LDiles Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 Hello all. I have been using Kontakt 2 (mostly for drums) but i currently have a copy of Battery 3 coming in the mail. I have Logic Express 7. What I would like to do is this: send the different cells in Battery (kick, snare, hat, etc) out the multiple outputs that it allows and into separate audio tracks in Logic for Logic's eqs and plugins (not to mention automation). I feel that my only option may be to upgrade my audio interface to something like the Presonus Firepod, which has 8 inputs and 10 outputs. Then i could send the cells out the Firepod's outputs and back in its inputs for recording in Logic. However, someone told me there may be a way to do this interally in Logic. Can anybody help me out? I've posted this in two forums because i did not know where it belongs. Please delete one if you feel that is necessary. Thanks. Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 (edited) Hi, Follow these steps: 1. on a instrument track insert an instance of battery 3 as a MULTI CHANNEL. see pic 1 Edited January 15, 2007 by jezzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 2. name that instrument track (battery 3 for instance) pic2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 3. create or choose your drumkit in Battery. pic3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 4. create as many aux channels (stereo) as you need in Logic. Let's say you have a drumkit with 5 cells (parts) than you create 5 aux channels in logic. I'm only gonna do 1, but you'll get the idea. Give those aux channels a right name (snare for snare etc.) see pic 4a, 4b and 4c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 5. In battery asign a cell to a specific output other than master. In this case I'll put "Snare Drum 1" to "st3/4". To do this you have click on the cell you want to assign, then klick on the "Cell tab" at the bottom left and finaly asign to let's say "St3/4" on the bottom right of the battery screen. look at pic 5 to get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 6. In Logic, select the aux track that you just made and give it the appropriate input. See pic 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 7. Now you're done! test it with some effect insert on your aux channel. (take something extreme so you'll notice that when you hit that "snare " cell that things work.) pic7 Do this for every cell. (and save this logic file as a template More questions? just ask. Have fun! Jesse Sorry for my bad English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDiles Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 thanks for the great response. i'm worried about running out f CPU power if i dont convert the different tracks from battery that i want to audio for processing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 thanks for the great response. i'm worried about running out f CPU power if i dont convert the different tracks from battery that i want to audio for processing.... If you are refering to those aux channels. As far as I know they don't take a lot of cpu power. But if you stuff each aux channel with a lot of plugins your mac could run out of power. what kind of mac do you own? btw, you could make an additional bus channel for shared effects. Let's say that all your drumparts need the same reverb. 1. Make a bus channel 2. insert the reverb in your buschannel 3. on your aux channels send a signal to the bus channel. (the one with the reverb. This way you only need one instance of the reverb plug. Instead of the sam plug for every aux channel. Does this make sence? Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDiles Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 yes that sure does make sense. i'm on an iMac G5 1.8 GHz, 512 RAM (soon to be 1 Gb). i'm sort of expecting to use lots of plugins, thats why i'm worried about the CPU. but i will certainly give your method a shot. thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzbo Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 yes that sure does make sense. i'm on an iMac G5 1.8 GHz, 512 RAM (soon to be 1 Gb). i'm sort of expecting to use lots of plugins, thats why i'm worried about the CPU. but i will certainly give your method a shot. thanks again. hey that's a good mac. But if I where you I put 2GB ram inside (more ram is also more speed) I don't know if you are using a second harddrive. If not, buy one! And use this second drive only for audio. A firewire drive NOT a usb drive. So you basicaly record to this second drive, not on your systemdrive. With that kind of configuartion you wil do fine. If you really, really gonna use a lot of plugins or softsynths then buy a macpro. I didn't reached it's limit yet. Jesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDiles Posted January 21, 2007 Author Share Posted January 21, 2007 i actually do have a firewire drive that i record and save to. thanks for the advice, i'll see how much i can do before pulling the trigger on any new equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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