Strange and sudden behaviour Alias 8

kneet

Hi there,

Out of the blue my Alias 8 started sending unwanted midi messages when I select any channel other then channel 01. 

I posted a youtube video to show what's going on. As you can see, Ableton receives midi messages from Alias 8 as soon as I change the midi channel to 2 or higher. I have Ableton's midi IO settings set to the values recommended in the manual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNzlvCdpxo&feature=youtu.be

I tried resetting the default settings with the online editor. My firmware is updated to the latest version. 

What can I do to fix this? :(

Mark

Well that is quite strange! Can't say I've encountered this before...

First step would be to see exactly what midi the Alias 8 is sending. Download one of these free midi monitors, and share a screen capture of the midi output after you change the channel.

------------- Midi Monitors -----------------------------
OSX - Snoize MIDI Monitor - http://www.snoize.com
Windows - MIDI OX - http://www.midiox.com
Linux - QMidiRoute - http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/QMidiRoute?content=112653
----------------------------------------------------------

On mac you can use quicktime to do a screen capture very easily.

Is the unwanted midi information the same for each channel or does it change?

Do all this testing with no other programs open!

kneet

Thanks for your quick response! 

But it turned out to be something completely different.. Somehow my Korg mickroKey mod wheel sent those messages. I didn't expect this since it only happened on channel 2 and higher. I still can't really explain how this can happen only when the Alias 8 is set to a specific channel. 

Anyway, I'm glad it is solved, thanks!