Hi!
So i have an x-touch and an extender. Im using them in tandem with LOGIC PRO on my Mac Studio.
the Behringer Controllers are working, but my FADERS are ‘STICKY’… Random Resistance… I have done tons of research on this. And I think it may have to do with the grounding in my Home Studio… If i grip the Metal CHASSIS with one hand, and slide the faders , everything works beautifully… but NOT when I just a finger to slide the faders.
Behringer of course tells me to hire an electrician to fix my Grounding issues in my Home Studio. I simply just done think this is going to solve it.
Problem occurs in different rooms, whether the connection is via USB or via NETWORK, or whether or not Im plugged into a Laptop / Mac Studio, Battery Bank etc…
Anyone else experience this ?
So one way I am thinking of dealing with this is with some filtering using BOME Translator pro.
I have experimented and have gotten some promising results, but am stuck .
As of now I have a translator that is filtering out PITCH BEND midi data coming from logic into a Virtual Port. It works to smooth the physical fader on the controller, and indeed is moving the fader in LOGIC, but once I let go of the physical fader, the fader jumps back to its original position. Im thinking I will need to Capture the fader position and script some way to get the fader to stick.
(1) I would really love to solve the random ON/OFF Note issues with the devices .
but (2) … If i could use BMT to help assist the situation, I would be slightly happy.
Thanks,
Signed RandomPlanet #FADERs_are_SCRATCHY#FADERS_Fight_Back#FADERS_have_Random_Resistance
I’ve found that if I touch the indented area (top) of the fader, it recognizes my touch but if I touch other areas of it, it does not and fights me.
One way to see if it it working correct is to use Bome MIDI Translator Pro to view what your X-touch is sending using the log window. If it is sending the correct thing, then perhaps the issue is with either Logic Pro not recognizing fader touch or perhaps not providing the correct MIDI feedback. If the correct feedback is not provided, they will indeed jump back when you release the fader.
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Hi Steve! … Thc for the Prompt reply!
So I m indeed aware of having to ‘TOUCH’ the fader as these are capacitive faders…
What I am observing is that if you place your finger on a fader knob, and you watch the MIDI Log… You will see a NOTE OFF ; then immediately a NOTE ON for ch1… As if I LITERALLY had lifted my finger… But I did not LIFT the finger.
This occurs slightly random at about every 2 or 4 seconds… I think this is causing the Jiterry ‘Resistance’ response as I move the fader up and down (On ANY Fader BTW). So Again, Ive seen people talk about this, but I have yet to see a real way to FIX the issue… But as a BandAid / Workable solution , I thought I might use BMT to filter the pitch bend information (Fader Movement) while I am physically moving the fader and have the fader STAY in place when I let got.
Translator 1.0 will block any touch and release note-on and note-off.
Translator 1.1 will pre-pend a touch-on note message, then pass through the fader message and then post-pend a touch-off note message.
This is similar to how cheap Mackie Emulation controllers work.
I put MIDI thru paths in the router to handle all other messages.
Aliases are set up as follows:
You can learn more about aliases from this tutorial.
Preset 1 is set to route from your controller to that application.
For more information about device selection, see this tutorial.
Preset 0 handles housekeeping stuff which I use in most of my projects and won’t be discussed here.
