Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi I Just baught my machinedrum and will have it in a few days from 
Novamusik.com My question is Im running Protools HD Acell with a True 
systems Precision 8 8 channel Mic preamp So I have A total of 8 channels of 
Mic pre and a/d d/a. Are the outs of the Machinedrum balanced or 
unbalanced conections and how many outs are their? Also What Im wanting 
to do is sequence kick,snr,hihat.ride whatever onto seperate tracks into 
Protools for mixing The kit within the session But I want to do all the 
sequencing using Machinedrums sequencer !!!!! I am trynig to figure out 
because I have two channels of DI imput available to me thru my mic pre If I 
could track thru those into Protools and then somehow within Machinedrum 
only record single hits from the Machinedrum sequencer into protools. I hope 
im making sense here!!!! I dont know what kinda cables to get or the best way 
to hook this up to my Protools rig for tracking  My Machinedrum sequence into 
individual Protools tracks For mixing? I need help!!!!!!!

Il giorno 21/set/04, alle 23:21, synth12345 ha scritto:

> Hi I Just baught my machinedrum and will have it in a few days from
> Novamusik.com My question is Im running Protools HD Acell with a True
> systems Precision 8 8 channel Mic preamp So I have A total of 8 
> channels of
> Mic pre and a/d d/a. Are the outs of the Machinedrum balanced or
> unbalanced conections and how many outs are their?

6 unbalanced

> Also What Im wanting
> to do is sequence kick,snr,hihat.ride whatever onto seperate tracks 
> into
> Protools for mixing The kit within the session But I want to do all the
> sequencing using Machinedrums sequencer!!!!!

Ok, this is how I do it (I use Logic, not PT, but it should be the 
same).

MD gets the midi clock from the sequencer
All the outputs are wired to the audio interface input
The MD sequencer is in "pattern" mode, not "song"
You can still record midi from the MD into the sequencer, but you 
mainly work on audio.

> I am trynig to figure out
> because I have two channels of DI imput available to me thru my mic 
> pre If I
> could track thru those into Protools and then somehow within 
> Machinedrum
> only record single hits from the Machinedrum sequencer into protools. 
> I hope
> im making sense here!!!!

mmmm... not to me.
do you mean that you only have 2 inputs available?
Well, you can still record single tracks on the sequencer, but it's 
going to take you a long time, because you''ll have to use muting on 
the MD.

> I dont know what kinda cables to get or the best way
> to hook this up to my Protools rig for tracking  My Machinedrum 
> sequence into
> individual Protools tracks For mixing? I need help!!!!!!!

jack-jack or cannon-jack. it depends on the input of your mixer.
unbalanced because they are cheaper, technically it's the same.

Thanks for your reply I guess I could go out of the MD 6  outputs 
Unbalanced to the anolog input of my 192 i/o db25 connector and then i 
could record up to 6 single hits to 6 seperate mono tracks in Protools 
at a time right? How do you specify in the MD which hits in you drum 
sequence are assigned to the 6 different outputs on the MD and is that 
the best way to do it in your opinion? The other question is since the 
output jacks on the MD are all unbalanced quarter inch and the only 
possible connectors on my 192 I/O ARE DB25 CONNECTORS would I need some 
kind of modified custom cable or just go out the 6 MD outputs 
unbalanced to DB25 unbalanced -10db anolog input? Sorry for all these 
questions I am just usually a totally In the box software guy so 
hardware is new to me!!!!!! Thanks for your time I apreciate it regards 
Paul
On Sep 21, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Federico Ciapi wrote:

