| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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My question, I'm currently using an R-5 drum machine and an
MC50 sequencer to write dance stuff. When doing the drums
I basically put down a pattern in real time and I have the
drum machine in Sync with the sequence so that when I press
play the drum machine plays in time with what I have on the
sequencer, how do I save the drums to disc so that I can free
up some memory on the drum machine for more new patterns.
I hope I said this right.......................
Thanks
Howard
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| 2691.1 | VMSSG::DICKINSON | Skin Gangster | Thu Jul 25 1991 13:51 | 9 | |
I don't know details of the devices you have, but generally, if they
support SYSex, couldn't you just dump the contents of the drum machine to
the synth and then to disk ?
Peter
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| 2691.2 | RICKS::SHERMAN | ECADSR::SHERMAN 225-5487, 223-3326 | Thu Jul 25 1991 14:01 | 21 | |
Does the R5 have a MIDI buld dump feature? I'd be surprised if it
doesn't. The MC50 can store a dump as well as rhythm patterns of its own.
And, it can convert rhythm patterns to regular MIDI track info. But,
unfortunately, it does not provide a mechanism for converting info from a
track to rhythm patterns. It would have been clever of Roland to keep
the rhythm pattern format standard so that they could be transferred
between the R5 and the MC50. I *think* such transfers can be done
over MIDI between an MC50 and another MC50 (don't quote me). Don't know
about between an MC50 and an R5/R8.
One alternative is to have the MC50 just record whole sections of MIDI
data from the drums for different songs. Then, have the MC50 play the
drums instead of using the R5s internal sequencer. But, then, don't
you lose the "humanization" capabilities? I don't know what gets sent
out MIDI during "humanization". If it's time shifting and AT then
you'll be preserving the feel, though it will no longer vary each time
you play the song, if I understand things.
I don't have an R5, so usual disclaimers apply.
Steve
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| 2691.3 | Store the Patterns with the sequencer parts. | KADOR::REVERB::HANNA | What a wonderful world :^) | Fri Jul 26 1991 07:48 | 4 |
Why not use the R-5 as an expander ? Play the drum parts via a keyboard and into the MC50 on a seperate track(s). Zayed | |||||
| 2691.4 | RICKS::SHERMAN | ECADSR::SHERMAN 225-5487, 223-3326 | Fri Jul 26 1991 13:44 | 8 | |
I think the problem with that is that you lose the "humanization"
features of the R5 if you use (gasp!) a "human" to actually generate
the info into the MC50 and then have the MC50 control the R5.
However, this is the way that I do drum tracks a lot of the time.
The MC50 is designed to pretty much replace much of the editing
features of a typical drum machine.
Steve
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