MIDI in 2021 and BEYOND

[Marsdy]

Originally Posted by LFO

I know some users report this and other strange stuff as well, for myself I never had those notes dessappearing and I use midi in PTools quite a lot.Never understood what could be the cause, it must be a configuration thing
[PTools Ultimate 2021.7/mac OS Catalina]

The only time I’ve ever seen this is dragging and dropping a MIDI file from Stylus RMX onto a track in Pro Tools. The first note in the clip disappears and I found the weird thing is you can’t manually add it back! The workaround for me has been to import the clip, Consolidate it and then add the note, then it sticks.

[squidknees]

Originally Posted by cwsand

There are MIDI playlists, though primitive.

Ah HA! Eureka! after your reading this I went and hit the "apple \" command and it appears that the midi clip went off to a playlist somewhere.. I sure would like to be able to access that playlist in the same manner that I access others tho... Any and all help in this regard would be most welcome.

Thanks!!

[squidknees]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

The only time I’ve ever seen this is dragging and dropping a MIDI file from Stylus RMX onto a track in Pro Tools. The first note in the clip disappears and I found the weird thing is you can’t manually add it back! The workaround for me has been to import the clip, Consolidate it and then add the note, then it sticks.

I may be experiencing some bugs as I am on a fresh new "Big Sur" system. Its an intel i7 system but still uncharted territory running Big Sur I suppose. Any and all help is much appreciated in regards to MIDI!! Feel free to share tips and tricks if you like or links to resources! Thank you and your time is greatly appreciated!

[squidknees]

Originally Posted by ejsongs

I’ve actually been really enjoying midi editing in pt as of late. I recently came back to it from s1. Before then logic. Being honest, I never really gave protools a chance regarding midi till now. There are a lot of hidden features that many just don’t know. I’ve been watching as many you tube tutorials as I can and I’ve picked up so much. I have no idea as to why avid doesn’t really put the word out about what the possibilities are on the midi side. Crap, there is even a FL studio type drum editor work around if you have the patience to set it up and save it as a template.

Dig deep…pt midi is way more robust than many think.

Ej

Thank you for this!! Thats reassuring to hear and I will do some digging and try to get my skills up. I will admit that I'm trying to mainly use PT as my only DAW where normally I would be using Ableton and then moving to PT.. Which may still be the answer but it would be nice to have everything in one DAW.. Anyways thanks for your input and any links or recommendations for resources is much appreciated!

[squidknees]

Originally Posted by LFO

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Well,FYI, I don't get any crash editing midi notes, I'm on PTools 2021.7 Mac OS Catalina....

I probably should have mentioned that I am on Big Sur.. May be some bugs to work out... Heres my full specs Im still trying to figure out how to add them to the bottom of post without having to manually paste? ...new here :)

Mac mini (2018) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Mac OS Big Sur
Pro Tools 2021.7
Pro Tools Carbon Interface

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by squidknees

I probably should have mentioned that I am on Big Sur.. May be some bugs to work out... Heres my full specs Im still trying to figure out how to add them to the bottom of post without having to manually paste? ...new here :)

Mac mini (2018) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Mac OS Big Sur
Pro Tools 2021.7
Pro Tools Carbon Interface

Put your specs in your signature file.

[LFO]

Originally Posted by Marsdy

The only time I’ve ever seen this is dragging and dropping a MIDI file from Stylus RMX onto a track in Pro Tools. The first note in the clip disappears and I found the weird thing is you can’t manually add it back! The workaround for me has been to import the clip, Consolidate it and then add the note, then it sticks.

Well I remember dragging some RMX files without problem but not recently, will try again and let you know

[LFO]

Originally Posted by squidknees

I probably should have mentioned that I am on Big Sur.. May be some bugs to work out... Heres my full specs Im still trying to figure out how to add them to the bottom of post without having to manually paste? ...new here :)

Mac mini (2018) 3.2 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7
32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4
Mac OS Big Sur
Pro Tools 2021.7
Pro Tools Carbon Interface

Well it could be a Big Sur thing but some people not on BigSur mentioned Midi editing problems so.. I also use a Carbon interface on a 2015 iMac

[ZEUSS]

Originally Posted by LFO

I know some users report this and other strange stuff as well, for myself I never had those notes dessappearing and I use midi in PTools quite a lot.Never understood what could be the cause, it must be a configuration thing
[PTools Ultimate 2021.7/mac OS Catalina]

This has been happening for years. And I am on that configuration and I see notes disappear daily. Using Midi all day. Tons of VI. Only workaround at the moment is too consolidate the midi region and make it a new one. Then you can move the midi note without it disappearing....

Also as others have stated. Why you can't have it in Clips view when arranging and a separation cuts the midi note?? Nope. Your screwed. BASIC workflow...

Midi needs an overhaul period! Why do all the composers not use Protools? "The Power to Create" as AVID says... Yeah right! The workaround is to use the competing daws to compose.... And AVID is the standard in FILM!!! Go figure!

Protools chokes with most VI's. With one track! CPU overload/Spikes with a 128 buffer! Solution... Use VEP to host the VI's... What!!! Come on now! Buy more software from ANOTHER company to be able to compose in PRO tools....

My systems are up to speck with clean installs and up to date plugins. Doesn't matter. Its PRO tools....

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by squidknees

I may be experiencing some bugs as I am on a fresh new "Big Sur" system. Its an intel i7 system but still uncharted territory running Big Sur I suppose. Any and all help is much appreciated in regards to MIDI!! Feel free to share tips and tricks if you like or links to resources! Thank you and your time is greatly appreciated!

What is your fresh new BS system? Have you wiped the system storage and started fresh or just bought a new hardware from nearest fruit store?