Same here, although I wish I had a drum machine with seperate outsTrondC wrote:I still use the stone age method: record the stereo outs and call it a day.
I have gotten perfectly acceptable results recording like that.
Same here, although I wish I had a drum machine with seperate outsTrondC wrote:I still use the stone age method: record the stereo outs and call it a day.
Can't you just mute everything but the instrument/part you are recording, then go back and un-mute the next part, and so on, so as to make 9-12 passes for all the parts? Of course, I make an assumption here - that you are using "song mode" on the ESX. (sorry, never used a 'tribe)TrondC wrote:ok, I'm having trouble coming up with a good solution for this:
I want to record my latest track with one track per sound, for full editing possibilities. all drum sounds come from the ESX, and the tracks is organized as 8 different patterns of 128 steps. the problem with recording each track individually, is that I'd have to reorganize everything within each pattern so that I only record the sound in focus for that track.
That sounds like a way to go, especially if you do not have many different patterns. It would be even easier if your ESX has some kind of song mode - you would only need to make one pass per instrument/part.TrondC wrote:This is tons of extra work, but seemingly it's the best way to go. I also considered going through each pattern, recording the whole loop, instrument for instrument. This means I'll have to record 9-12 parts for each pattern, and then line them up manually (by ear) in Reaper.
Yes, that is lame. Do the actual trimming of the tracks/loops in a decent wave editor, then import to Reaper.TrondC wrote:And here comes the fun. Reaper lacks a decent trim-->cut/paste function (or I haven't been able to find it yet). thing is, when I trim a loop (cut any silence before and after the actual loop), and then stretch the loop out (multiply it) to fill the entire sound/pattern, the copies appear untrimmed. in other words: I'd have to trim each part individually for each repeat of the pattern (if that makes sense). in the end, I'd have to manually trim and place out some 25 x 12 128-step loops.. easily hours of pointless extra work..
I can appreciate that.TrondC wrote:I just wish my ESX would have individual outs for each part :p
Have you tried changing the tubes on the ESX? Also, are you running the ESX through any effects before going to your sound card? Are you turning up the volume high on your ESX and then controlling the input to your sound card?TrondC wrote:However, the noise from the esx outputs is quite noticeable, and it is getting rather loud. the noise-reducer in Reaper is not good enough (it cuts out more than just the noise, probably due to the noise being as loud as it is..)
do you syncn with midi? this could help you alot for this purposeTrondC wrote: takes forever to line up the audio in raper properly, but it works tho.
Novielo! I'm not sure if Trond is using a Laptop or a PC, i think it is a laptop though, In order to sync his external gear via midi he would require some kind of external breakout box. If it was a PC however, the soundcard ie (m-audio 24/96) comes with a d-sub breakout cable (1 midi-in and 1 midi out, audio ins and outs).novielo wrote:do you syncn with midi? this could help you alot for this purposeTrondC wrote: takes forever to line up the audio in raper properly, but it works tho.
exaclyTrondC wrote: I guess this means I could have the ESX stsrt playback when I press "rec" in Reaper? That surely would make things a lot easier...
you could try to remove them to check if it change anything.TrondC wrote: and JS: I never got around to changing the tubes, didn't know that they affected the noise, since the noise is a lot stronger on the esx than on the emx (I've heard).
For some reason I thought everyone did this - don't ask me why...TrondC wrote:yeah, how come I never thought about syncind via Midi..
novielo wrote:do you syncn with midi? this could help you alot for this purposeTrondC wrote: takes forever to line up the audio in raper properly, but it works tho.