Hi guys. Wondering if someone could be so kind as to write me up a quick tutorial on properly recording arp notes in Cubase 4.5.2 from my Ti. I am not getting the results I feel I should.
Here is what I am doing:
1.) Setting up a Midi channel to communicate with the Virus via VC. I set my input as my Novation SL controller, and set the output to the Virus Ti entry in my outputs listing. No problem. I am play notes and record notes as should.
2.) I created a second midi channel, gave it the same midi channel number as the main midi channel in point number 1, and set the midi input to Virus Ti Synth. I am unsure what to set the output to as the results are the same regardless of what I set it to.
What should the output be if the input is set to Virus Ti Synth?
3.) I select a patch with a pre programmed arp, hit the config button on the front of the Virus, and set the Arp Note Send parameter to ON. (Would be really nice if there was an option to toggle this function from within the arp page of VC itself HINT HINT
).
4.) I select both midi channels to record at the same time. I do get the midi notes recorded in the first midi track, and what appears to be the arp notes recorded in the second track. No problem there. I just recorded a basic single note being held down for a few seconds. On the first midi track I have C3 for instance being drawn across my piano roll. It plays back how it sounded when I recorded it.
Here is where I am having trouble. I am assuming the arp notes that were recorded are the actual notes that are used to make up the arp itself on the patch I selected. If I erase the midi note recording, and simply move the arp note recording to where the midi note recording was, it plays back nothing like how it sounded when I recorded it. I assumed it would play back sounding the same as if the patch was played from the Ti directly, as the arp notes itself are what make up what I am hearing when I am playing the arped patch. Why does it not? It sounds very broken up, stuttery, like a train wreck. Nothing like the patch itself. I was really disappointed with this. I have no desire to record 10 seconds of a single note being held down, so instead, I desire to record the arp notes so I could really fine tune and edit the arp by moving the individually recorded notes around in my sequencer. If it doesn't play back after recording in this manner how it sounds when I play it from the Ti itself, what use is it? I had high hopes to record the Arp notes, then apply that midi track containing the arp notes to say a Vsti so that I could have both the Ti and VSTi playing back the exact same arp, however, on two different patches.
Am I right in the way I am thinking? Am I setting things up right? Surely something must be missing my logic, understanding and implementation of this feature.
If anyone can sort me out with some answers, or a better guide on how to record arp notes, I would be very grateful.
I was simply using the USB cable for all this. I had an actual midi cable connected at one point, but found it did nothing different from the above mentionings, so I unplugged it and am now using the USB cable only. If this is a problem, please let me know!
Thanks for reading. I look very forward to hearing a response.
Andrew