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By konc3pt Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:04 pm
my motif, 2500 and vinyl....but I been breaking my head trying to figure how to keep track of the motif patches...how do some of you do it, do you sample in then assign to single pads, chop, midi up...whats easiest least painless way of doing this ?
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By gertie Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:31 pm
MSB+LSB ...... under program no. properties on the track in main...i reckon
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By konc3pt Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:40 pm
thanks man...messed with MSB and LSB but changes dont affect the motif...look like I gotta RTFM on this one
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By konc3pt Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:48 pm
poundaproblem wrote:Cant lie, this exact situation....I threw the towel in lol.


did ya,,,one other way I can think of is saving projects on both mpc and motif in parallel :idea:
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By cyrus Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:02 am
konc3pt wrote:
poundaproblem wrote:Cant lie, this exact situation....I threw the towel in lol.


did ya,,,one other way I can think of is saving projects on both mpc and motif in parallel :idea:


Thats what i use to do. Sold my motif. but I'd save a song on motif, and always try to name it the same as whatever project folder name was on the mpc. gotta admit, kind of sucky cause after like 30 beats you start to loose track, and if you don't save everything exactly like it should be, going back is like reinventing the wheel.

then, I'd have those beats where I only need 1 bass patch. so i made a template song where I loaded up 16 of my favorite bass patches. whenever i made a beat that needed just a bass sound, id go back to that same song, then just flip channels on the mpc - this way i didnt have like 100 songs of the same thing.

thinking back on all this. I should have just sampled my favorite bass patches and made a pgm.

the biggest issue was alot of times the way the beat turned out was dependent on me tweaking a nice patch just right, and playing it just right. so if i were to sample it and not save anything on the motif - if i had to go back, it would be near impossible to recreate or redo a part if neccesary. so i always opted to save on the motif in parrellel so i had the option to go back if needed.
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By b.read Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:30 am
Maaaaaan I thought you were gonna talk about using a set of spoons, a plastic cup, and a talkboy. :(


:lol:
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By b.read Thu Aug 11, 2011 12:55 pm
Ohhhhh somee macguyver shit huh... :lol:
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By konc3pt Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:02 pm
cyrus wrote:the biggest issue was alot of times the way the beat turned out was dependent on me tweaking a nice patch just right, and playing it just right. so if i were to sample it and not save anything on the motif - if i had to go back, it would be near impossible to recreate or redo a part if neccesary. so i always opted to save on the motif in parrellel so i had the option to go back if needed.



this my worst fear, not being able to go back and re-tweak things if needed to...

ArKyve-31 wrote:Just got motif yesterday and finally got the midi working right with the 4k....but I feel like a have a lot to learn between the two


which motif ?
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By ArKyve-31 Sat Aug 13, 2011 1:19 am
konc3pt wrote:
cyrus wrote:the biggest issue was alot of times the way the beat turned out was dependent on me tweaking a nice patch just right, and playing it just right. so if i were to sample it and not save anything on the motif - if i had to go back, it would be near impossible to recreate or redo a part if neccesary. so i always opted to save on the motif in parrellel so i had the option to go back if needed.



this my worst fear, not being able to go back and re-tweak things if needed to...

ArKyve-31 wrote:Just got motif yesterday and finally got the midi working right with the 4k....but I feel like a have a lot to learn between the two


which motif ?



Classic 6
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By nod records Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:43 am
until you figure out how to save it correctly, i would track the beat out to pro tools, logic or whatever DAW you are using, that way you at least have the stems.

i remember when EDK use to midi the Proteus 2000 to the SP 1200 or MPC 2000, saving the patches was a pain in the ass, so they would just track the beat out or sometimes just mix it through their mackie board and 2 track it right to a tascam cd burner.