klang
klang
half of it must be the spring!
On this thread, we like synthesisers.
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Fez909
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I'm struggling to get it to work with Ableton. It's my first hardware synth that doesn't have USB MIDI so I'm using trad MIDI. Or trying to.
I tried this, and it didn't work:
Ableton sending MIDI to my soundcard. MIDI out from soundcard to drum machine. MIDI Thru on drum machine to MIDI in on Swarm.
They play in time, but the Swarm is triggered on every drum hit. I've checked the manual and set it to listen on Ch2, but it doesn't seem to work as I expect
I only need clock to be sent, so maybe there's a setting in Ableton I've got wrong. I hate this kind of thing. I just want to make noises.
Although really you’re better off with open back cans. I want these eventually although they can break easily I’ve heard.
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I was more thinking just recording direct into ableton rather than midi sync. Does it tell you the tempo?I'm struggling to get it to work with Ableton. It's my first hardware synth that doesn't have USB MIDI so I'm using trad MIDI. Or trying to.
I tried this, and it didn't work:
Ableton sending MIDI to my soundcard. MIDI out from soundcard to drum machine. MIDI Thru on drum machine to MIDI in on Swarm.
They play in time, but the Swarm is triggered on every drum hit. I've checked the manual and set it to listen on Ch2, but it doesn't seem to work as I expect
I only need clock to be sent, so maybe there's a setting in Ableton I've got wrong. I hate this kind of thing. I just want to make noises.
Fez909
toilet expert
No, there's no screens on it. I can sync the tempo to Ableton easily enough, but only if I'm not using any other gear. Actually, I've remembered I used analogue sync in with my drum machine before I plugged it into Ableton and that works, so I could try that again.
Clock over MIDI/USB from Ableton to drum machine > analogue sync in on the QS.
Amazing what talking things through does to the brain
The spring is really weird. Even when you're not using it in the signal path, you can hear the reverb coming from the physical box itself. Cool stuff
klang
klang
of course, thats how they workThe spring is really weird. Even when you're not using it in the signal path, you can hear the reverb coming from the physical box itself. Cool stuff
bmd
Island in the stream.
Laptop only?
bmd
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Got this coming tomorrow
That looks absolutely amazing. I got rid of all my hardware because I don't have space for it atm but there's no substitute for it, imo.
bmd
Island in the stream.
Although really you’re better off with open back cans. I want these eventually although they can break easily I’ve heard.
Audio-Technica ATH-R70x - Studio Headphones, open favorable buying...
Open studio headphones, 470 Ohm, dynamic, frequency range 5Hz to 40kHz, aluminum housing, circumaural.
I've just ordered a new cable for my Grado SR80s, which finally gave up the ghost after having them since that range was first released. I was looking at a tutorial and they were saying that they sound better with the grid removed and being completely open, so I'm giving it a go. At this point I've got my money's worth, so if I fuck it up then I won't be too sad. Although Ali Baba sells all aluminium replacements for the whole thing.
bmd
Island in the stream.
Does he do keyboards, like replace keys? I cannot find anyone to sort my Kawai K4. It works fine but it was dropped at a gig and one of the keys is on a slant.
bmd
Island in the stream.
Yeah true but I frightened myself to death by wading out into those waters last summer. They were far deeper than I imagined.
shifting gears
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One of the industry standards I think, they are genuinely comfy even for very long periods
bmd
Island in the stream.
No, there's no screens on it. I can sync the tempo to Ableton easily enough, but only if I'm not using any other gear. Actually, I've remembered I used analogue sync in with my drum machine before I plugged it into Ableton and that works, so I could try that again.
Clock over MIDI/USB from Ableton to drum machine > analogue sync in on the QS.
Amazing what talking things through does to the brain
The spring is really weird. Even when you're not using it in the signal path, you can hear the reverb coming from the physical box itself. Cool stuff
Did you sort it? Just for clarity, it's triggering the synth on every hit, like, every hit on the kick, snare, hats, or just, for example, the kick?
I would try turning off midi to the drum machine first, sort the synth, turn the dm back on, change it from, for example, general midi to other CCs and see if that sorts it.
In other news, I'm listening to a lot of early 80's stuff for the synths. Duran Duran's Planet Earth, for example. Quite a lot of their output still stands up today, imo.
bmd
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Not had chance since my last messages, unfortunately. Will give it a go this weekend.
Planet Earth is amazing
Yeah, I love that tune. The bassline is so good. The video has not aged well.
bmd
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Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Not had chance since my last messages, unfortunately. Will give it a go this weekend.
Planet Earth is amazing
I've never used midi through but if you can, I'd get a multiport midi interface, then have the hardware on it's own separate port. Have Ableton send clock to everything.
bmd
Island in the stream.
Yeah, seconded. MIDI is complicated enough when you're trying to work out what's going wrong, so having it on it's own output is the way to go imo.
bmd
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I was looking at that yesterday. Went on the Roland site for something else and caught a blast of it. Looks cool. Lots of different waveforms and a pattern sequencer? I'm in. I bet it's nuts as a midi controller too.
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