Problem: I'm not hearing any audio when
the Groove Control sequence plays.
Solution: Check the sequence's MIDI
port and Channel assignments to make sure it corresponds with
the sampler.
Problem: I'm getting a chromatic
scale playing on all of my MIDI system when I try to play
a Groove Control sequence.
Solution: The default MIDI Port assignment
of GC sequences is set to send on ALL Modem ports. Reassign
the MIDI routing to play just the desired sampler.
Problem: I'm able to play and
manipulate the Grooves from the included GC sequences, but
how do I use them in a pre-existing song or another sequence?
Solution: Copy and Paste, or Import
the sequences into the song you are working on. Some sequencers
-like Logic, allow you to just drag the tracks from one song
to another, window to window. Check your sequencer's owner's
manual regarding how to copy tracks between songs.
Problem: When I play the sequence,
it sounds like 400 drummers playing at the same time!
Solution: All the related loops (Fills,
Fill Bars, variations) are contained in one multitrack GC
sequence file. The native sequences for Logic, Cubase, etc
have Solo and mutes activated so that you only hear one track
(loop) at a time. MIDI files can't save Mutes or Solo settings,
so just manually mute tracks to make sure that you're monitoring
the MIDI tracks individually.
Problem: A few beats of the loop
are missing. Some programs don't play.
Solution: The Akai S-1000-3200 series
of samplers cannot load lots of GC programs at the same time,
due to the limitations placed on the maximum number of samples
you can have loaded in RAM. Check the maximum number of samples
or items for your sampler. This may also arise with other
older generation samplers. The more recent units (S-5000/6000,
EOS, K-2500, Unity, etc.) won't have these problems unless
dozens of GC are loaded.
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