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RE: Using CS as a sound module. What the best way to save patches with song.
2014-02-22 by <smw-mail@...>
As I may have suggested, if your tweaks to presets are CCs, you could record those into a pattern and sync the playback of the pattern to the other sequencer.
I think I see one of the problems you are having--you really don't want to send midi data from the MPC to the CS, but you do want the easiest way to recall presets on the proper CS channels. I am overtired, but I think the two easiest ways might be (1) using 1 multi per song and restoring the multi on the CS by hand or (2) creating "bare-bones" patterns* on the CS and then dialing those up. (*patterns with just preset/channel info. and some midi data to keep each channel from reverting to a default state--such as inserting volume data).
I think option (2) might have fewer steps at performance time, but more steps to set it up. If you like option (2), I'd recommend making a template with data on each channel and storing it someplace (like pattern 000^0) so its ready for you when you create each bare-bones pattern.
Hope this helps.
Steve