I picked up an Oxygen8 to use with FL and I love it. This combo was one of the best investments that I've made in a long time. It's small size is perfect for my desktop and the knobs make it easy to control all sorts of things. I definitely think it's helped get my creative juices going. I cringe at the thought of programming the piano roll by hand. - c --- March Anthony A1C 22 CS/SCDT <anthony.march@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks Andy. That clears a lot up for me. I've been debating on = > getting an Oxygen8 or not. I think I'm going to get it. I'm no = > musician, but I would like a small keyboard to play around with & > some = > knobs to tweak out my filters and stuff. Now that I know FL will > record = > my sessions, I'll make that investment. One question though, is it > as = > simple as pressing the record button & then playing on the keyboard > or = > are there other steps as well. I remember seeing the quantitize on > the = > edit menu options. > > Thanks for your help, > > Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: AndyEbling [mailto:andyebling@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 1:44 PM > To: fruityloops@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [fruityloops] Re: FL & controller keyboards > > > > > > > If I get a controller keyboard, will FL record the notes I play on > the > keyboard like Cubase & other programs do? I know I can tweak the = > filters & > such of my soft synths, but I would also like to play some riffs on > the > keyboard versus trying to make things in the piano roll. Also, does > FL = > have > a way to make the notes I play "snap" to a certain position so they > stay = > in > rhythm with the song? Thanks for any help. Sorry to bother anyone. > > Yes you can use a master keyboard with fruityloops, but there are a > few > caveats. You may notice a small delay between pressing a note on the > controller keyboard and actually hearing the note. This is known as > = > latency > and it depends on your sound card, you sound card drivers and overall > = > system > performance. Creative cards (e.g. SB Live and audigy) are not = > particularly > good in this respect, but I'm currently getting by with an SB Live by > = > using > some unofficial drivers (http://www.kxproject.org) which dramatically > improve the latency. Unfortunately, due to their hardware design, > the > SBLive and Audigy work at 48Khz sampling rate internally; every other > = > rate > gets converted to this by the card. That means that the ultra low = > latency > drivers (ASIO) only work at 48khz. Fruityloops has some issues with > = > working > at sample rates other than 44.1khz. Many of these issue have now > been > resolved, but the DX-10 plugin and some FX plugins may sound > different = > if > not used at 44.1khz. > > I'd recommend you get a controller keyboard that has some > programmable = > knobs > in addition to the usual notes. You can assign these to just about > any > control inside fruity (e.g. filters) and record the changes in real = > time. > > Yes, fruity can snap notes to a grid, this is known as quantisation. > = > You > can either snap notes to a rigid grid, make them move towards a rigid > = > grid > (sometimes called gentle or partial quastisation) or you can use > groove > quantise templates which take the feel of say a drummer playing live > and > apply it to the recordings you make with your keyboard. This is very > = > useful > if you use a drum loop in your tracks as you can create your own = > quantise > template and use it on all the parts in the track, giving the whole = > thing an > consistent feel. > > hope that helps, if anything isn't clear, don't be afraid to ask. > > Andy > > > ===== o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o http://ww.mp3.com/ithz http://ww.mp3.com/sound_hz http://id.sito.org/cjw/ o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com