MIDI activity light, always on during use.

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bombshell
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MIDI activity light, always on during use.

Post by bombshell »

I'm using two GCX units, controlled by Ableton.
the loops switch on and off fine, but, I assume because of the way ableton does midi notes, the MIDI activity light is always solidly lit.
I have no loss in functionality, I just want to verify that no harm will come to my GCXs from having a signal constantly sent to those relays, or however it works.

thanks
(hope that was moderately understandable)

JohnClark
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Re: MIDI activity light, always on during use.

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If the LED is lit up solid, I would assume that you have first sent the MIDI SysEx message that configures the two standard GCX units to listen to a different set of Control Change messages. If so, then this is normal. Also, the LEDs will flash whenever MIDI Data is sent to the GCXs.
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bombshell
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Re: MIDI activity light, always on during use.

Post by bombshell »

That's great to hear. My mind can rest now! :)

yes, i've sent a sysex message to manually assign them as #1 and #2.

Thanks!

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