Midi notes wont fire simultaneously

[drewf2]

I have an issue with midi in pro tools 10. I am using steven slate as an insert to an instrument track in pro tools, where i write midi drums. The problem is when two or more midi notes are played at the same time (like a kick and cymbal) on the grid only one will sound. If i slightly nudge one note so they are not perfectly in line then both sound (refer screenshot attached).

Steven slate only picks up one note being triggered so it is definitely a pro tools issue not the drum program. I am sure this is an easy fix but for some reason everything I try has not helped! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[YYR123]

I would guess a setting like either
Polyphony mode or omni setting inside SSD’s

Caveat I’ve never used SSD’s

But I would go through the settings once again

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by YYR123

I would guess a setting like either
Polyphony mode or omni setting inside SSD’s

Caveat I’ve never used SSD’s

But I would go through the settings once again

That would be dumb to have a drum program limit a MIDI stream to one note at a time. I mean a drummer has four limbs so one could play four sounds at a time.

I wonder what operating system the op is trying to run PT10 in? It could be an incompatibility issue between PT and the computer operating system.

[amagras]

I would start by thrashing prefs, etc

[drewf2]

Have tried a whole bunch of things to no avail. I am using an all in one pc, it could very well be that's the problem as it worked fine on my old computer but I have recently upgraded to the all in one. Everything else in pro tools works fine on the new computer, tracking, editing, it's just the midi that's not working.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by drewf2

Have tried a whole bunch of things to no avail. I am using an all in one pc, it could very well be that's the problem as it worked fine on my old computer but I have recently upgraded to the all in one. Everything else in pro tools works fine on the new computer, tracking, editing, it's just the midi that's not working.

What version of Windows are you using? And what was on your old machine? For that matter what specific PT10 version are you using? PT10 is only considered compatible with Windows 7 sp1 and nothing higher.

[drewf2]

I am using windows 10, the old computer would have been windows 7 or earlier even. I have the full licensed pt10. It seems to work fine for everything else, have had no dramas recording, playing back, importing tracks, bouncing tracks etc.

Some interesting things to note, if i turn down the velocity of one of the midi notes it automatically will then play the other note and vice versa, whichever note is louder gets played the other doesnt. Also Iv'e noticed on say a group of kicks or a faster roll, none of the notes will sound in a bunch of 8 notes, this could be that it is too much info so the midi just skips the notes all together? that wouldn't explain the double note issue though.

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by drewf2

I am using windows 10, the old computer would have been windows 7 or earlier even. I have the full licensed pt10. It seems to work fine for everything else, have had no dramas recording, playing back, importing tracks, bouncing tracks etc.

Some interesting things to note, if i turn down the velocity of one of the midi notes it automatically will then play the other note and vice versa, whichever note is louder gets played the other doesnt. Also Iv'e noticed on say a group of kicks or a faster roll, none of the notes will sound in a bunch of 8 notes, this could be that it is too much info so the midi just skips the notes all together? that wouldn't explain the double note issue though.

Like I suspected - compatibility issue. That it works for everything else doesn't matter. This is what happens when one goes outside of Avid's recommendations. For instance I am running PT11.3.2 on OSX 10.12.6; there's a known issue that audio import via the menu doesn't work but dragging from Finder (as you may grok I'm running a Mac but the concept is the same) works. I was aware of this when I decided to go with a non-supported operating system for my version of PT. What I'm doing is a workaround just like you found your workaround.

[YYR123]

Originally Posted by drewf2

I am using windows 10, the old computer would have been windows 7 or earlier even. I have the full licensed pt10.

PT10.? / Have you read the release notes for all of the releases? There were 10 .x releases for PT10 so there might be a version in there that does work better for you.

I remember 10.3 was a real big jump in performance. I wouldn't go back before that.

I stayed at 10.6 for at least 2 years....I am not sure what the benefits of x7-x10 were...10.6 met my needs.