Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Matt, 


I have Ableton, but I don't use it. I'm using Cubase 6 just about full-time, since I love it's midi features.

(BTW ... go over to KVR and look for Vortex by Home Grown Sounds. It's a multitimbral (12 sequencers, each assignable to any midi channel with timing up to 32 bars) MIDI VSTi. It's kind of along the line of Consequence, but seems a whole lot friendlier to anyone trying to sequence hardware from a DAW.)

I suspect the latency might be a midi hardware issue. 
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Oct02/articles/pcmusician1002.asp

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec07/articles/cubasetech_1207.htm

I had a hard time going x64 because I knew it would obsolete my MOTU Midi Time Piece parallel 32 bit hardware ... but I did.

Through the above articles I learned that Cubase, which I was already using,  had a special 'linear time base' proprietary buffering system incorporated into its MIDEX line of  midi patch bays. Then about 6 months ago there was an announcement on one of the Steinberg forums that a company engineer had developed some 'unsupported' x64 drivers for the discontinued MIDEX line. I promptly bought one off ebay and one off craigs. 

They aren't as versatile as the MOTUs with multiple routing options through software, but they are solid.

BTW, regarding your suggestion of a 2K as an alternative. In your opinion, the 24bit audio and faster processor of the 2.5K is not that big of an advantage? I've been mulling between the two, had pretty much decided on the 2.5K for the above reasons and recently got outbid for one. So, I got time to think it through again. Any input would be appreciated!

DF


 
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 From: Matt <somatt@...>
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [xl7] how to use the proteus 2500 as a sound module
 

  
Df do you have latency issues with ableton if not how did you resolve this?
Thanks
matt
On Feb 12, 2012 10:31 AM, "D F Tweedie" <bienpegaito@...> wrote:

 
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>Do you have a manual? The only thing you must do is disengage the internal sequencer from the midi machine messages sent from Ableton (or any DAW) when you start the sequencer in the 2.5K ... otherwise it will trigger the loops instead of the sounds. I did this with my PK7 to use it as a sound module, instead of sequencer. I don't recall the exact terms used in the manual by EMU at the moment, but I think I just browsed the index until I saw something about 'external' or 'modules.' I do remember that is was a simple matter to flip through a couple of screens and change a value.
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>The other part is simply (or not, sometimes!) to set up the bank and patch numbers within Ableton to send the selection messages to the 2.5K. Or you can set them by hand on the synth.
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>How complicated this will be depends upon how sophisticated a setup you want. I don't know how creating or setting up patch maps work in Ableton, but I imagine it can be tedious if you have to do it from scratch.
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>Subject: [xl7] how to use the proteus 2500 as a sound module
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>Here is the deal, I have a yamaha rs7000 and I would really like to use it as my main sequencer. I also have ableton live. I really enjoy the acoustic sounds from the proteus. I don't really have alot of time on my hands to learn the sequencer, even though I know that it is rock solid. 
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>How then could I use the proteus as a simple rack sequencer? That way I could quickly lay things out on the yamaha or ableton and quickly work the proteus into my setup.
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>Thanks in advance.
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