portamento/glissando problems

styro · Post by **styro** » Fri May 21, 2004 1:51 pm

Hi all there,
everytime when i have sfp (3.c & 4.0)running for some time, the portamento or glide functions in all synths (Mod2,ModIII,minimax, three-o-three etc) doenst work anymore. is this a known problem or am i just making a dumb mistake? the strange thing is when i restart sfp all the syths work again for some time like expected. this bug is driving me nutts!
thanks for any help!
greets styro

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri May 21, 2004 5:01 pm

welcome styro

I think you're right with your observation, but for me it always (if memory serves me...) worked to just reload the misbehaving device, not the complete SFP.
Since I've never been able to make out a pattern and it didn't happen too often I simply ignored it.
If it happens on such a regular base there could be something pushing the midi ports, like timecode, active sensing and such stuff.
Do you have external gear connected ? A Roland keyboard ?

On the other hand I've reset my hardware DX7 at least a dozen times in the last couple of hours due to 'hick-ups' caused by quick program changes or other midi 'overruns'.

cheers, Tom

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styro · Post by **styro** » Tue May 25, 2004 4:53 pm

win xp athlon 2400 asus A7N8X box in standard-pc configuration. all midi devices are connected thru a unitor8 mkII interface.
this portamento/glissando-bug happens regulairy
after system running more then perhaps 12 hours and affects all loaded synths a the same time. i dont think that it is realated with the presence of some external midi devices, cause they are mainly swiched off. reloading all the synths helps, but is anoying after a while.
perhaps its time to reinstall the complete system (sigh....)
greetings styro

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Tue May 25, 2004 5:36 pm

On 2004-05-25 17:53, styro wrote:
...this portamento/glissando-bug happens regulairy
after system running more then perhaps 12 hours and affects all loaded synths a the same time...

yes, I can confirm this. The longer the system is on, the more likely it is to happen - or better (in my case) it's almost inevitable that the loading of a new synth will freeze the system (after several hours of standby).

Since I'm running a completely different system (Intel 815, Win98) than yours and I'm almost certain that my second installation behaves the same, I wouldn't expect a cure from a re-install.

I agree that it's annoying somehow, but as long as it's predictable and occurs once in 3-4 hours it doesn't hit my personal tolerance level.
The usability of the system in general weighs out one or two nags

cheers, Tom

Post by **hubird** » Tue May 25, 2004 7:22 pm

On 2004-05-25 18:36, astroman wrote:
I agree that it's annoying somehow, but as long as it's predictable and occurs once in 3-4 hours it doesn't hit my personal tolerance level.