Virus C OS 6.5 upgrade using Cubase SX

[caleyking]

Hi, Im having trouble upgrading the OS, here is what am I doing..

I disabled the MIDI clock on the Virus

I imported the MIDI file into SX, reduced the BPM to 60 and played it yet the Virus does not count any blocks.

I have a direct midi connection to my SB sound card and in SX selected all midi inputs for IN and the soundcard midi port for OUT.

Do you know what I am doing wrong please?

Thank you,

Caley

[Hollowcell]

Make sure you have allowed SX to send SYS-EX info. The setting should be somewhere in your midi setup options in SX.

[jasedee]

Under Mac OS, you go to the 'preferences' menu, and it will be there under the MIDI sub-menu, as "Filter"....just un-check the sysex box.

With Windoze...I dunno, but it must be the same thing really

Good luck!!!

[caleyking]

Ok tried the enabing/disabling Sys-Ex in SX, still nothing. My virus is not responding or anything to the the midi file from SX - just sits there.

Do I need to tell the Virus to recieve the file or anything - the manual doesn't say anything tho about this on p159??

I must be doing something fundamentally wrong?

[jasedee]

What about the MIDI device manager in SX? Try setting up the Virus as a MIDI device and choose the correct MIDI port etc.....then when you select the MIDI out from the track in SX, it should have the Virus there.....

I dont know if this even makes a difference, but it might?

Apart from that, how about an email to Access technical support...they are a good bunch there and may be able to help pinpoint something that we have missed.

From recollection, the 1024 update was relatively pain free, so the only thing I can really think can be the problem is the Soundblaster....

Good luck!!!

[caleyking]

Yeh, I think the SB Audigy 2 Plat EX 2 might be the problem - will be gutted if it is - cost nearly ?200

Isolated the problem - when I do a loopback test only two bytes are returned instead of three

[3o3]

That SB-card sucks, even if you only use it to control midi-data.

I used to use my SB-card as a midi-interface, but had some odd latency in the midi-signals and so on.

So i borrowed my friends Midiman 2*2 - even if i hate midiman-stuff this works alright, but it still goes postal sometimes and refuses to stop sending midi-data.

Or is it my brothers PC acting up? - i mean, his computer is used for everything. esp. games and his paint-programs.

Well, i'll get a own pc soon i guess.. or an hardware sequencer

[jasedee]

Mmmm.....

Im not familiar with the loopback test, but does this mean it is definately the SB? There might be something you can do to work around the problem, so maybe a detailed email to Access tech support???? They might have a solution other than get a new card...

It might be worth investing in a small USB/MIDI interface...and they are not too expensive these days. Obviously it is better to have a good one, but if you cant afford it, just go for something like what 303 suggested?

Anyways, hope it is all sorted out soon!

[caleyking]

Ok my midi is working as playing around with the SB controls I managed to get the sound card controlling the virus

Now I have to try and get SX to get it to synch !!

[caleyking]

WAHEY - got it, sorted - had to check the right box under transport/synch -thanks guys - one happy Virus C user now