Scala Relay

Dear Group,
Although I've been using Scala files (.scl, .seq) for some time, I have only just tried the "play" (on-screen clavier) and "relay" (external clavier) features. I am using a Linux laptop, with ALSA, zynaddsubfx and using "aconnect" to route the MIDI.
In both cases (play and relay) I find that the first note sounds, then the next several (14 or 15) notes do not, then another one sounds, the next 14-15 do not, ad infinitum. Good news is the sound are at the expected pitch.
Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong?
If this is not the best place to ask, can you suggest another?

Thank you!
Steve M.

I believe Scala sends notes on different MIDI channels, so it can apply
different pitch bends to each note. It sounds as if either aconnect or your
synth is only responding to one MIDI channel and not all 16.

David Bowen

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:53 AM, martinsj013 <martinsj@...> wrote:

>
>
> Dear Group,
> Although I've been using Scala files (.scl, .seq) for some time, I have
> only just tried the "play" (on-screen clavier) and "relay" (external
> clavier) features. I am using a Linux laptop, with ALSA, zynaddsubfx and
> using "aconnect" to route the MIDI.
> In both cases (play and relay) I find that the first note sounds, then the
> next several (14 or 15) notes do not, then another one sounds, the next
> 14-15 do not, ad infinitum. Good news is the sound are at the expected
> pitch.
> Can anyone suggest what I'm doing wrong?
> If this is not the best place to ask, can you suggest another?
>
> Thank you!
> Steve M.
>
>
>

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, David Bowen <dmb0317@...> wrote:
> I believe Scala sends notes on different MIDI channels, so it can apply
> different pitch bends to each note. It sounds as if either aconnect or your
> synth is only responding to one MIDI channel and not all 16.

David,
Of course! I probably won't be able to follow this up today, but I'll bet it's the right answer. Thank you.

Steve M.

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "martinsj013" <martinsj@...> wrote:
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, David Bowen <dmb0317@> wrote:
> > I believe Scala sends notes on different MIDI channels, so it can apply
> > different pitch bends to each note. It sounds as if either aconnect or your
> > synth is only responding to one MIDI channel and not all 16.

I have this working now - with zynaddsubfx one has to explicitly enable each of the 16 channels and set each to the same instrument; luckily a "master config" file can then be saved and read in again next time; unluckily it is not a text file, so the instrument cannot be changed by a global edit of the file.
Thanks again for your help.
Steve M.