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Post by wilxon » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:45 pm

Patch wrote: Unless there is a digital to analogue converter that is reasonably priced...
I have been looking and i cant find one anywhere.

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Post by Patch » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:55 pm

Me too - it looks like no such device exists... :cry:

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Post by Patch » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:29 pm

I've just had a thought - is the headphone out on my laptop still gonna be accessible when I have my Motu Ultralite connected???

If so, I'll be able to use the set-up as I like!!!

:) <-Little smile again...

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Post by robin » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:31 pm

Patch, ASIO4ALL can do this I think (I'm on a mac so might be wrong, Tiger can do this on there).

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Post by Patch » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:37 pm

That's what I thought, robin (I meant to mention ASIO4ALL in my original post - D'oh..!)

I've used ASIO4ALL in the past with a SoundBlaster 5.1 card to give me 6 mono outs, and it worked a treat!

What I'm concerned with, is using the MOTU Ultralite with the ASIO4ALL driver instead of the MOTU driver. Surely the MOTU drivers would give better performance than ASIO4ALL?

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Post by robin » Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:40 pm

Patch wrote: What I'm concerned with, is using the MOTU Ultralite with the ASIO4ALL driver instead of the MOTU driver. Surely the MOTU drivers would give better performance than ASIO4ALL?
Good point, I don't know.

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Post by wilxon » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:05 am

Patch wrote:That's what I thought, robin (I meant to mention ASIO4ALL in my original post - D'oh..!)

I've used ASIO4ALL in the past with a SoundBlaster 5.1 card to give me 6 mono outs, and it worked a treat!

What I'm concerned with, is using the MOTU Ultralite with the ASIO4ALL driver instead of the MOTU driver. Surely the MOTU drivers would give better performance than ASIO4ALL?
Yes the motu drivers will give better performance.

You can get much tighter latecy times, and the quality of the sound is much crisper.

But then - its difficult to see another way.

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Post by wilxon » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:07 am

Patch.



Are you actually going to need 2 decks???

Why not use 1, when you have your recorded loop - looping, you could just reasign the MixVibes to a different channel to start again if you wanted.


You probably wont be running both decks at the same time, Will You??

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Post by Patch » Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:40 am

I'd thought of that - but I will be using the turntables for beat juggling too, so I would need both connected...

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Post by marqs » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:54 am

jus a lil post from SSL forum:

neth wrote:
"used SSL 1.6.3 PB2 and ableton yesterday for about five hours simultaneously on the same macbook pro, no problems at all."
haven't got time to test this myself yet. too busy this weekend. :?

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Post by wilxon » Sat Nov 25, 2006 8:24 am

Patch wrote:I'd thought of that - but I will be using the turntables for beat juggling too, so I would need both connected...

Yes, I was tired and really shouldnt have been throwing in comments last night.

The turntables take up inputs not out puts.


Duh.

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Post by smutek » Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:26 pm

marqs wrote:jus a lil post from SSL forum:

neth wrote:
"used SSL 1.6.3 PB2 and ableton yesterday for about five hours simultaneously on the same macbook pro, no problems at all."
haven't got time to test this myself yet. too busy this weekend. :?

marqs
would you mind throwing up the link?

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Post by marqs » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:47 pm

smutek wrote:
marqs wrote:jus a lil post from SSL forum:

neth wrote:
"used SSL 1.6.3 PB2 and ableton yesterday for about five hours simultaneously on the same macbook pro, no problems at all."
haven't got time to test this myself yet. too busy this weekend. :?

marqs
would you mind throwing up the link?
it's in the beta section somewhere. you need to be logged in to read that.
http://scratchlive.net/forum/discussion ... =24127#new

anywayz, I tried myself today... and SSL & Ableton really run together at the same time! :)

I played one track from Scratch Live (scratched a bit, reversed, changed pitch etc) and recorded the output via my EMU 0404 USB soundcard to the Ableton Live 6.1 what was runnin' on the same computer at the same time. No problems at all. Even threw some effects on the record armed track in Ableton and recorded them too... :)
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Post by smutek » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:58 pm

I haven't downloaded the SSL 1.6.3 beta yet, I'm still running 1.6.2 - are there any obvious advantages to using 1.6.3 with Ableton, as opposed to 1.6.2? If so, what are they?
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Post by Patch » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:58 pm

Good work, marqs!!!! Finally - some positive feedback on using both together!

Can you post details of your set-up? PC specs I and any hardware you're using...

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