Re: Mainstage, Ultralite and Augustus Loop

[Os <os@collective.co.uk>]

Hi,

see

http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/augustusscripts/index_files/7befcc333b85e9bab664f68b8a0b0544-1.html

and

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=235544

for starters.

Possibly you can do something cunning with automation of Mainstage
itself, but I've never used it myself so can't advise.


cheers,
os.


2009/1/28 Sjaak <tcplugin@scarlet.be>:
> I've made the decision to move to a laptop setup, mainly to get rid of 
>the huge and heavy synthesizers, 19" racks and make it "transportable" in 
>stead of "moveable" if you know what I mean. With this email I want to 
>share my experience with you.
>
> => Btw: Per and others, thanks for all your emails regarding this topic; 
>they have been very valuable so far. Thanks :)
>
> To give you a little background information, I have been using Cubase 
>for a long time, mainly as a sequencer application in a classic studio 
>environment. I've not used software to process audio in real-time, so 
>that's totally new for me. I'm currently testing with a Macbook 2.4/4 Gb, 
>Motu Ultralite mk3 and Logic Mainstage plus some hard and software 
>loopers.
>
> The Ultralite is a half-size 19" Firewire 400 interface, bus powered, 
>many inputs (mic, line, spdif) and outputs, on-board reverb, EQ, 
>compression and midi. All settings are adjustable using the front panel 
>backlit LCD or through the Cue Mix software. You can use it as a 
>standalone mixer and it has balanced outputs. To summarize: this little 
>box replaces my mixer, compressor, EQ, DI/splitter and midi interface. 
>Excellent value for the money, highly recommended.
>
> Once you understand the basics of concerts, patches and channel strips, 
>Mainstage is an easy application to work with and a real bargain if you 
>consider how many high quality soft synths and FX plugins you get. 
>Setting up midi controllers is also easy with the learn function, AU 
>plugin settings are all saved within the patch.
>
> I think Per already reported this in the past but the only real problem 
>I have run into so far is that Mainstage becomes instable when you insert 
>an external AU plugin on a bus.  What I want is setting up a global FX or 
>looper on the concert level, some reverb and route normal channels 
>through it using the FX send/return. You can of course use Augustus as an 
>insert FX in a channel itself but that only works if you have a single 
>layer patch.
>
> Also, I have read the Augustus manual and it says you can run multiple 
>instances of it, synced or unsynced. I'm not sure what the best way is to 
>control these individual instances from a single midi foot controller and 
>avoid the situation where multiple instances react at the same time. So 
>something like the track concept where you use the previous and next 
>track commands within a single looper. A maximum of 3 instances is about 
>the maximum number of tracks I use live.
>
> I could probably do this using Bidule but I believe I can't use the 
>Logic AU plugins outside of Mainstage or Logic itself. Hmmmm....
>
> Btw: I really like the feature set and sound of Augustus 2.0, good stuff 
>:)
> ---
> Sjaak
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