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Re: [elektron] Re: Machinedrum and Cubase

2005-07-04 by chrism@lumin.us

I'll give you $20 for it if it is that bad for you.  Or, if it is
therapeutic, send it along with a $20 fee directly to me.

This syndrome is why I have guitars.

chris-"If it sounds ok, it is ok."-m

alternately, "If it sounds ok, you are actually using it."

> People can argue that if it sounds ok then it is ok, but I simply
> can't work with it knowing that it is not how I want it to be...
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> v. frustrating,
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> Drammy
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> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "dougvarn" <dougvarn@y...>
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>> well, i'll say it seems to work fine for me.  i triggered MD
>> patterns from Cubase with Cubase as the master, bounced it to
>> audio.  then laid a quicky bassline over it with a softsynth,
>> bounced it all down as audio and it sounds fine.  perfectly in
>> sync.  Drammy (almost called you Jammy, like Prince Jammy, yeah?),
>> check the elektron-users.com post.
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>> it must be some settings..., i don't think so much the fault of
>> Cubase, certainly not the MD.  people rag on Cubase, but i have it
>> working fine...although i haven't tested it a ton yet.  so maybe i
>> speak too soon.
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>> anyway, i'm psyched, if you ask me, this is the best of both
>> worlds.  programming patterns in the MD, utilizing parameter locks
>> there, then sequencing in Cubase and having all the parameter
>> automation i could dream of alongside it.
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>> i will say dealing with mutes in Cubase isn't the best...currently
>> drawing in volume tweaks for each machine.  apparently there is a
>> way to use midi notes to program mutes, i don't know it yet, but a
>> guy from elektron-users mentioned it.  that and it would be nice if
>> the MD transmitted something on it's own when you mute/unmute.
> then
>> you could record mutes in realtime right into Cubase.  and editing
>> them would be much easier than dealing with a constant volume
>> curve...
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