Skipping first note or 2?
 

very minor problem, but can anyone get the first couple notes in a sequence to play back like any other synth would?

this is really just nit-picking... but why not :)

You using Logic?

I get this same issue with a midi loop in ableton.
Skips the first note, but after it loops all plays in sync

logic, guilty as charged

Yep
That's a kick in the cunt!

Just give it a measure in a song before playback.
While recording that really chaffs me....
'cause I ain't no keyboardist.

Access says that's an issue with Logic
but I've sent the midi tracks to my other
hardware...and it works fine.

So don't know what to tell you. Find a work around I guess...