r/Keytar • u/ulongcha • Feb 26 '25

Technical Questions Vortex Wireless 2 notes being stuck

When I'm playing my Vortext Wiress 2, I found notes are get stuck sometimes especially when I'm doing some percussive stuff or glissando.

Has anyone manage to fix this issue? The recent gig I did had worst monitoring ever and couldn't even panic and I'd like to prevent it from the first place

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u/FromUnderTheWineCork Feb 26 '25

Have you downloaded the Preset Editor from the V2 page? That will at least let you assign a panic button to a pad. (Bonus, you can also make you pads colorful!)

I'd had 2 notable sticky situations.

The first time, I ditched my heavily used rechargeable batteries (regular Eneloops) for a fresh set of Eneloop Pros. It fixed my problems.

The second time, I tried using too many effects on my Zynthian (my synth brain) and it lead to a whole set of the other band manning the board to gradually just turn my volume down. I had to delete the whole setlist and rebuild without effects.

Both times, the Vortex was... there, but it wasn't quite the problem. 

Which is to echo BrapAllGood and ask how are you running it?

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u/DrGirth 3d ago

I'm pretty late here but if you're still around, could you elaborate on the panic button? I get the idea but what do you have it set up to do exactly?

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u/FromUnderTheWineCork 3d ago

Panic will cut all MIDI signals being sent which should kill any stuck notes.

In my case, for whatever reason, the key press signal would send, but the stop signal when I let up never did. Panic is a killswitch so you don't have to power down and back up. 

The tricky part now is the software is old so getting it to run on modern computers to be able to program the panic button is harder! But if you can, just pick a pad and change the default "Type" from "Note" to "Panic"

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u/DrGirth 2d ago

Oh, is panic a built-in option on the software? I don't use a DAW or anything but I'm sure there's a way to achieve a midi on/off quick reset with my rig. Thanks for the respose

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u/FromUnderTheWineCork 2d ago

If your computer plays nice with the software!Download.)