Elektron Musical Instruments

HI,
Just getting going with laying my MD tracks into Cubase SX 3.0.
I want to use a LOT of complex muting/unmuting of tracks (machines) in each 
kit and I'm wondering what's the fastest/most efficient way to do this?

I understand there is no CC message for muting/unmuting a particular 
machine and I guess most do it by sending Volume = 0?

But I'm imagining programming so many of these right into a MIDI editor 
would take forever.  What do others do?

Best thing i can think of is to use an external controller somehow to record as 
much of the muting/unmuting in realtime.  I have an M-audio Radium 49 with 
8 knobs and 8 sliders, but no buttons.  Any way to program some other 
controller so it's buttons can somehow become mute/unmute?

Suggestions appreciated!

no one?

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "dougvarn" <dougvarn@y...> wrote:
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> HI,
> Just getting going with laying my MD tracks into Cubase SX 3.0.
> I want to use a LOT of complex muting/unmuting of tracks (machines) in 
each 
> kit and I'm wondering what's the fastest/most efficient way to do this?
> 
> I understand there is no CC message for muting/unmuting a particular 
> machine and I guess most do it by sending Volume = 0?
> 
> But I'm imagining programming so many of these right into a MIDI editor 
> would take forever.  What do others do?
> 
> Best thing i can think of is to use an external controller somehow to record 
as 
> much of the muting/unmuting in realtime.  I have an M-audio Radium 49 
with 

> 8 knobs and 8 sliders, but no buttons.  Any way to program some other 
> controller so it's buttons can somehow become mute/unmute?
> 
> Suggestions appreciated!

the best way would be to hope there is space to add a CC or sysex 
command to toggle mutes by channel :/ on all Elektron devices.

I've pretty much switched to just recording into SX2 as a glorified 
tapedeck and do the muting/unmuting manually.  I totally understand why 
it needs to be easily externally controllable.

On Feb 23, 2005, at 4:36 PM, dougvarn wrote:

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> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "dougvarn" <dougvarn@y...> 
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>> HI,
>> Just getting going with laying my MD tracks into Cubase SX 3.0.
>> I want to use a LOT of complex muting/unmuting of tracks (machines) in
> each
>> kit and I'm wondering what's the fastest/most efficient way to do 
>> this?
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>> I understand there is no CC message for muting/unmuting a particular
>> machine and I guess most do it by sending Volume = 0?
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>> But I'm imagining programming so many of these right into a MIDI 
>> editor
>> would take forever.  What do others do?
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>> Best thing i can think of is to use an external controller somehow to 
>> record
> as
>> much of the muting/unmuting in realtime.  I have an M-audio Radium 49
> with
>> 8 knobs and 8 sliders, but no buttons.  Any way to program some other
>> controller so it's buttons can somehow become mute/unmute?
>>
>> Suggestions appreciated!
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interesting...i figured this wouldn't be a problem so much.
i can't believe it's not in the OS yet...!!

i just want to keep my MD patterns triggered via MIDI yet have the ability to 
easily control mutes/unmutes per machine....not by copying and pasting all 
sorts of little automations turning Vol=0 for each machine!!

anyone else care to share how they do it?
again, i'm going for many complex mutes in most of my songs.  enough to 
make programming them by hand sound like a nightmare.