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CommandingMotifAuthor
Total Posts: 15
Joined 06-06-2017 status: Regular |
Hello, I have a Motif XS with separate monitors hooked up to it. Those monitors are receiving Motif MAIN OUT output. I also have a Cubase rig with Saffire audio interface and transfer Motif XS output via firewire to Cubase. No problems there. However I want to do something else, and that is transfer an anti pattern with ALL motif effects and digital processing in tact to Cubase as a single stereo file. I’m looking for the most efficient way to do that. Firewire isn’t a good fit because I have to set each Motif channel to a firewire channel and once I do that I can’t monitor in my Motif monitors anymore. Takes too long to set up and switch back. ALT OUTPUTS isn’t a good fit for same reason: I have to assign instruments to ALT OUTPUTS, and once I do I can’t monitor with my Motif monitors anymore. Furthermore, I don’t believe all etc and DSP is transferred through ALT OUTPUTS? MAIN OUTPUTS aren’t really a good fit either because I already have motif monitors connected to them so I’d have to physically disconnect them from monitors and connect to audio interface So unless I’m missing something (please correct me if I’m wrong), the only way to do this quickly is to maybe get a four way toggle that could easily switch the MAIN OUTPUTS back and forth between my Motif monitors and my audio interface? That way I could compose on Motif through Motif monitors, then when ready to transfer stereo file, flip the toggle and send MAIN OUT output to my audio interface to capture in Cubase? AM I making this too complicated? Is there an easier way? My goal is to : compose music as quickly as it occurs to me in the Motif, then rapidly move the Motif’s stereo output into Cubase as a stereo file as quickly as possible, without having to goof around with channel assignment, monitor latency, etc Thoughts? Thank so much |
philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
Hi CommandingMotifAuthor, Welcome to Motifator. I’m pretty sure that with a Motif XS of over a certain firmware version, you can render your patterns or songs as a WAV file directly to a usb thumb drive, unplug the thumb drive and walk it over to your computer. You can then copy it from your thumb drive to your computer and import it into Cubase. “Sneakernet”, basically! From the Yamaha Synth site:
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philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
Another idea, If you want a hardware solution to your cabling hang ups, put a small format mixer featuring Auxiliary Sends between your Motif XS and your monitors. The auxiliary sends will send a copy of what’s coming from your Motif XS to your interface so that you can record it when you need to: Cable your Motif XS left and right outputs to two channels on the mixer. Cable the mixer’s Monitor Outputs to your monitors Cable the mixer’s auxiliary sends to the inputs on your interface. Turn up the aux send pots on the Motif XS channels. That should provide a near perfect hardware solution and you can leave it all cabled as it is all of the time. The only cons are that you’ll always need the mixer on when you want to play your Motif, and, of course, you may have to spend money on a mixer and a few more cables to do it. |
CommandingMotifAuthor
Total Posts: 15
Joined 06-06-2017 status: Regular |
Oh thanks so much for this! Yes the OUTPUT TO WAV option is perfect. I need to check that out asap. Must have missed it. Thanks so much I will report back! |
CommandingMotifAuthor
Total Posts: 15
Joined 06-06-2017 status: Regular |
Works like a charm! Thanks so much for this |
philwoodmusic
Total Posts: 1055
Joined 07-01-2013 status: Guru |
You’re welcome. You can’t beat sneaker net. |