>
>  Il giorno 21/set/04, alle 23:21, synth12345 ha scritto:
>
>  > Hi I Just baught my machinedrum and will have it in a few days from
>  > Novamusik.com My question is Im running Protools HD Acell with a 
> True
>  > systems Precision 8 8 channel Mic preamp So I have A total of 8
>  > channels of
>  > Mic pre and a/d d/a. Are the outs of the Machinedrum balanced or
>  > unbalanced conections and how many outs are their?
>
>  6 unbalanced
>
>  > Also What Im wanting
>  > to do is sequence kick,snr,hihat.ride whatever onto seperate tracks
>  > into
>  > Protools for mixing The kit within the session But I want to do all 
> the
>  > sequencing using Machinedrums sequencer!!!!!
>
>  Ok, this is how I do it (I use Logic, not PT, but it should be the
>  same).
>
>  MD gets the midi clock from the sequencer
>  All the outputs are wired to the audio interface input
>  The MD sequencer is in "pattern" mode, not "song"
>  You can still record midi from the MD into the sequencer, but you
>  mainly work on audio.
>
>  > I am trynig to figure out
>  > because I have two channels of DI imput available to me thru my mic
>  > pre If I
>  > could track thru those into Protools and then somehow within
>  > Machinedrum
>  > only record single hits from the Machinedrum sequencer into 
> protools.
>  > I hope
>  > im making sense here!!!!
>
>  mmmm... not to me.
>  do you mean that you only have 2 inputs available?
>  Well, you can still record single tracks on the sequencer, but it's
>  going to take you a long time, because you''ll have to use muting on
>  the MD.
>
>  > I dont know what kinda cables to get or the best way
>  > to hook this up to my Protools rig for tracking� My Machinedrum
>  > sequence into
>  > individual Protools tracks For mixing? I need help!!!!!!!
>
>  jack-jack or cannon-jack. it depends on the input of your mixer.
>  unbalanced because they are cheaper, technically it's the same.
>
>
>
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Thanks again sorry to bother you regards Paul
On Sep 21, 2004, at 10:12 PM, Joe wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 08:19:14PM -0700, Paul Love wrote:
>  > Thanks for your reply I guess I could go out of the MD 6� outputs
>  > Unbalanced to the anolog input of my 192 i/o db25 connector and 
> then i
>  > could record up to 6 single hits to 6 seperate mono tracks in 
> Protools
>  > at a time right? How do you specify in the MD which hits in you drum
>  > sequence are assigned to the 6 different outputs on the MD and is 
> that
>  > the best way to do it in your opinion?
>
>  not to be a jerk, but the manual IS available at machinedrum.com and
>  it answers a lot of these questions.� I personally found it very
>  useful to read through it before the MD arrived; that way, I could
>  get to programming it right away instead of reading with it sitting
>  there unused :-)
>
>  > The other question is since the
>  > output jacks on the MD are all unbalanced quarter inch and the only
>  > possible connectors on my 192 I/O ARE DB25 CONNECTORS would I need 
> some
>  > kind of modified custom cable or just go out the 6 MD outputs
>  > unbalanced to DB25 unbalanced -10db anolog input?
>
>  I don't know about db25 connections. but I do know this: the MD
>  outputs are +4dB outputs.� so if you plug them into the -10dB
>  inputs, you're going to get noise and distortion.� the only way
>  around it is to attenuate them prior to sending them to the -10dB
>  input. the master volume can serve this purpose for the A/B
>  output, but you'll need a mixer to attenuate the C/D/E/F outputs.
>  unless your interface can switch to +4dB; if so, then do that.
>
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 08:19:14PM -0700, Paul Love wrote:
> Thanks for your reply I guess I could go out of the MD 6  outputs 
> Unbalanced to the anolog input of my 192 i/o db25 connector and then i 
> could record up to 6 single hits to 6 seperate mono tracks in Protools 
> at a time right? How do you specify in the MD which hits in you drum 
> sequence are assigned to the 6 different outputs on the MD and is that 
> the best way to do it in your opinion?

not to be a jerk, but the manual IS available at machinedrum.com and
it answers a lot of these questions.  I personally found it very
useful to read through it before the MD arrived; that way, I could
get to programming it right away instead of reading with it sitting
there unused :-)

> The other question is since the 
> output jacks on the MD are all unbalanced quarter inch and the only 
> possible connectors on my 192 I/O ARE DB25 CONNECTORS would I need some 
> kind of modified custom cable or just go out the 6 MD outputs 
> unbalanced to DB25 unbalanced -10db anolog input?

I don't know about db25 connections. but I do know this: the MD
outputs are +4dB outputs.  so if you plug them into the -10dB
inputs, you're going to get noise and distortion.  the only way
around it is to attenuate them prior to sending them to the -10dB
input. the master volume can serve this purpose for the A/B
output, but you'll need a mixer to attenuate the C/D/E/F outputs.
unless your interface can switch to +4dB; if so, then do that.