Interesting post. FS1R here too ;) I'm looking to rack it and the XL-7 with a Waldorf pulse in a midi loop. Just waiting for this new rack case to become available: http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/proddetail.php?f=&id=646&o=pop&offset=1&c=78&s=78 XL-7 tracks 1-8 are reserved for Drums, Track 9 for Pulse, 10,11,12 for 3 parts FS1R, 13 for internal sounds (from the Vintage keys rom, mostly). Tracks 14, 15 and 16 are the MultiA/B automation tracks for buildups, fills, etc. There's also a blofeld in there - using the multi mode I can replace or layer any of the other tracks with a blofeld part. TBH I haven't used song mode - just x-mixing between patterns. I'm comfortable with this now. Only problem is, my current soundcard (X-station) has only 2 inputs and I have no mixer. I've been using the XL-7 itself as the line mixer, but this is a crime. I want seperate outputs. Now hoping to soon snag an ESI ESU1808 - 18 input usb2 card, so I can multitrack directly into Reaper and apply VST fx per track. Not sure if latency will allow this in realtime, but on paper it's a nice recording/mixer setup. Eventually I'll fill the lower slots with a proper mixer, eq/compressor so I can be CPU independent. Workflow-wise I like to grid-record the core drum pattern - Hats, then BD, snare directly on the CS using the knobs - this is a great feature of OS2. I also like the swing and offset controls on the CS - pity that they are 'destructive'. Saving regularly is a necessary habit, aquired here via much cursing and gnashing of teeth:) For everything else it's a mixture of playing it realtime via the x-station or using custom sequencers in Reaktor. Record everything onto the CS, mix and match, etc. --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Zsolt Szabó <zsolt.szabo@...> wrote: > > I mainly use it to lay down quick beats & loops as basis for > songs to work on. I use multi mode, almost exclusively pattern > sequencing, rarely song mode to try out different arrangements. > > Ususally I use Logic 5.5 on PC to hyper edit the loops. It just > doesn't get any better than this. Then the output is recorded in > Nuendo as WAV. > I could use Nuendo for midi sequencing as well, but > I'm so addicted to hyper edit in Logic - the very best interface > for drum sequencing, ever. > > For non-percussive sounds I don't use the XL7 at all - but I have only > the XL7 ROM, which is not very compelling to me. > Whean I assembled a partially OK song in Nuendo, then the MIDI > is transferred to the XL7, separated to tracks/channels. > Then I can experiment with the loop/song - I make the XL7 > the master, which sends MIDI to my 8x8 setup - 2 x Waldorf mW1, > AKAI MPC-42, Yamaha FS1R, Lexicon MPX-1, Oberheim Matrix 1000, > and some routinly changing samplers and effects boxes. > > I know, it's somewhat complicated, but then I can go live everywhere > with just the XL7 and still can precisely edit in the computer. > The biggest headache is to correctly setup the MIDI Local On/Off > and channel assignment through different songs and arrangements. > > Oh yeah, keeping everything tidy and consistent unfortunately is > not an easy task with the XL7. What I really miss in it, is a "Save All", > which would assign & save everything as it is. I was seriously > disappointed when I found out, that there's no such thing in it. :( > How many times did I forgot to save a preset? Too many... > especially when parallel editing several ones. > > > Regards, > > Zsolt | http://adsr.hu >
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Re: What mode(s) do you use and for what purpose(s)?
2011-02-04 by stimresp