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katsikas
Total Posts: 79
Joined 04-09-2005 status: Experienced |
I am curious about how folks are working with their XF in terms of creating sequences. I prefer to create my sequences in Sonar. As long as I am strictly Midi, it is easy to save the midi file to the USB and get the XF to play it back. But if I have a project that is some midi and some audio, what’s the most efficient way to bring that into the XF? Are you all using the integrated sampling to do that? Are you saving the DAW project’s audio as a single wav file and bringing that into the XF? So far, I have a very clunky way of doing this, and I can’t imagine this is the only and best way. I render my audio to a wav file, then create a new drum voice, then map the wav file to a key, then, in song mode, make sure one of my voices is the user drum voice. Its a bunch of steps, and it works, but feels clunky. Dream Wish List Feature: Motif imports OMF files.
Thoughts?
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philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
OMF (Open Media Framework) would be useful, but as you probably know from using it between two different DAWs, it’s sketchy at best, with the majority of arrangement data moving over nicely, but not so much for information pertaining to the mix itself. So the question is, if this did happen, would being able to transport the audio file and it’s region info be enough for you? ...and wouldn’t it be a pain to have to try and mix everything again when it’s all on the Motif? |
katsikas
Total Posts: 79
Joined 04-09-2005 status: Experienced |
Good point, Phil. OK, I will revise my wish list to be for a program that allows me to bring my sonar files into the motif :) How do you work with a DAW and then bring the project into the XF? In case it isn’t obvious, I am just trying to avoid bringing a computer into my life rig. Steve |
philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
If I was going to do it, I’d use a manual transfer very much like the one you originally mentioned. MIDI is not a problem so it will export and import nicely. For the audio, I’d set my markers up in my DAW, in time and on specific measures, at the top and tail of the song and COULD bounce each of the tracks out in full rendering any panning, plugins or automation in use into the audio file itself, so I’d end up with a nice set of consolidated audio that I can import into the Motif. To make that easier and faster though, I’d consider making stems for each instrument group in my mix providing I was happy with the balance of my mix in the first place. They would be something like this: A lead vocal stem - (all the lead vocals as one wav) A backing vocal stem (same idea) A guitarist stem A bass stem A drum stem A percussion stem A keyboard stem (that might be your MIDI though, so probably not needed) Stems for any other areas I need to cover By doing this, you boil down a 48 channel mix (for example) into 6 or 7 stems which when heard all together sound exactly the same as your mix and take up less space in your Motif. You still retain some control over them level wise. Perhaps stems are your answer? |
katsikas
Total Posts: 79
Joined 04-09-2005 status: Experienced |
Good suggestions. You also verified for me that I am likely doing things “the right way” as opposed to my self-assessment of doing it in a “clunky” way. Steve |