Great! Thank you for the detailed reply. I'll try type 0 and see what
happens. It sound like we have the same philosophy about not record all
of the filter sweeps ahead of time. I like how you chop the song into
Patterns. That makes a lot of sense. I can't wait to get home to try it.
Scott Kellogg
www.mp3.com/tabularaza
listen to: hiq.suso.org
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i have used exported patterns quite extensively on the
> rm1x with cakewalk. not much different than logic once
> you reach the final point of sending out your midi file.
>
> each midi channel you have setup in your song on your
> computer will map to one of the channels in the rm1x -
> so if you have several instruments all on the same
> channel, you'll need to map them individually (like 10
> 14 for kick, hat, snare, etc) if you want to be able to
> mute and unmute them by themselves.
>
> generally i would edit my midi-file down so that i had
> each possible combination of loops sorted together
> sequentially - two bars of an intro, two bars of
> the 'song', two bars of a variation or two. then i
> export the entire file as a pattern (midi type 0 if i
> recall correctly).
>
> after this, i just load it on the rm1x, and use the
> split job to cut each group of bars into
> different 'sections' on the rm1x. i found this method
> about 1000 times easier than trying to record the data
> over in song mode or otherwise, but i work only with
> short patterns and prefer to leave the long, modulation
> changes and stuff, for knob tweaking 'live' during
> mixdown rather than pre-recording everything. for me it
> was just a lot simpler than messing around with making
> sure my midi sync is all setup properly, knowing that
> each track is recording to the right place, having to
> re-do it multiple times if i mess up, etc.
>
> i'm not sure about the "stair-step" pattern you were
> seeing with exporting your files, for me, re-importing
> my files in cakewalk showed 16 tracks of data, one
> for each channel, each was pretty much the same as what
> i had exported in the first place..
>
> regards,
> andy
> www.sonicwisdom.org
>
