Analogue-sequencer

On Friday 25 March 2011 at 16:18, Colin Fraser wrote: 
> 
> > The last time I really did anything was about 18 years 
> > ago and then I just had a guitar and amp. So my knowledge of 
> > midi and other new(ish) niceties is just about nil, so please 
> > bear this in mind if I ask what may be a very silly or 
> > obvious question.
> 
>  I guess you may not be the typical Cirklon customer !
>  But still, good to see you haven't gone down the dark path of PC music
>  making ;-)

Thanks Colin, I'll take that as a compliment :-)

Of course at some point a computer (read Mac) will be part of my setup for recording. I need to get an interface and am currently hesitating between a RME Fireface UC and the MOTU 828 MKIII Hybrid. Does anybody here have any experience/thoughts with either of machines ?

> > If this is correct, I'm pretty sure that I 
> > will really miss having the name of the assigned instrument 
> > in the top row of the pattern edit screen, maybe between the 
> > pattern name and pattern direction. Would it be possible to 
> > add that ? Does this make sense ?
> 
>  At the moment, patterns are created with a name of "pattern nn" or "cirklon
>  nn", where nn is an auto-incrementing number.
>  You can edit the name to whatever you like afterward.
>  One feature on the todo list is a optional default pattern name prefix for
>  each instrument.
>  With this added, patterns can automatically include the instrument name in
>  each pattern name.
>  Which amounts to much the same thing as having the instrument name on the
>  pattern edit screen, without having to squeeze it in there.

ok, that works for me ! 
> 
> > - Is it possible (or does this even make any sense) to create 
> > a pattern that would contain just midi commands to set up the 
> > instruments (meaning the connected hardware, not the 
> > "instrument" definitions in the Cirklon) ?
> > For example can I make a pattern that when played would just 
> > tell my Nord Rack to assign programs to each of it's slots ?
> 
>  There are 'values' at the track level that allow you to send a combination
>  of preset MIDI CC values and program changes to instruments.
>  These are stored separately from the patterns, either at the song, or
>  individual scene level (scenes being smaller sections of a whole piece), and
>  sent when the song or scene containing them is first selected.
>  I'm not sure what messages the Nord needs to set it up, but I know other
>  Cirklon users have track values calling up the correct multis, volume
>  settings, etc. to go with each song.

I guess that's what I'm after ! Can these values be recorded or are they input manually ?

Thanks,
Ian




>  Best regards,
>  Colin Fraser
>  Sequentix Music Systems Ltd
> http://www.sequentix.com
> 
>  



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