Live record with midi keyboard transposes notes recorded up an octave

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I can’t seem to figure this out. When live recording on play plus with a midi keyboard it records notes up an octave. When live record is off it plays the correct notes. It even shows the correct note being played, when live record is off, in the notes display. Why is this happening?

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Well that is definitely a first as I’ve never heard of this issue before. What MIDI keyboard are you using? Can you confirm also that it uses MIDI TRS type B if that is relevant?

Cheers!

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I am using a Nord stage 3. I think it’s specifically if I play down at like F0 it will transpose to F1. It might just be the first octave. However it does play an F0 when I’m not live recording.

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If you haven’t tried already, could you start from a clean project just to confirm it’s not something set on the project level?

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Made a new project. Actually it’s all the octaves that get shifted up one when recording, but they are correct when I’m not live recording. My Nord uses CME Widi > to a cme h4 > to rk006 > play+. I don’t think it’s my midi routing because it plays normal when I’m not live recording. I can actually hear the lower note as I record but then when it comes back around it’s an octave up.

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Ah ok, those are important details :slight_smile:

Could you bring it down to the simplest configuration with wired MIDI from your Nord directly to the P+ please? This will really help to rule out the other devices.

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Ok I did a test straight from the Nord and also with a launch key mini. It’s something weird with the Nord because it recorded correctly with the launch key mini, but not the Nord directly connected. Thanks for your help. I still think it’s weird because it plays normal but records wrong.

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So strange. I just plugged the Nord back in after trying the launch key mini and now the Nord is recording correctly. So weird.

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Life is weird :upside_down_face:

I wish I could tell you what was possibly going on but I have no idea. Being it was playing the recording back normal really does point to something that was going on in the MIDI path.

Glad it got sorted. Modern day version of smacking the TV when it gets wonky :sweat_smile:

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Somehow smacking the tv was more satisfying. Thanks again for walking me through my lack of trouble shooting.

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