Acoustica User Forums

How do I tell Mixcraft to ignore signals coming from a Control Surface/Midi Keyboard?

For some time, without me touching anything in Mixcraft, I find that the volume of a track suddenly becomes zero, or a clip moves from one track to another. It was suggested to me that I am doing this myself, by messing with my Midi controller.

I have a Korg PA-4X connected to my audio interface, and to my computer as a MIDI device. This lets me play into Mixcraft either a line for a MIDI instrument or the audio from the Korg.

This all works great. Except that every time I switch sets of instruments on the Korg, the volumes on the first six tracks in my Mixcraft project change.

I haven't done any Midi leaning that I know of to map this. I assume that for some reason, the Korg sends out some MIDI information when I change instrument sets, and that ends up affecting Mixcraft. There are some Midi settings in the Korg, but nothing I understand! I want to send notes when recording but would like to tell Mixcraft to ignore everything else. Or I would like to tell the Korg to stop sending this information.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Hi,

Mix menu > MIDI Control Surface > Reset All

Greg

Thanks, Greg. I wish somebody had told me to do that the last time I asked about this. I probably made those settings from an old Midi Controller and forgot about them.

I have learned how to clear this problem from Greg's help on this post, but after clearing it, it has started happening again. Suddenly my volume values are being reset. When I go into Mix/Midi Control Surface, I see things are set again.

Is there a way I can keep Mixcraft from reassigning things based on whatever the Korg is sending it? Lock it down?

Thanks for any help with this.

Hi,

Save the project without the mapping?

Greg

Greg,

I am sorry that I don't understand your answer, or perhaps don't understand the problem. This occurs in all projects. I can reset it, but somehow it keeps happening. I start to notice, for example, that track volumes are changed, usually turned down to zero. I can visually see, for example, when I switch instruments on the Korg, some of the track volumes move.

After I go into Mix menu > MIDI Control Surface > Reset All, it is ok for a while, but then happens again.

So this happens while I am editing a project. I go to play my song, which I have been editing, and suddenly one of the parts is missing, not audible. By now I know to immediately check the track volume, and it has been changed or set to zero.

I have the Korg set up to record both audio and as the midi controller. This is very convenient, except for the fact that my track volumes keep changing. I would like to keep the Korg as the Midi controller.

I hope I have explained this well enough to be understood.

Glenn Polin