Leonid Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Is anybody using Mainstage 3.2 with Casio Px5s? I'm experiecing strange glitches and pops during playing any instrument. Just trying out what could be the issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 I have MainStage 3.2 but I haven't tried it yet with anything, really. If I do, I will let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 Would be very interesting, as I'm a bit confused, all review of mainstage are pointing it as reliable thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppin Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Glitches and pops in virtual instruments often come from latency and buffering issues. If the buffer isn't big enough, or the latency is too short, you can get pops, distortion, clipping, all kinds of weird stuff. Latency is the time from when you press a key or initiate a sound to the time the sound is actually produced by the hardware. This value can usually be set and may be dependent on a certain sized buffer. A buffer holds or pools digital data that can represent the sound and then sends this information out to the hardware. While the data is pooling, it gives the processor a chance to do any conversions or processing needed to produce the sound. A big buffer may create a long latency, but should help to produce the sound as intended. Too small of a buffer may decrease latency but not allow the processor enough time to deal with the data. The short version of all this - check the latency and buffer settings if you can - and see if you can make any changes. This may not be a cause, but it is common with the symptoms you describe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 What kind of Mac are you running on? I've read reports that those using the 13" in Retina mode have been having problems. There's a thread on Keyboard Corner called MainStage Tips and Tricks where this is being discussed. You might want to look through that thread and see if you can find something that helps you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 For Choppin: no, only one instrument is running, buffer settings are fine and works with other programms(GarageBand). And problems are even if im pressing one note in tempo 80:) Joe Muscara, Its latest Macbook pro 15, so its i7, 16 gb ram, quite powerful. But thank you will check this thread as well.The cpu and memory load level is very low, eben not 20 percents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Tried everything, Even reinstall. Version 3.2 simply doesnt work. Shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmproducoes Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Hi there, I´m a pro user of MS. the new version 3.2 has a few bugs. But I read that Privia has a a new feature (High Def MIDI - CC88), can you try to disable it on Privia and see if improves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonid Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 Forgot to answer here, thank you for reminder. No, problem was not in High definition midi. Problem is that Mainstage is incorrectly working with threads(and mistankely calling them Cores). I have 4 cores with help of hyperthreading it means 8. And mainstage cannot handle it. The only normal number of threads it can use 6 and less. After it glitches stop, but its not funny not to be able use all power of apple macbook with apple program. Ive reported this bug to apple, no answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmproducoes Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Hi there. the MS can and support 8 multicores. I´ve been used more than 6 years in macbook pro and imac with 8 cores and no problem. I know the MS 3.2 has some bugs. Have you tried it with MS 3.1.1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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