I've got a Mackie Control and an XT unit (actually they started life as
Logic Controls but got the chip upgrade to make them MC Universal). I
use them with both Pro Tools and Digital Performer through an Opcode
Studio 4 midi interface. They work flawlessly in PT (aside from the HUI
profile's lack of implementation of auxes in any but the first 8
channels). In DP however, all else being the same aside from using the
Mackie Control profile, the fader data glitches sporadically on input,
generating brief, random maximum or minimum fader values. So it appears
the problem in my case is in the software, not the hardware. Might be
for you too.

Ted Spencer, NYC




John_LeBlanc wrote:
"jdobb2001" wrote in message
oups.com...
Samplitude and I tested 2 boards on 2 of our samplitude
workstations.
same thing I was told to look at the midi controller incoming data
and
it confirmed it. you can see where it drops midi sometimes etc..

It was working okay initially but then a few days later it seemed
like
the faders got jumpy. I loved it when it was working but I cannot
feel
confident working on something that might or might not be 100%
Back to the mouse.

Oh. Well, if you check the Samplitude forums in the hardware area
you'll see
this was discussed. There's an issue with the data rate between the
computer and
the Mackie Controller and this issue is impacted by latency. The
lower your
buffer, the better it tracks. But lower buffer means you cannot use a
whole
bunch of plugins, tracks, or both, or you'll have a totally different
problem to
deal with.

I talked with Dan at Synthax a week or so ago about the Mackie
Controller and
Samplitude. He said they were going to cover this territory at the
show this
week. I remember someone (don't recall who) stating that version 8.x
of
Samplitude was going to straighten out some of the controlling
issues.

I hope so, because I've yet to get any surface working adequately
with
Samplitude, including an 01V. This is even more annoying since twice
weekly I
sit in another studio that uses Nuendo and a Yamaha DM2000 as the
control
surface and it works exceptionally well.

Finally, you could always don your moonsuit and ask in the Samplitude
forums.

John LeBlanc
Houston, TX