DunedinDragon Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I've come across something I can't explain or correct, so I'm throwing this out there to see if someone has some insight on it before I get in touch with Line 6 Support. I'm using the command center to control my Beat Buddy via MIDI commands. A critical aspect of how I'm doing it is I'm using the first instantaneous command to send the program change to the Beat Buddy to select the appropriate drum song to match the song I'm selecting as a preset on the Helix. This works fine as whenever I switch to a preset the appropriate drum song gets selected for that preset on the Beat Buddy. When I examine the instantaneous command it all looks correct from within HX Edit with the program control message assigned only to the first snapshot button and operates correctly using the standard midi commands for controlling the drums assigned to the stomps. However, when I select the second snapshot (even if it hasn't been assigned anything) it still sends the same program change message and interrupts/stops the drums. The same holds true for all the other snapshots on my top row even if they're empty or unassigned to do anything. When I examine the other instantaneous commands they're all empty, only the first instantaneous command has the PCM defined. I've also configured to snapshots to discard changes just to make sure nothing weird is happening in that regard. Have I missed a step here or am I not understanding something about the command center? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 This is what the Duplicate PC Send setting under Global Settings>MIDI/Tempo controls. If it's set to On, the PC you have set for an Instant Command will be sent every time you change snapshots, even if the value doesn't change. If you have it set to Off, the PC will only change if you have a different value set for the snapshot that's loading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 4 hours ago, phil_m said: This is what the Duplicate PC Send setting under Global Settings>MIDI/Tempo controls. If it's set to On, the PC you have set for an Instant Command will be sent every time you change snapshots, even if the value doesn't change. If you have it set to Off, the PC will only change if you have a different value set for the snapshot that's loading. Well...that was interesting. It was already set to OFF. However in experimenting a little more with it I discovered that the cutoff of the Beat Buddy only occurs if I press an empty or unused snapshot. Simply renaming the snapshot apparently stops it from sending the PC and shutting down the Beat Buddy. I'm afraid my Helix is haunted now....but at least I have a workaround. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 21 hours ago, DunedinDragon said: Simply renaming the snapshot apparently stops it from sending the PC and shutting down the Beat Buddy. Wow! Never would have guessed that! VERY strange! BUT I wouldn't rule out hants.... I set up a simple preset - nothing but Snapshot 1 IC 1 set to send a PC#, no renaming. It sent on Preset load, did NOT send on any other Snapshot or on reselecting Snapshot 1. In fact, no matter what I tried, I couldn't replicate your problem. Corrupted preset or hants or......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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