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By Dwaalzin Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:23 am
Hi, long time lurker here but this time I really can't find any answers. I hope i'm just overlooking things and this is a stupid user error.. :Sigh:

So, this is new: I've set up my MPC to receive midi clock via a ERM Multiclock. It works flawless, except since yesterday when I press shift in my project, the sequencing stops. All my synths and drumprograms just stop. It sends a stop command of some sort?! I just opened a new project and it doesn't do it there. I tried to check the midi ins and outs, but unsure what to look for..

Any help? How can I troubleshoot this?
By Dwaalzin Sun Nov 07, 2021 11:46 am
Allright, double post for future reference because I just fixed it. I unplugged all midi things in and started re-evaluating. In the midi monitor I saw a message about the song position pointer, this popped up when pressing shift. The ERM multiclock is the master and midi out goes into midi in 1 on the mpc. When going into the midi settings, I had master, control and track activated on midi input 1/mpc. After disabling control, pressing shift won't stop the sequencing of the MPC.

Why this happend I still have no idea, any suggestions?
By Dwaalzin Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:47 pm
EnochLight wrote:User error? :lol: Seriously though, great you seemed to have fixed your issue. I've never had the shift button send stop commands though. No clue how that ended up. Have you done a system preferences reset after upgrading your firmware?


Haha :lol:

Happy it's fixed. I always try to really find it out because when it happens during a performance/soundcheck.. you want to know what to squash. I saw it triggered some sort of midi message that corresponded or came from the ERM Multiclock: F2 49 00 this moved the playmarker.

Its fixed now but do you still recommend doing a reset? I didn't know about it till you just mentioned it. What will it erase? All the preferences only?