Dear Elektronauts,
I have a problem with my Octatrack MkII and I would really appreciate help.
The problem is simply that Octatrack pauses its sequencer after the first trig when I try to record a track in Logic Pro. The weird thing is that everything is working flawlessly when I am just input monitoring the track. Everything is perfectly in sync (thanks to my expert sleepers Usamo) but once I record arm the track and record the Octatrack is only playing the first kick and pauses the sequencer (also shown on the display). I just don’t get it, I had exactly the same setup with my Syntakt and everything worked flawlessly. In my Midi settings the only things which are ticked are transport receive and clock receive. It seems almost like when logic is recording it sends an extra message which pauses the sequencer.
I would really appreciate any help as I am not able to record like that at the moment.
Hey, I’m not too familiar with Logic Pro, is there a midi events log you can check? Even if there is no specific event that seems amiss, if you report what you see it might help someone with the troubleshooting.
Also, just one thought - to eliminate all simple issues, the usamo - can it be removed from the chain temporarily to verify there is no non-sensical reason that it may be causing the issue?
I’m not saying there is any reason it should cause a problem, however before troubleshooting everything else and finding out that it is or isn’t the problem after, can you do a test without it in the chain?
I realize it requires disabling the plug in as well as the hardware and I don’t know how involved it is to do that, but it’s the first thing I would probably try if there is no apparent issue with the OT or Logic Pro.
No problem sir, hope you can make it work with the Usamo as well, but quite glad we’re headed in the correct direction with this. So first things first, can you update the plug in and any drivers or firmware that might be on the hardware? Or even before that, try to restart your computer rig. Full power down, then power up. Just make sure it wasn’t something of an anomaly.
Sadly didn’t change anything. But now that I know it highly probably has nothing to do with the Octatrack, I will message Expert Sleepers directly. Thanks everyone!
Glad you’re able to move towards a resolution, let us know how it turns out with their support. I’ll be curious to understand what the Usamo is actually doing if the problem comes up again on the forum here. cheers.
Hey just bumping this thread to say that I am having the exact same issue - Logic Pro, USAMO, Octatrack seeming to get a Pause message right after the first hit. OT Has external MIDI Note control off and USAMO’s built-in midi monitor (thanks @sezare56 !) only shows Start and Clock messages being sent.
The only solution I’ve found, although unfortunate, is when I swapped out Logic Pro and tested the exact same rig with Ableton Live. Using a different DAW is never an answer anyone wants to hear (including myself!) but Logic seems to be the culprit here.
The really strange thing though is that USAMO only gets a signal from an audio cable sent from the Audio Unit plugin so I have no idea how Logic is handling it differently here to send some other kind of data…
