Old 10-14-2017, 02:16 PM   #1
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Default MIDI notes just...disappearing

It's that simple. random notes interspersed throughout the entire composition just seem to disappear. I was doing damage control for a while, but there's just no fixing it. Sometimes it's single notes, other times entire items are empty. They just keep going. Am I doing something wrong? Seriously considering switching DAWs over this.


Just re-listened to the entire track and there are soooo many notes gone. It's my own composition, I know every note and every note's place, I could go back in and rewrite it if I had to, but one, they'll just keep disappearing, and two, and more importantly, I should never have to do this. Ever. This is so bizarre. It's infuriating. Please help if you can.
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Old 10-14-2017, 02:21 PM   #2
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I've never had something like that happen in Reaper...
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Old 10-14-2017, 02:28 PM   #3
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Have you checked the MIDI event view to see if the "missing" notes are visible there?
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Old 10-14-2017, 03:31 PM   #4
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Have you checked the MIDI event view to see if the "missing" notes are visible there?
Is that where you press E on the item?
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Old 10-14-2017, 03:52 PM   #5
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No... dbl-click a MIDI item to get into the MIDI Editor then press Alt-3
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Old 11-04-2017, 01:46 AM   #6
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Noticed you had started a second thread, but hadn't updated this to tell us what your progress was.

So. To get back to your initial post, could you tell us a bit about what equipment you are using (what keyboard, etc) and what your computer setup consists of, including cpu, amount of ram, what OS - including version - and most importantly, what Audio/MIDI interface you are using & what drivers?
Hopefully ASIO.

Next step is to download and run resplendence dot com's latency checker while you have reaper running.
The results of all this will at least give us a baseline to work from.

Without really having much to go on, it rather sounds like you have something going on between your keyboard, interface & Reaper in terms of buffer overflow.
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Old 11-04-2017, 03:07 AM   #7
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What exactly do you mean by "random notes interspersed throughout the entire composition just seem to disappear"?

* How did you input the notes? By recording from a MIDI keyboard, or by drawing in the MIDI editor?

* Did the notes exist for a while before suddenly disappearing, or are you recording the notes live, and some notes never got recorded?
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Old 11-04-2017, 11:02 AM   #8
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Are you saving your work?
Before you start thinking Reaper does this because it has singled you out, this as has been said by EvilDragon is a unheard of happening. Is there anyone out there that has heard of this happening before?
This may be a new happening that said underswamp you should simmer down and let the techs into your world for a while.

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Old 11-04-2017, 04:28 PM   #9
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Noticed you had started a second thread, but hadn't updated this to tell us what your progress was.

So. To get back to your initial post, could you tell us a bit about what equipment you are using (what keyboard, etc) and what your computer setup consists of, including cpu, amount of ram, what OS - including version - and most importantly, what Audio/MIDI interface you are using & what drivers?
Hopefully ASIO.

Next step is to download and run resplendence dot com's latency checker while you have reaper running.
The results of all this will at least give us a baseline to work from.

Without really having much to go on, it rather sounds like you have something going on between your keyboard, interface & Reaper in terms of buffer overflow.
Hi, thanks. I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad, and I'm writing in all the notes at all times, never using a MIDI keyboard. I run an i5 processor with 4GBs of ram and Windows 7. I don't use an interface currently, but my audio driver is currently set to "Waveout"; I can easily switch to ASIO. I think I was getting underruns (probably due to 4GB ran) and so I switched it since I'm not recording any audio.

I got the following error:

Service Unavailable

HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable.

at http://www.resplendence.com/ but will try again later. Thanks for your help. I like Reaper and don't want to switch, but this is obviously a deal breaker if it can't be fixed. Thanks again.
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Old 11-04-2017, 04:30 PM   #10
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What exactly do you mean by "random notes interspersed throughout the entire composition just seem to disappear"?

* How did you input the notes? By recording from a MIDI keyboard, or by drawing in the MIDI editor?

* Did the notes exist for a while before suddenly disappearing, or are you recording the notes live, and some notes never got recorded?
I mean in MIDI items from up to the beginning of the track that I haven't touched at all while working on the tail end, will just drop notes. Say it's an item with 16 straight quarter notes, maybe the 13th just disappears. The item was not touched.

I edit by drawing, never with a midi keyboard.

The notes definitely exist for a while before deleting themselves, like I mentioned they're from the beginning of the track which was then finished.

Thanks a lot for your help.
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Old 11-04-2017, 04:32 PM   #11
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Are you saving your work?
Before you start thinking Reaper does this because it has singled you out, this as has been said by EvilDragon is a unheard of happening. Is there anyone out there that has heard of this happening before?
This may be a new happening that said underswamp you should simmer down and let the techs into your world for a while.

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I save regularly, yes. It's not notes from the newest work being deleted, and they are not deleted in groups. It is individual notes deleting themselves in long finished MIDI items.
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Old 11-04-2017, 04:48 PM   #12
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Off the top of my head, perhaps the MIDI Event Filter is hiding some notes?

Run the action "Filter: Show/hide filter window", and check whether options such as "Show only events that pass filter" or "Solo" have been checked.

In the bottom right corner of the MIDI editor, there is a dropdown list of channels, and if a channel is selected, a small checkbox named "Filter" will appear. This filter checkbox does not only filter channels, but also activates the full Event Filter.
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Old 11-06-2017, 07:17 PM   #13
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Off the top of my head, perhaps the MIDI Event Filter is hiding some notes?

Run the action "Filter: Show/hide filter window", and check whether options such as "Show only events that pass filter" or "Solo" have been checked.

In the bottom right corner of the MIDI editor, there is a dropdown list of channels, and if a channel is selected, a small checkbox named "Filter" will appear. This filter checkbox does not only filter channels, but also activates the full Event Filter.
Thanks. I've actually already went back and corrected all the self-deleted notes, so unfortunately I guess I can't do this at this point. I'm not sure how to run those actions besides binding it to a keystroke and doing it that way. Is there a menu path I can follow? Thanks.

If I haven't already mentioned this, I upgraded to the latest version and am hoping for the best.
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