Notes are skipped when playing something

bdeschenes · Apr 14, 2004, 03:18 AM

Hi everyone,

My problem is the following.

- I use Sibelius 3.0.
- I use Win XP.
- I use an EMU APS.
- I write mostly using ethnic instrument sounds (shakuhachi, koto, sitar and the like).
- I have a piece with shakuhachi and koto.
- Strangely, about half of the notes of the shakuhachi part do not play.
- They are skipped over randomly.
- It is not linked to the range of the instrument, because I can hear the C3, G3, A3, but not D3 and E3.
- But everything plays in beat, just that these notes are skipped.

I would like to understand if it is linked to the driver (which I don't think since I just installed the lastest (3534) and I get the same results as previously, or if my EMU kit is slowly dying out.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Bruno Deschênes

**dj_stick** · Apr 14, 2004, 03:22 AM

get the latest drivers, 3537
as for notes being skipped… sibelius uses MIDI, you have soundfonts loaded for the shakuhachi? if so the SF bank for that maybe corrupted, try getting a new one if possible

NightBreed · Apr 14, 2004, 02:27 PM

Also, if you are using soundfonts. Use "Vienna" soundfont editor or anything else like that to check the velocity layers of the sounds. Some instruments velocities may not be stretched across the entire range that it's suppose to be.

bdeschenes · Apr 16, 2004, 04:02 AM

I uploaded v. 3537 and changed my SF2 files and the problem remains. As for the second suggestion, I do not think so. The Sounfonts were working perfectly a month ago.

**Eugene Gavrilov** · Apr 17, 2004, 01:36 AM

perhaps the soundfont is too large (well, not the soundfont itself, but the samples)

/E

bdeschenes · Apr 18, 2004, 10:56 PM

Dear Eugene, I discovered that EMU has new drivers 1.6. Just to help me find out what is going on, I thought of removing yours and installing them. They work perfectly. My problem of skipped notes disappear. Yet, I am running into some other problems: the quality of the sound is much lower (yours are better), I can not access a CD playing on my CD-Rom. Am I the first one with this problem? The different answers I got so far did not work. I want to continue using your drivers, but I need to understand what is going on. Thanks a lot! Bruno

wmjordan · Apr 19, 2004, 04:14 PM

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Originally posted by bdeschenes
Dear Eugene, I discovered that EMU has new drivers 1.6. Just to help me find out what is going on, I thought of removing yours and installing them. They work perfectly. My problem of skipped notes disappear. Yet, I am running into some other problems: the quality of the sound is much lower (yours are better), I can not access a CD playing on my CD-Rom. Am I the first one with this problem? The different answers I got so far did not work. I want to continue using your drivers, but I need to understand what is going on. Thanks a lot! Bruno

Hello,
You are having the same headache as I do.

wmjordan · Apr 19, 2004, 04:15 PM

I guess that i can explain the problem, if i can upload a screen shot to this forum.

**dj_stick** · Apr 19, 2004, 09:56 PM

try usign one of the soundfont files on the creative driver cd to see if there is skipping on that, if there is not then it may be an issue with the sf itself but try

Apr 14, 2004, 03:18 AM	#1
bdeschenes DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montréal, Canada Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Notes are skipped when playing something Hi everyone, My problem is the following. - I use Sibelius 3.0. - I use Win XP. - I use an EMU APS. - I write mostly using ethnic instrument sounds (shakuhachi, koto, sitar and the like). - I have a piece with shakuhachi and koto. - Strangely, about half of the notes of the shakuhachi part do not play. - They are skipped over randomly. - It is not linked to the range of the instrument, because I can hear the C3, G3, A3, but not D3 and E3. - But everything plays in beat, just that these notes are skipped. I would like to understand if it is linked to the driver (which I don't think since I just installed the lastest (3534) and I get the same results as previously, or if my EMU kit is slowly dying out. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Bruno Deschênes __________________ Bruno Deschênes --------------------- E-mail: bruno@musis.ca

Apr 16, 2004, 04:02 AM	Thread Starter #4
bdeschenes DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montréal, Canada Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Tried it and does not work I uploaded v. 3537 and changed my SF2 files and the problem remains. As for the second suggestion, I do not think so. The Sounfonts were working perfectly a month ago. __________________ Bruno Deschênes --------------------- E-mail: bruno@musis.ca

Apr 18, 2004, 10:56 PM	Thread Starter #6
bdeschenes DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Montréal, Canada Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	I tried something here Dear Eugene, I discovered that EMU has new drivers 1.6. Just to help me find out what is going on, I thought of removing yours and installing them. They work perfectly. My problem of skipped notes disappear. Yet, I am running into some other problems: the quality of the sound is much lower (yours are better), I can not access a CD playing on my CD-Rom. Am I the first one with this problem? The different answers I got so far did not work. I want to continue using your drivers, but I need to understand what is going on. Thanks a lot! Bruno __________________ Bruno Deschênes --------------------- E-mail: bruno@musis.ca

Apr 19, 2004, 04:15 PM	#8
wmjordan kX Driver @ China Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Five-star Country - China Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	I guess that i can explain the problem, if i can upload a screen shot to this forum. __________________ Me's box: Sempron 2200+, 1G DDR RAM, SBLive! CT3843 10k1, Windows 2003 Chinese Simplfied SP2, DirectX 9

Apr 14, 2004, 02:27 PM	#3
NightBreed DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 380 Rep Power: 0	Also, if you are using soundfonts. Use "Vienna" soundfont editor or anything else like that to check the velocity layers of the sounds. Some instruments velocities may not be stretched across the entire range that it's suppose to be.

Apr 17, 2004, 01:36 AM	#5
Eugene Gavrilov kX Project Lead Programmer and Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,119 Rep Power: 75	perhaps the soundfont is too large (well, not the soundfont itself, but the samples) /E