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By Liondre231 Fri May 06, 2022 12:33 pm
Hello MPC users, I am wondering if anyone has ever encountered this issue and if you can help me here.

The problem I am having is a weird one, what happens is when I have the Wavestate connected to my MPC as a Midi track, there is a weird double-tracking going on.

It is hard to describe so I'll try my best here, when the synth is connected as just audio it works fine, I can play the synth keys and the sound is okay. But when I set it up as a midi track, with midi input coming from 'wavestate' or 'all ports' and the output is set to the wavestate, there is a double-tracking bug that occurs. It seems like the keys I press on the synth are also being triggered on the MPC pads, so for example I can press note C, which would be produced by the wavestate keyboard as well as the MPC pad, and so it produces a sound that sounds phasey. This only happens when I play using the wavestate keys, if I play using an external midi keyboard or the mpc pads no double tracking occurs. Has anyone encountered this issue before?

Edit : This is an extract from the Wavestate manual regarding local control that mentions this :
Local Control
[Off, On]
On: This is the default; the wavestate’s internal sounds will be played by the built-in keyboard and controllers. If you are playing the wavestate by itself, leave this setting checked.
Off: The wavestate’s keyboard and controllers, including the Mod Knobs, will be disconnected from the internal sounds. MIDI transmit and receive will continue to work normally. Use this setting if loop-back from an external sequencer causes duplicate notes.
By soulgolem Fri May 06, 2022 4:19 pm
you're causing a midi loop by connecting the in and out, you need to set local to off on your keyboard when using it this way, it's not a bug, any synth would yield the same results connected this way.
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By Lampdog Fri May 06, 2022 4:44 pm
soulgolem wrote:you're causing a midi loop by connecting the in and out, you need to set local to off on your keyboard when using it this way, it's not a bug, any synth would yield the same results connected this way.

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By Liondre231 Fri May 06, 2022 6:30 pm
Okay, thanks for the reply I see that would be the best thing to do. Just thought I'd ask to make sure there wasn't anything wrong with my Synth or the MPC which is really good to know hahaha.