket email.

Perseus, let's see what we come up with in or correspondence and then we can post the results here.

Greg

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:28 am

Still no results, eh Greg?

I think I'll be filing for that refund now.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:20 pm

Hi,

Well I just replied to your most recent support ticket in which you wrote that wave recording is not working now. There appears to be some kind of conflict between your audio drivers or some other memory resident software on your computer and Mixcraft. Of course you are welcome to request a refund (we have a 30 day refund policy).

Greg