MIDI Merge Bug? Issues with Boss MS-3 and Infinity Looper

BeatBuddy Help, Questions and Bugs
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Oops, I posted this in the general discussion forum. I’ll try to delete it.

The ‘Too long, didn’t read’ version: Beatbuddy drops MIDI messages from MS-3 sent to the Infinity, but only after Beatbuddy has changed songs.

Setup: Boss MS-3 MIDI out to Beatbuddy MIDI thru to Infinity. Latest firmware on everything.

Details: I’m using a Boss MS-3 to send MIDI messages through the Beatbuddy to the Infinity. The Beatbuddy is also sending Start/Stop and tempo commands. So I have the Beatbuddy MIDI set as ‘THRU’. This works as it should when I first turn on all the equipment.

So what’s the problem? When I change to a different song on the Beatbuddy it doesn’t always work. I can get the Infinity to respond but it takes sending the MIDI message from the MS-3 two or three times before the Infinity responds.

The presets and setting are exactly the same on the MS-3 and Infinity. The only difference is I’ve changed to a different song on the Beatbuddy. Here’s the kicker, if I turn everything off and back on, it will work again until I change songs on the Beatbuddy again.

Has anyone had this issue?

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I’m sending MSB, LSB, and PC messages to choose songs. I’m also sometimes sending CC messages to transition between parts.

After further experiments I found if I power cycled the beatbuddy the problem persists. If I power cycle the infinity, it fixes the problem.

I have also tried sending messages from another controller and it does the same thing.

So something about changing songs on the beatbuddy the infinity doesn’t like. Does the beatbuddy send a message whenchanging songs?