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Subject: midi question
Original Message 1/18 04-Jan-06 @ 11:25 AM - midi question
first of all, i have the Alesis Ion Synth, the E_MU 1820M soundcards, with the emulator X studio software and all that crap...it also came with Cubase LE, i thought was great b/c i want to later upgrade to Cubase SX3 after i can understand the fundementals of cubase in general...
right off the bat, i come across a problem, cant figure it out so i thought id bring it here...
ok, the question is...how do i record with my ion via midi.....but using the ion sounds... they say that the ion is '4-part multi-timbral' (which means it can play up to 4 sounds at a time right???)
i add a midi track in cubase, i set the output back to my ion, and set the bank and program numbers to the right stuff in cubase, (its right because it finds the sound i want on the ion)..i then keep the midi channel on 1 on both cubase and the ion..i record..um..say a kick drum track..basic..trying to see if what im trying to do will work..
next...i add another midi track in cubase, i set the bank and program numbers up to a snare from the ion, with cubase...i change the midi channel to 2 on both cubase and the ion... i record it. i then return to zero to see if it works...and all thats plays back is the snare...i dont get the kick..i see the meter on the kicks midi channel in cubase is showing data, but not getting anything but the snare from the ion..
so how can i get mulitple sounds from the ion to play all at once with midi??
any help would be much appreciated..
Thanx
Jerm
Message 2/18 04-Jan-06 @ 04:51 PM - RE: midi question
tim·bre n. -The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.
anyway, Are you talking about a drumkit??? on the ion, if so then just program a beat with the bass kick and the snare all at once?
Message 3/18 04-Jan-06 @ 05:04 PM - RE: midi question
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Message 4/18 05-Jan-06 @ 12:01 PM - RE: midi question
i dont know if im talking about a drum kit... i mean, i dont have any synth drum samples...the emulatorX came with a buncha stuff, but its REAL drums..and naaah..not the sound im looking for..so im just experimenting with the ion, b/c of all the knobs and filters and stuff you can tweak the sounds...
and when i used kick and snare in the above example...it was just an example as to how do i record 2 sounds from the ion at the same time using the ion as a midi controller too...b/c i cant figure it out...
.....and can you explain to me how to program a drum beat with them on the same channel? my ion doesnt have a sequencer on it btw...
Message 5/18 05-Jan-06 @ 05:34 PM - RE: midi question
or whats this: "i change the midi channel to 2 on both cubase and the ion"
your kick track in cubase should be set to midi ch1, and snare track to midi ch2. then there should be a page in ion's menus where you set which sound plays on which midi channel. have you got that right?
Message 6/18 05-Jan-06 @ 08:23 PM - RE: midi question
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Message 7/18 06-Jan-06 @ 10:26 AM - RE: midi question
so in that case you want to keep each midi track in cubase on the same channel as the drums preset is assigned to in the Ion when it is set into Mulittimbrel mode... then you can sequence each individual drum on a seperate track if that's what you really want to do, but I suggest you use cubase drum map... if you dont know how to use it we do have a tutorial video up on the site in the articles section. It's kinda odd to do one drum-sound per track in cubase.
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Message 8/18 06-Jan-06 @ 11:41 AM - RE: midi question
k wrote:
just a question - surely the ION has a drums preset which has lots of drums, one to each key, yes?
well.. i havent seen anything like that...ill keep looking tho...
k wrote:
Its kinda odd to do one drum-sound per track in cubase.
like i said....im just tryingn to learn all of this stuff..soo..thanks for the advice
ill check out that tutorial this weekend and see if thats helps to explain a little bit more..
Message 9/18 07-Jan-06 @ 12:23 PM - RE: midi question
synths which have samples as well as modelling sounds or only sample-based sounds, usualy have 'drum' presets which have one drumsound/sample on each individual key making a drum sound kit of many different samples/sounds
so, IF your Ion has a drumsound preset with many drumsounds, that's the preset you want of course.
To use it in that circumstance, set the ION into multi-timbrel mode - where you assign presets to midi channels so the Ion will play multiple sounds on multiple channels midi it is receiving from a sequencer.
The Ion has 64 different Multi-timbral Setups, allowing you to create up to 64 different setups with different sounds assigned to different channels....so you are ok there
BUT, as it's a modelling synth, i doubt it has a preset (Programme) with lots of drumsounds... so, really you're going to need to use a drum-software player and samples to do your drums and re-enforce those drums with other individual drumsounds from the ion
do you understand?.... it's probably hard to grasp if you aint used to this stuff, but if the ion has ONE drumsound per PROGRAMME (preset sound), AND has more than one drumsound (besides the usual modelling sounds these type of synths CAN do such as analog-kik/analog-snare/analog-toms, then you could only ever create a drumtrack with those sounds.... that means no cymbels, or other types of drumsounds which qould be very limiting.
So, the answer is to use a software drum player & samples inside Cubase and add to that any Ion sounds you want... however, to play s/w drumsounds from a s/w drum player VSTinstrument in realtime, sadly you'll need a soundcard with fast ASIO/WDM drivers....
as i said, checkout the ASIO4ALL drivers which might work with your onboard soundcard... if that workds, fine, if NOT, you'll have to buy an asio soundcard which as i mentioned start at around 50 quid (e-mu 0404, m-audio audiophile, esi Juli@, etc etc)
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Message 10/18 07-Jan-06 @ 01:37 PM - RE: midi question
now, about the ion...it doesnt use samples...like you said, its only a modeling synth..which means ill have to use a software drum player for my drum beats.right?..which my sound card can handle
thanx for explaining this to me...i appreciate it..
btw..which s/w drummer would you suggest??
Jerm
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