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I've had to buy a new computer and now have sib ultimate installed. When playing a series of chords into the score, sib is writing too many notes. Seems like notes from the previous chord are being repeated along with the next chord. Is there a setting somewhere that rectifies this? I've never seen it happen before.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Peter Roos - 16 Apr 11:00PM

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Hi Adrian: you don't have the sustain pedal pressed down by any chance?

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Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Adrian Drover - 17 Apr 07:48AM (edited 17 Apr 08:03AM)

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No, Peter, the sustain is not on. I've unplugged it and still getting wrong input. I was getting an echo, tho' I've fixed that by switching off midi thru., but I still have the same input problem. I've attached a screen capture to show what is happening in my score, and readout of input devices.

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Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Laurence Payne - 17 Apr 11:27AM

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On the Input Devices page you showed us, there is a setting that suggests a solution if you 'encounter problems' with MIDI input. You seem to be encountering problems. Have you tried it?

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Adrian Drover - 17 Apr 12:11PM (edited 17 Apr 12:28PM)

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Yes, Laurence, I've tried switching all options off in turn and all options off together. I still have the same problem. Also, the test button is dead visually and audibly. I've tried it with NP, Yamaha and General midi. Same problem on all.

Input is fine with single notes.
Input of dyads adds 1 note from the previous chord to new chord.
Input of triads adds 2 notes from the previous chord to new chord.
Likewise for quadrads.
Input of pentads adds 3 notes from the previous chord to new chord.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Laurence Payne - 17 Apr 02:17PM

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Did you try toggling the 'Low latency input' option and then re-starting Sibelius?

What keyboard is it?

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Adrian Drover - 17 Apr 03:31PM

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Done that, Laurence, and the answer is still no improvement. My midi instrument is a Rolandep 7ii, which I have been using since sib4 or before w'out any problems.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Adrian Drover - 19 Apr 02:01PM

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I'm happy to say that I've narrowed the problem down to the usb midi interface. I've bought a replacement and everything's now back to normal. Life was much less stressful working with pencil and paper, and I always met my deadlines.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Tony Wakefield - 20 Apr 10:35AM (edited 20 Apr 10:36AM)

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"Life was much less stressful working with pencil and paper, and I always met my deadlines".

Magnificent Adrian. I hope Sibelius see your comment.

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Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Laurence Payne - 20 Apr 12:44PM

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>Life was much less stressful working with pencil and paper, and I always met my deadlines.

I'm afraid Adrian's computers KNOW he dislikes them.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Adrian Drover - 20 Apr 02:04PM

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It's just that computers wrongly assume that I speak their language. In the old days, Laurence, the only technology I needed to deal with was a battery powered pencil sharpener and eraser. This left more room in my grey matter to plan my next chart. Tony knows what I mean.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Tony Wakefield - 20 Apr 02:16PM

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"I'm afraid Adrian's computers KNOW he dislikes them".

You bet Sibelius (AND MS etc) will know lots of our likes AND DISLIKES.
Have NASA`s computer updates ever been criticised? Have the Bank of England`s ever been also? How many of the NHS `puters have directly caused a patient shutdown? (i.e. death). I`ll bet not even the White House `puters can function without holding someone`s hand.
Thank God the Russian computers seem to be pretty stable.

I`ve got 6,7 and 8 working quite stablely. If I was offered the latest Sib update, it would need to be free, and installed remotely, with Sibelius` compliments, and with one months` comlimentary observation.

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Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Adrian Drover - 20 Apr 02:58PM

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Well, Tony, I now have sib 2018.4, build 1696, born on 2018/4/4, installed on a brand new computer and have already noticed that it is still severely sluggish when the inspector is open. My old 1969 3B pencil moved faster.

Re: Note input from midi keyboard
Posted by Tony Wakefield - 20 Apr 04:49PM (edited 24 Apr 11:47AM)

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Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 16 Apr 07:17PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Peter Roos, 16 Apr 11:00PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 17 Apr 07:48AM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Laurence Payne, 17 Apr 11:27AM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 17 Apr 12:11PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Laurence Payne, 17 Apr 02:17PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 17 Apr 03:31PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 19 Apr 02:01PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Tony Wakefield, 20 Apr 10:35AM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Laurence Payne, 20 Apr 12:44PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 20 Apr 02:04PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Tony Wakefield, 20 Apr 02:16PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Adrian Drover, 20 Apr 02:58PM

Re: Note input from midi keyboard - Tony Wakefield, 20 Apr 04:49PM