MIDI notes are 'doubled' once recorded!

Scaler 2 Support
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Hi,

When I play MIDI into my DAW (Cakewalk by Bandlab) from Scaler, the MIDI notes are exactly duplicated on top of one another, doubled up, causing a wierd chorusing effect. I could go into the Piano Roll View and manually delete the unwanted duplication, but it’s very annoying. Any advice?

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Hi @Daylaa

does this happen when dragging individual chords or using the drag progression from the Section C ?

Thanks,
Ed

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Hi, no it doesn’t. It only happens when I play/record the chords into my DAW (cakewalk).

… Using my keyboard controller

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Silly question but is it happening on any other software? Do you have a ‘Local Off’ option on your midi keyboard?

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I’m afraid I have no other software to test it on, only Cakewalk.
I’ve tried turning the Local option off as you suggested, but the issue is still occuring.

So if I play ‘single notes’ in Scaler and record them into the DAW, they are recorded in a strange ‘doubled’ fashion, where 2 MIDI notes are laid almost exactly on top of each other, with a hair’s width difference laterally - causing a chorusing effect.

What’s most confusing - when I record chords on a track with Sclare loaded on it into the DAW and then open up the Piano Roll View to observe what’s making the strange chorusing sound - I don’t find ‘doubles’ but instead, if I audition the notes of each chord one by one, the 2nd note from the bottom of EACH chord actually plays the whole chord, not just the single note. I can’t understand that one. Is any of this making any sense?

So it’s the equivalent of me placing my hand on a piano, spreading my fingers over a chord, but in turn pressing each note once, so that you can hear the individual notes that make up the chord…but as I push the 2nd note from the left, you hear the ENTIRE chord, even though I only pushed one.

If I move the recorded MIDI to another track, there’s no issue. EDIT: Also, if I route the MIDI to another track altogether when recording, there’s no issue. It must be something to do with recording MIDI on the same track with Scaler on it.

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Sadly we are not tech support…but I am willing to bet it has nothing to do with Scaler. To rule me out, download a free DAW or trial version of something (Reaper, Logic, Ableton) and try it there. I have a hunch it will behave normally. Seems like Cakewalk midi pass through is doubling up due to a setting somewhere…

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Nevertheless, I appreciate your time. I’ll make do with routing to a different track. I can just about get what I need from Scaler that way. Thanks for your help.