[ddots-l] Re: Two questions

  • From: Jeremy jeffers <jeremyjeffers323@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:35:20 -0800

Hay bryan. If i already saved the pattern on to a smart media card, how do you 
save the pattern as a midi file? andHow do you exporta midi file? what is a 
flash disk? Can i save it on a flash drive?

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Smart <bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 9:14 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: Two questions

The easiest way to get a Motif song in to Sonar is to, on the Motif, save the 
song or pattern as a MIDI file on a flash disk. Then, you can load that file in 
to Sonar, and perform what-ever edits you need.

Recording the raw MIDI from the Motif to to Sonar requires a huge amount of 
setup, and doesn't produce a 100% accurate recording. If you must do it this 
way, here are some pointers:

Except for a few special situations, Sonar doesn't work well as a MIDI slave 
device. So, it isn't possible for Sonar to follow the Motif's timing. You'll 
need to have the Motif follow Sonar.

First, Sonar must send clock signal. Those options are on the MIDI out page of 
project options. You need Sonar to send MIDI clock, as well as start/stop 
messages (which are basically sequencer control messages).

Now, you need to make the Motif follow Sonar. On the Motif, in utility mode, on 
the F5 (midi) screen, press SF2, and set clock source to external, and 
sequencer control to "in".

In Sonar, you need to add MIDI tracks for each channel that you want to record 
from the Motif (up to 16). You'll need to change the input setting for each 
track from omni to a specific MIDI channel.

Once you're setup in Sonar, switch to the desired song or pattern on the Motif, 
and press record in Sonar. Sonar will send a start command to the Motif, and 
the Motif will play the song/pattern back at the same speed that Sonar records. 
The tempo of Sonar won't necessarily be the same as the original tempo of your 
Motif song/pattern, so, once the song/pattern is recorded in to Sonar, you'll 
need to adjust the Snar project tempo to an appropriate value.

Also, even though timing will be fairly close this way, it won't be perfect. 
Notes will still be several ticks off from their correct locations. That's just 
how this sort of recording goes.

That's why I say that its best to transfer music data as MIDI.

Bryan



-----Original Message-----
From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Jeremy jeffers
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 6:35 PM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Two questions

High all. I have two questions. I have some tracks that i've done on my motif 
and i wanted to do the drums over in sonar. I was wondering if there was a way 
to sink the metrinom with a audio project. And my second question is how do you 
save changes to the settings in sonar. I want the metrinom to give me 2 
measures and i don't want to have to set this up every time i start a new 
project 
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