RAYZOON

I described a problem in another thread, but it seems that the main issue is more general than originally described.

I have an externally hosted VST as drum output (Battery 3) driven by Jamstix 3 (outputting MIDI only.) I only ONLY get output from Battery after going into its interface and hitting a note first to "jumpstart" it. Occasionally, during the course of a session, it will stop outputting sound again, and I have to go back into the Battery interface for another jumpstart. The project is very simple - just Jamstix and Battery, and it works all other ways without issue (with a subhosted Battery, with internal Jamstix sounds, etc.), but I cannot use it that way without giving up the ability to properly save track templates and FX chains (which I have not done in project yet, BTW.)

It's almost like Battery or Jamstix takes a nap, then needs to be woken up to do anything again.

[b:f677e5ffd1]Software:[/b:f677e5ffd1]
Sonar Producer X1a build 197
Jamstix 3.1.2

Another wrinkle:

If I go to the Battery MIDI track and reset the input (from Jamstix - meaning I just re-click the already selected MIDI channel in the MIDI input channel menu AGAIN) it starts working for a while.

Just for fun, take the same Jamstix setup, remove Battery, load up a JS kit, and see if everything works fine. If it does, my guess is that it's an issue with Battery.

i'm having similar jamstix+battery problem in reaper. i started a thread in their forums - http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=76158 - and one person referred me here.

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So... i've worked with a lot of VSTis (especially NI Komplete 5) in Reaper 3.75 for a while with hardly any problems. Then i got Jamstix3, learned a little, upgraded to Jamstix3.1, and learned a little more.

The problems started when i tried to play Battery's sounds with Jamstix's 'brain'. The first occasion it worked for a while (maybe 20 min) before ending in an immediate "reaper has unexpectedly quit" crash. That time i was ready to quit anyway, so just shutdown and went to bed. The next time i tried jamstix-plays-battery, it crashed within five minutes. after that, reaper would crash (itself, not the entire computer) almost as soon as i set up the i/o and plugins to talk to each other, or open the project that had them linked.

A couple of tries later, i started seeng an error message in the jamstix screen that said the battery plugin may be corrupt, but battery works by itself just fine.

any ideas?

p.s. i temporarily went back to reaper 3.74, but that didn't make any difference.

Valtraxys_Blue: are you loading Battery into Jamstix or the host?

Ralph [RZ] wrote:Valtraxys_Blue: are you loading Battery into Jamstix or the host?

i set it so jamstix sends midi to battery on a separate track in reaper, then selected battery 3 as the kit for jamstix to play.

...of course, i'm still learning so that may be totally wrong way to set them up...

Please make sure to check 'MIDI OUT ONLY' in the JS3 mixer so JS does not load Battery into itself when using a Battery-based JS kit.

Ralph [RZ] wrote:Please make sure to check 'MIDI OUT ONLY' in the JS3 mixer so JS does not load Battery into itself when using a Battery-based JS kit.

aha, much better! thank you.