Need help recording a hardware synth
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:29 pm
I hope somebody can help.
I have just got a Dave Smith Mopho keyboard and I want to record it in Ableton. So I am able to record midi notes and have them play back the synth. Now I would like to tweak and record the filter cutoff frequency while I hear the notes playing back. I am doing this in arrangement view by having the midi clip with the notes on say track 1 over 32 bars, and then recording the filter frequency knob movements on a new track (say 2) that is sending the midi information to the synth playing back on track 1. I am able to tweak the filter but what is happening is that because the filter cc envelope in the clip on track 1 is set to full, it keeps resetting my frequency knob movements to 164 value (filter fully opened). If I “draw” the envelope off I get a reset to zero or any level that the envelope is set to.
I hope I have explained that clearly enough. Am I missing something obvious, how can I record the knob movements without the clip envelope resetting the filter frequency continuously to whatever level it is at?
Thanks for your help.
I have just got a Dave Smith Mopho keyboard and I want to record it in Ableton. So I am able to record midi notes and have them play back the synth. Now I would like to tweak and record the filter cutoff frequency while I hear the notes playing back. I am doing this in arrangement view by having the midi clip with the notes on say track 1 over 32 bars, and then recording the filter frequency knob movements on a new track (say 2) that is sending the midi information to the synth playing back on track 1. I am able to tweak the filter but what is happening is that because the filter cc envelope in the clip on track 1 is set to full, it keeps resetting my frequency knob movements to 164 value (filter fully opened). If I “draw” the envelope off I get a reset to zero or any level that the envelope is set to.
I hope I have explained that clearly enough. Am I missing something obvious, how can I record the knob movements without the clip envelope resetting the filter frequency continuously to whatever level it is at?
Thanks for your help.