Re: [MoAccess] e: Inquiry: Motif XF6 and Sonar
- From: Bobbi Blood <phantomess666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <MoAccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:43:16 -0600
Hey All,
The information about this particular subject has been absolutely excellent
stuff. It's brought up a couple more questions though. I'll quote from
Brian's reply and then ask about the things I'm not sure about. To make
sure Brian doesn't have to be doing all the work here, anyone who has info
is free to chime in here. These questions weren't directed to Brian
specifically. *grins*
Quote: "It's better to say screw it and buy a $200 Behringer BCF2000 with
motorized faders than try to get the Motif to play nice as a surface."
Is this a keyboard type of controller, or is it more like a mixer type thing
with only sliders and such? Where may I find more info for curiosity's
sake?
Quote: "Recording MIDI in Sonar is fine."
Does this mean I can hit "record" in Sonar, play what I want recorded and
have that data go from the Motif into Sonar? If so, can I then route that
data to a softsynth and have that generate sounds instead of the Motif?
Would this mean that Sonar is receiving the data and acting as the Motif's
internal sequencer normally would? If so, this means that the recording and
playing back of the midi would all be happening through Sonar, unless I
assign a track's output to the firebox midi port and make the Motif's tone
generator play that way, right?
Quote: "If you feel adventurous, connect the Motif's SPDIF output to the
SPDIF input on the FireBox. That will save your line-level inputs on the
Firebox."
This quote makes me nervous. Why would this be adventurous? Are there
settings in the Motif I need to be aware of? Isn't it just a "plug cables
in and play" kind of thing? Speaking of cables, what sort of cables would I
need for this kind of connection? Once I had those cables, wouldn't it just
be a matter of making the correct connections between the Motif and the
firebox? That doesn't sound too scary if that's the case.
Regarding what you said about getting arps into Sonar, I found an article on
the subject a while back from the Motifator website. Care to elaborate on
the following and tell me if you think this would work?
Start of Quote:
Since the Motif has a special function that makes it extremely easy to
record arpeggios to its internal sequencer. Simply record the arpeggio you
want to the Motif internal sequencer, then setup to transfer it real time to
your external sequencer. To record the Motif arpeggiator to a Motif track:
Press the REC button to enter REC standby
Setup to record via the Function buttons
F1 Setup - Select Record type Overdub or Replace; set Quantize to OFF;
Select Record track; etc.
F2 Voice - Select VOICE; Make basic setting
F3 ARP - Set up the Arpeggio pattern; Switch = ON; HOLD = your preference;
Part Switch = ON
F4 ARP (icon) - When the little eighth note icon appears the track is armed
to record the "results of the arpeggio". Not your note-ons just the results
of the arpeggiator.
Press PLAY and go for as many measures as you need the arpeggio pattern.
When finished press STOP and turn OFF the ARP ON/OFF LED before playing
back.
Link your Motif to your external sequencer, set MIDI clock master/slave as
appropriate and transfer.
End of Quote.
That article actually made me curious, do I need to set the Motif to follow
Sonar's midi clock? Will it still work properly even though Sonar has more
ticks per quarter note? I'm not entirely sure how that bit works... LOL
Quote: "Trying to direct-dump is no good. As good as Yamaha is at some
things, one area where they're hopeless is their clock. The Motif clock is
loose, and it gets worse as the sequence is more complex."
So then, this means that if I sequence on the Motif with its loose clock,
the issue will still be reflected even if I set the Motif to follow Sonar's
clock during the transfer process? Speaking of "the transfer process," I'm
curious if the above article I quoted was referring to transferring via FW
or some other means. When you say "dump directly into Sonar," does that
mean press play on the Motif and the data will go out via its midi ports and
go right into Sonar? Or are you referring to one of those complicated sysex
command thingies of yours?
I realize this has been a really long post, and to those of you who've made
it to this point, I thank you. I also know that some of these questions are
elementary in nature, but I figured I'd rather be absolutely clear than to
try and outguess things I'm still trying to learn about. Thanks a bunch for
reading and taking the time to answer these questions. I look forward to
learning what I can.
Most Sincerely,
Bobbi
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