Multiple disconnected devices causing issues

Just an FYI -

I’ve always been a believer in redundancy while gigging. Since Windows and Cantabile are very specific about which devices are plugged into which USB ports, I’ve duplicated MIDI audio devices in Cantabile so that I didn’t have to worry too much which port I plugged into.

A few months ago I started to notice some rare issues with my Cantabile rig occurring more frequently. This showed up as stuck MIDI notes and I couldn’t figure out why it was happening. While I couldn’t make this happen at will, it was happening multiple times during each rehearsal and I usually had to restart Cantabile (if not reboot the laptop) before I could get sound again.

Once I removed the “redundant” devices the problem went away.

Not sure why it was an issue, and the fix was easy enough, but I wanted to let others know in case they had similar configs and saw this issue.

Pat

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