Midi note cutting off when loop starts over

[illyaas]

Hello

I am new to this board and also pretty new to pro-tools and sequencing on a DAW also. I have been using cubase for years but did all of my sequencing in my MPC. Well the problem that I am haveing is making the transition to sequencing in Pro-tools. I actually am very impressed with the sequencer in pro-tools the problem I am having is that when I put it in loop midi record and I record a midi loop, drums or keys or whatever, when the loop ends and returns to the first bar the note that starts that bar is cut off. It's like it starts but then gets cut or is muted. It's not that the note is not there because for example it may be a 2 bar loop that repeats twice making it actually 4 bars. Well in the middle of that 4 bar loop at bar 3 the loop loops great, so I adjusted the lenght of the loop in the edit window from 4 bars down to 2 because I knew the loop transition worked great at that point but I still get the same problem of the note getting cut where that loop starts over. I even tried changing the loop to start at bar three and go through bar 4 to see if that would help thinking maybe I played a note wrong at the begining of bar one, but that not it it still cuts the note where the loop loops.

Before I posted I did my work by searching your forum but I could only find one post that had a similar issue and in only had 4 replies none of which actually helped my problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am really enjoying my learing experience in Pro-Tools and look forward to being a part of the information shared in this forum.

By the way I am using Pro-Tools LE with an Mbox2 on a PowerBook G4

Thanks in advance

[hemloc]

Most likely, your first note is starting a hair too early before the beginning of the first bar. You are set to 'ticks' and not 'samples' on that track, right?? I suggest zooming in and getting a better look at the notes, and adjusting accordingly.

[illyaas]

I have tried moving in and moving the notes and even when I move the note it still cuts the sample. I'm am not sure about the ticks/samples question, how can I tell?

Thanks for your help.

[illyaas]

I think I should give a little more information about my problem, because the suggestions that I have got so far haven't resolved the problem. The midi instrument that I am controlling is the NN-XT sampler in reasons. I have a sample from a record chopped in there and the note that is getting cut off actually gets played on the last beat of the 4th bar before the loop starts over and thats where it should be triggered. The problem is that the sample should actually continue to play into the first to beats or so of the 1st bar. The note actually does trigger at the end of the 4th bar but as soon as the cursor passes the end of bar for and loops the sample is cutoff and there is silence until the next note is triggered later in the 1st bar.

Is there a problem with samples looping in the pro-tools sequencer? like I said in my first post I am used to using the MPC for sequencing and I am a new comer to pro-tools.

Thanks Again

[Stig Eliassen]

If I understand you correctly you need to set the "sample playback mode" in the NN-XT to "one-shot". I don't remember exactly what it's called in NN-XT, but my Akai S5000 has a mode called "one-shot". This mode plays through the entire sample, so it's enough with a single note-on message to trigger and hold it. No need to sustain the notes.

Is that what you're looking for?

[illyaas]

Yeah, I think I have that already set in the NN-XT. When I hit a Key on my controller and take my finger off it right away the whole sample still plays, I don't have to hold my finger down to make the whole sample play. So I think that's set correctly. That's why this is so confusing to me. It just seems like when Pro-Tools loops the sequence whatever note that's playing at the end of the last bar gets cut off as it goes back to bar one.