so let me ask this way then, using the situation posted above re: midi Thru chaining. the general rule of thumb is that you really only want to connect one device deep via a Thru channel/cable. each additional device is lag1+lag2+lag3= latency. With each “lag” values varying from device manufacturer to manufacturer. Logic’s delay compensation for hardware can still work accurately, but only if a round trip ping is sent each time a different device connected to the chain is being recorded. Otherwise, it will calculate the compensation from the wrong instrument’s round trip timing.
How much of this do you see happening with using cv and just the sheer amount of cables being used to route everything around? Do you just accept the entire rack of modules being “one instrument” and that is the compensation for everything ?
hope this makes sense what I’m asking…I know a little bit about CV/modular but really only due to pre-midi built gear. I think the idea of a “techno table” might be good for me to focus more on learning it. Only a small amount of my devices have CV functionality so it might be a less complicated place to start
Hmm, I’ve never really tested any of that stuff. I like to turn things on and start making sound. I don’t send midi out from ableton to the rack 99% of the time and I don’t record the modular at the same time I’m working a beat inside the box. A lot of times I’m just recording to tape and will record the tape to computer at a later time
instant techno. I bet the PIston Honda could make a really nice splashy drum machine style snare. you hit one moving the middle slider, almost like a noise osc?
yeah, very easy to make all sorts of percussion with it, the inputs below the sliders are CV controls over the wave morphing (one slider for each dimension: XYZ; similar to your morpheus), had some fun earlier running a snappy drum envelope into the CV, turns into some brutal claps.
I’m in love with their modules. They all pair together so well
I got a really good deal on the drumbrute impact but kind of disliked its snare and clap, in particular. almost for making too good of a “splashy” thin type techno snare, especially. it has a standard mono 1/4 “mix” output, and then 4 other 1/8 pin outs; one each for kick, snare, hats and the FM drum. So I sent then 1/8" pin snare out to a Stereo channel on the desk and with a little bit of analog clipping it sounds really quite good layered up on top of the “mix” output. maybe why I picked out that one individual hit you got out of the Piston Honda. It’s grown on me quite a bit as a main drum machine for 4/4 stuff I mess around with.
drum synthesis is such an interesting topic for me, really one of my fav parts about production these days
still really not sure what im doing with the piston honda/hertz donut, but used the combo to make a lot of the percussion (plus the ‘lead’ and everything else in here). Mimeophon on the delay. Sine wave through an envelope to add extra bottom end to the kicks
You got any of your music floating around? keen to hear it
i’m pretty much in the same boat re completed tunes. still trying to get my little setup completed so I’ve just been doing quick sketch ideas in Logic but not turning them into full tracks yet. it’s been quite the undertaking even with the extra time I have for it while working remotely; just learning the new gear and cabling/upgrading/configuring/painting/moving stuff around as I get around to it. No plumbing yet, but that might just be luck.
Thinking of getting a new interface, my 1st gen Scarlett 2i2 is acting a bit wonky recently (inbalanced audio, glitching out sometimes…)
first thing i’ve looked at was of course the new 2i2, but the Motu M2 looks pretty good too, i currently don’t use the inputs that much aside from streaming/recording DJ sets, that said, is it worth the 1,5x price of the 2i2? any other reasonably priced alternatives?
I like that the m2 has a midi in/out, so it’d be a bit more futureproof if i decided to get a synth or sth eventually.
Cheaper focusrites has a bit of a bad rep in my circles, various errors and strange behaviour, alledgedly. I’m on a Presonus card rn, overkill for my setup but it does what I want.
I use a 2nd Gen Scarlett 18i20 and I’ve never had a problem with it. The convertors are average. The software Focusrite Control is annoying. They had something else previously called Mix Control which seems like it was better thought out but does not work on 2nd gen devices. “you get what you pay for” doesn’t seem like that great of a sales slogan, but it’s really accurate for their lower end devices.
I haven’t upgraded because I don’t want to spend the money
My mixer has 24 direct channel outs and doing it like I would prefer is going to be pretty costly. anything between those two scenarios is just going to be an annoying waste of money because I only “halfway” upgraded. if it really mattered, i could bypass the Focusrite convertors going from the emu over adat. With the amount of stuff that is high cut in electronic only music, how much do higher end convertors really play a role?
i’m finally going to try putting everything together, and going to try adding back a shelf for monitors if the virus will fit. this is just random setup for pic, but I got a little desk stand angled thing today and it’s pretty nice if you have tabletop devices. I haven’t seen this one before, so added a pic:
