03-21-2021, 10:34 AM
So I went back to using note on/off triggers(red)....and when I would parameter lock in C4-B4...this would invariably cause the NDLR to crash...and it's depressing because the NDLR is the most responsive using note on/off...So I would put a 1-2 bar sequence of 1/8th notes and this would cause the NDLR to freeze as I would try to cycle between Chord I-VII....there are no added setting beyond a note change.
The next work around was to use the Octatrack trigless triggers(green) cc 85 in combination with cc 26-27. the big problem here is that in order for the NDLR to catch all the midi cc triggers...I have to slow the midi track to 1/8th or 1/4 the Octatrack's BPM. I have also witnessed patterns loaded with green(trigless trigs) that can actually overload and freeze the NDLR...So in order for the NDLR to keep up with the OT using trigless trigs it is best to work in quarter notes for now...where the bulk of messages are 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16...and by serializing the instructions sent to the NDLR...there is less of a chance to bork the session and cause a need to reboot the sequencer.
The OT is only sending transport data(no clock)...and the only midi output track assignments are those going to the NDLR. C-link on the NDLR is set to OFF.
I have not checked on whether or not this is happening with the other NDLR parts...but it keeps me having to use the a sequencer because I want the drone and the motifs to be operating in the same key, the same chord type and the same chord degree.l
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its really frustrating and understandably causes anxiety because I can see the NDLR putting out the notes exactly as I want them for my purposes...its just when I use an external sequencer to do so by dictation it eventually crashes after a few minutes...
Solutions/workarounds/investigations
1) Chord sequencer on the NDRL with trigless trigs on the Octatrack...but then I lose the agility of the Octatrack's sequencer.
2) record into the Spectralis Dsynth as a midi buffer/motif with quantize set to 1/4 to 1/16th. The drawback of using motifs with the Spectralis is that their max length is 16 bars and can be shortened 1/4 note and transposed...that is it...so for me this is a signficant loss of "pliancy"
3) Use the MV8800 as a sequencer to try and send note on/off and CC(the benefit being longer patterns...but the workflow is a bit more plain and mundane...with still no real guarantee on stability.
The next work around was to use the Octatrack trigless triggers(green) cc 85 in combination with cc 26-27. the big problem here is that in order for the NDLR to catch all the midi cc triggers...I have to slow the midi track to 1/8th or 1/4 the Octatrack's BPM. I have also witnessed patterns loaded with green(trigless trigs) that can actually overload and freeze the NDLR...So in order for the NDLR to keep up with the OT using trigless trigs it is best to work in quarter notes for now...where the bulk of messages are 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16...and by serializing the instructions sent to the NDLR...there is less of a chance to bork the session and cause a need to reboot the sequencer.
The OT is only sending transport data(no clock)...and the only midi output track assignments are those going to the NDLR. C-link on the NDLR is set to OFF.
I have not checked on whether or not this is happening with the other NDLR parts...but it keeps me having to use the a sequencer because I want the drone and the motifs to be operating in the same key, the same chord type and the same chord degree.l
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its really frustrating and understandably causes anxiety because I can see the NDLR putting out the notes exactly as I want them for my purposes...its just when I use an external sequencer to do so by dictation it eventually crashes after a few minutes...
Solutions/workarounds/investigations
1) Chord sequencer on the NDRL with trigless trigs on the Octatrack...but then I lose the agility of the Octatrack's sequencer.
2) record into the Spectralis Dsynth as a midi buffer/motif with quantize set to 1/4 to 1/16th. The drawback of using motifs with the Spectralis is that their max length is 16 bars and can be shortened 1/4 note and transposed...that is it...so for me this is a signficant loss of "pliancy"
3) Use the MV8800 as a sequencer to try and send note on/off and CC(the benefit being longer patterns...but the workflow is a bit more plain and mundane...with still no real guarantee on stability.