ZJKmusic

Hey, Just for funsies, I was testing my hearing frequency range. I ended up using the test oscillator sine and marked all my faders at -1.0 to ensure I didn't get any distortion. I also threw a channel EQ flat with the analyzer enabled, on high resolution and the quickest DB drop for reporting. Anyway, I noticed the EQ has a tip and then grows at it goes down - first question. Is this just a graphical display thing for the Channel EQ (meaning it's only meaning to convey the upper tip of the sine spike as the frequency coming through) or is that actually reporting that there are a multitude of frequencies that decrease in amplitude as you get away from the primary sine spike (meaning there's many frequencies being transmitted not just one)? Does the EQ add any color whatsoever after it analyzes? The reason I have this question: I noticed I was still hearing things up at 20k which, although I'm elated if I can, is likely not the case for a 31 year old musician. This would be the case if the test oscillator is only sending only one frequency (20k), rather than a cluster. But I thought a Sine was only one frequency so correct me if I'm off base here. Are there any additional places that could introduce any coloration or distortion (Adding to the frequencies that are sent out) that I should be looking at. The test oscillator seems like it has a limiter or something on it (or maybe I'm just not that used to that steady of a signal), but I don't see any added harmonics at the output strip EQ. Thoughts? -zjk

Oh wow thanks! I've got everything working now, it's amazing! And I even have a little bit more imagination now for other things that I might be able to accomplish. Thanks for all the input and help!

BEAUTIFUL! Thank you so much! Now, if I wanted to continue on down the line and send each fader to a different CC. Is the best way to do that by just having the transformers all cabled together in a line until it reaches the sequencer input? Also, is there a place that will give a quick rundown of each of the options in the transformer drop down list? I'd like to understand what I've just done a little more rather than just memorizing which magical word goes in which menu. Thanks, literally a million. Actually a million. This is one-million thank-yous. -zjk

I'm using a Novation LaunchKey 49. Their site said to use the Mackie HUI/HUI install for a control map, but those controls weren't particularly useful for me or what I do, so I'm really starting from a blank slate and creating my own setup for controls. I was able to successfully program record, cycle, play, stop, and things of that sort. Nothing else really worked beyond that (although the MOD wheel still functions as CC1 and the Master Fader still functions on CC7 - those didn't need to be programmed). Hopefully, that triggers some ideas of what needs to happen to make this work. Okay so, CC means it has a 0-127 range. But how is that different from a MIDI channel then? Is it that each MIDI channel has it's own CCs? (i.e. MIDI channel 4 has a CC41, and MIDI channel 12 has it own CC41?) Do I have that right? And if that is the case, do I assume that basically everything I'm doing defaults to MIDI channel 1 - so MIDI channel 1 would be what I would need to intercept with the transformer? Or do different items default to different MIDI channels with Logic without my knowledge?

I can't seem to find how to program the controller to send a specific signal. Right now the controller sends the fader signal via CC41 (there are 8 different faders, each sending on it's own channel from 41-49, the master fader sends via CC7). I've been able to delete the default settings and set up a handful of buttons. I sorted through what appeared to be the possible controller setups for manipulating MIDI in realtime but nothing would write the automation. I found a variety of what looked like MIDI automation options but none of them actually functioned when I selected them and test recorded. Could you possibly take a quick screenshot of what the settings should look like in setup? Or give me a quick walkthrough? I've also tried to sort this out through the environment window by routing the physical input to a transformer to change the incoming signals to a different channel, however, it would only let me select channels 1-16 so I was unable to select CC41 which is where the source information would be coming from to transform. What am I missing here?

Hello, I've been searching all around for how to use/write CC11 MIDI information in real time while recording independently of CC1. For instance, I would like to play and hold a note increase CC1 to a value, hold CC1 at the value while I continue to change CC11 using controls on my MIDI controller. I see a lot of mapping them to be redundant to one another via the environment window but I haven't found something where I can assign the different CC's (I'd also like to do this to CC7 as well) to my different knobs and faders on my controller. Maybe this has already been covered, in which case I don't know the terminology to find it. Any help would be much appreciated. My work-flow begs of you. -zjk