Pearl 2K - Execution steps via MIDI

[MHelden]

Hi

Console: Pearl 2000
Firmware: 8 march 2004 Build 8


I'm having trouble execution steps within a chase when the chase is activated via MIDI.
If I raise the fader the chase executes step by step ( in total 7 steps in 32 seconds )
In above case I see the steps executing one by one on the VDU monitor

But if I have the chase started by a MIDI command on the VDU monitor I
see all the 7 steps appear on screen and right away they disappear again. None of the steps are executed.

So when controlled via MIDI, within a second the steps show up on the VDU monitor and disappear again.


Is this a known problem or a setup issue ??

Your help is much appreciated

Regards,
Mark van Helden

[Mhelden]

On the VDU Monitor I see a code 90 (note on) comming in, followed by a midi code 80 (note off). So I guess my PC (using cubase sx) is sending a "note off" incorrectly.

[MHelden]

I found it.

Maybe logical for you guys but for me, absolutly new to Midi it wasn't
But the following line in the release notes trigged me :

- A Note OFF can now be used to kill a playback

My NOTE commands were to short

To start playback fader 1, for instance, I send Note C2 with a value of 127
( Playback fader 1 to Full ) with a length of 0.1 seconds.

Later I send a Note C2 with a value of 0 (to kill playback fader 1) with a length with 0.1 seconds.

Between the two commands the playback will execute, so I thought. But
at the end of the first 0.1 seconds a Note off is send, which kills the
playback right away.

Now I'v changed the length of first Note command to the length of the entire chase. So now it works.

Regards,
Mark van Helden