Midi Keyboard sounds great, then rattles, then good.... ad infinitum

swill0101
swill0101 Member Posts: 4 Newcomer
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I have a Yamaha p-95 midi out to Komplete Audio 6 MK2 and using Kontact. I can get a beautiful instrument sound through my connected amp and then the sound rattles, but on key to what I'm playing, then sounds good, then rattles in key…. back and forth. My use case is to play different instruments through my mac in performances. This happens if I use the keyboard in Kontakt or the physical keyboard

Sorry if this is overkill below….. just trying to cover the bases for those that would like to help me out. Thanks in advance!!

Tom

Hardware: Mac Air - playing multiple keys I see highest CPU at 10%, mem 386M, files 0%

Hardware: Komplete Audio 6 MK2 plugged:keyboard (yamaha P95) midi out to this device and it usb into my laptop. Using Out 1 1/4" to Roland amp. Not sure how good the usb cable is….

Hardware: Yamaha P-95 midi out to Komplete Audio 6 MK2 (midi in)

Hardware: Roland keyboard amp

Software: Kontact all updates applied, CPU overload protection = off, Multiprocessor = 4 cores, send midi to outside world = choose option, Offline interpolation quality = like realtime, Use computer for midi playback = unchecked, Keyboard velocity = 100, Solo mode = In place, MIDI channel assignment = Assign First free, External wave editor = <not set>, Kontakt memory save = unchecked, Instrument preload buffer size = 60 KB unchecked, Midi input = Komplete Audio 6 Port A, Kontact virtual input = port b, Audio Driver = CoreAudio, Device = Komplete Audio 6, Status = running, Sample rate = 44100, latency = 512 samples, input 0ms, processing 11.6ms output 3.1ms overall 14.7ms

Software: various VST from NI

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  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,856 mod
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    Hey @swill0101 I've contacted you by email regarding this issue, my colleagues will need to have a deeper look in your system.

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  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,856 mod

    What MIDI input have you chosen in Kontakt?

    Screenshot 2025-01-14 at 15.58.32.png

    If I understand correctly you connected the Yamaha keyboard both with USB and the physical MIDI cable. Which one did you select in Kontakt? Symptoms could indicate some kind of MIDI loop.

    Also I'm a little confused here, is it on a Mac? On a PC?

    Maybe a short video might be better in explaining the issue.

  • swill0101
    swill0101 Member Posts: 4 Newcomer

    Sorry for the confusion…. I probably put in too much info on the first pass…..

    I have the Yamaha connected via midi out to the Komplete Audio 6 midi in. The Komplete Audio 6 is connected to my Mac Air via USB. The Mac is running Kontakt and I've tried it with Ableton as well with the same rattling sound.

    I can make the video in a day or so….. thanks for any help you can lend me. I've been trying to get a good setup for a long time.

  • swill0101
    swill0101 Member Posts: 4 Newcomer

    Jeremy,

    Sorry for the delay… I had knee surgery and it took me a while to get back to my keyboard.

    Here are pics of the settings screens on Midi and Audio

    Elvis - 1 (1).jpeg
    Elvis - 3.jpeg
    Elvis - 2.jpeg

    Here is a short clip where you can hear the rattle or tinnie sound. Starts good, goes rattly, good, then rattles again.

    Elvis - 1.mov.zip

    Any help you can give would be much appreciated.😀

  • swill0101
    swill0101 Member Posts: 4 Newcomer

    Jeremy,

    The rattling sound happens on my keyboard or the virtual keyboard at the bottom of the Komplete screen. It also happens from the physical keyboard in Ableton 12 Live.

    Thanks!

  • Jeremy_NI
    Jeremy_NI Customer Care Posts: 13,856 mod
    Answer ✓

    Hey @swill0101 I've contacted you by email regarding this issue, my colleagues will need to have a deeper look in your system.

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