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Hello –
Hello everyone…
Gabriel – Finally was able to post here… Firefox never seemed to handle logging in…
Rachel – Considering your background that I gleaned from your other site posts…
Maybe try to not route through the computer…
I just route from the Octo -> synths (set for individual channels) then audio path -> computer..
So the switch is really away from using the computer as a compositional tool, and more as a straight audio editor… Again, in the same line of work as you… this was huge for me…
Unless you want to record the midi, and then go from there… sometimes I do use a softsynth like BFD2… but I have gotten to a point where I am using them mostly in stand alone mode…
Also, as someone else stated… midi timing is really bad on computers… computers are not optimized for time dependent processing… they get hosed very easily… I ran into this alot in the past… why are my tracks not lining up?… etc… Arghh…
Maybe go like you mentioned: Octopus: midi outs-> AMT’s -> synths set to proper midi channels… (you will have to midi filter if any of your synths are omni only)
So my vote would be to simplify and the Octopus’s elegence and power will certainly keep your brain working enough on musicaly ideas…