Any can verify on the TR-8?

Calle · 2014-03-26T11:16:05.000Z

""dimi3"":

A friend was telling me that via USB you get all of the audio tracks from the individual tracks. sounded a lot like OverBridge. Anyone know if this is true?

Did it yesterday in Logic PRO X and it worked perfect.
Ch 1-2 Stereo out (whole mix)
Ch 3-14 mono (individual drum sounds)
You set the input levels to Logic with the TR-8 faders.
Sending MIDI-clock from Logic to TR-8 and in sync.

Geneoart · 2014-03-26T12:18:13.000Z

[quote=“” Calle""]

[quote=“dimi3”]A friend was telling me that via USB you get all of the audio tracks from the individual tracks. sounded a lot like OverBridge. Anyone know if this is true?
[/quote]

Did it yesterday in Logic PRO X and it worked perfect.
Ch 1-2 Stereo out (whole mix)
Ch 3-14 mono (individual drum sounds)
You set the input levels to Logic with the TR-8 faders.
Sending MIDI-clock from Logic to TR-8 and in sync.[/quote]
How was the sync? Any latency?

Calle · 2014-03-26T12:20:47.000Z

No latency.

t · 2014-03-26T12:44:21.000Z

[quote=“” Dataline""]
The difference here is that, so far TR8 does not have a plug in to support this feature. Overbridge will have a VSTi plugin so that you do not need to select Elektron unit as your audio source as these details will be handled by Overbridge plugin.

As far as I understand, on TR8, you need to select it as your audio source in the audio settings which can be troublesome if you want to use your sound card at the same time.
[/quote]

Most DAWs support multiple audio interfaces, so that should not be an issue in most cases.

Preferences aside, will Overbridge also support this mode of operation as a configurable option, or will you always have to use the plugin?

void · 2014-03-26T12:49:44.000Z

would be great if it also worked as a generic class-compliant audio interface (iOS!)

G0n35y · 2014-03-26T13:11:26.000Z

[quote="“t” date=“2014-03-26 12:44:21"”]
Most DAWs support multiple audio interfaces, so that should not be an issue in most cases.
[/quote]

Do they? I was always under the impression that in a Windows environment the issue of multiple audio interfaces was a pain in the tits! Unless you use Asio4All to combine interfaces mind you (which I don’t like as I can never get things running as I like with it). It’s not a problem on a Mac though.

I like the TR-8, but I’d love a Rytm!

t · 2014-03-26T13:39:05.000Z

""J0n35y"":

[quote=“t”]Most DAWs support multiple audio interfaces, so that should not be an issue in most cases.

Do they? I was always under the impression that in a Windows environment the issue of multiple audio interfaces was a pain in the tits! Unless you use Asio4All to combine interfaces mind you (which I don’t like as I can never get things running as I like with it). It’s not a problem on a Mac though.

I like the TR-8, but I’d love a Rytm![/quote]
Sorry, I keep forgetting Windows is still so far behind OS X for pro audio…

snowcrash · 2014-03-26T13:57:09.000Z

""void"":

would be great if it also worked as a generic class-compliant audio interface (iOS!)

+1
Also because otherwise Linux user would be kept out.

poonti · 2014-03-26T14:31:07.000Z

Anyone with a TR-8 try sequencing it from Elektron gear? Eg, I recently mapped a bunch of midi machine tracks on my MD to control every single CC parameter on my Novation Drumstation…does the TR-8 have CC control? How well does it work?

chad · 2014-03-26T14:54:20.000Z

""poonti"":

Anyone with a TR-8 try sequencing it from Elektron gear? Eg, I recently mapped a bunch of midi machine tracks on my MD to control every single CC parameter on my Novation Drumstation…does the TR-8 have CC control? How well does it work?

I’ve been searching for this as well and can’t find any details on MIDI CC spec within their documentation on the Roland website…

rockreid · 2014-03-26T15:23:20.000Z

yesterday I tried for the first time recording TR8 individual tracks to my Win8.1 DAW and it worked great. Ableton Live 9 in Windows can only use 1 audio device at a time so I tracked my TR-8 into Ableton by itself, hand adjusted the grouped loops a bit to line it up right on the bar, and the loop worked perfectly.

The thing is, AIRA tech only offers 96k sample rate, so you must export your 96k session if you work in lower 44.1k like me.

I downloaded ASIO4ALL but have not tried it yet. I will report with both Live 9 and Reaper when I do.

rockreid · 2014-03-26T15:31:43.000Z

I can verify using my midi keyboard controller that the TR8 responds to midi velocity playing the individual voices which is great news, and that the tonal character changes dramatically depending on velocity.

G0n35y · 2014-03-26T16:25:18.000Z

[quote="“t” date=“2014-03-26 13:39:05"”]
Sorry, I keep forgetting Windows is still so far behind OS X for pro audio…
[/quote]

Thanks for reminding me about that… haha!

nakedbob · 2014-03-26T17:14:41.000Z

I have zero problems making aggregate devices in ASIO4all.

dimi3 · 2014-03-26T17:27:33.000Z

""t"":

[quote=“J0n35y”][quote=“t”]Most DAWs support multiple audio interfaces, so that should not be an issue in most cases.

Do they? I was always under the impression that in a Windows environment the issue of multiple audio interfaces was a pain in the tits! Unless you use Asio4All to combine interfaces mind you (which I don’t like as I can never get things running as I like with it). It’s not a problem on a Mac though.

I like the TR-8, but I’d love a Rytm![/quote]
Sorry, I keep forgetting Windows is still so far behind OS X for pro audio… ;)[/quote]
I believe the only way to get multiple audio interfaces into Ableton is in OSX is to aggregate in the “audio MIDI setup” there is a tool like this for windows but I forget the name.

dimi3 · 2014-03-26T17:29:25.000Z

""Dataline"":

The difference here is that, so far TR8 does not have a plug in to support this feature. Overbridge will have a VSTi plugin so that you do not need to select Elektron unit as your audio source as these details will be handled by Overbridge plugin.

As far as I understand, on TR8, you need to select it as your audio source in the audio settings which can be troublesome if you want to use your sound card at the same time.

Thanks for clarifying! how many Elektron devices are you thinking the VST will support?

MK7 · 2014-03-26T17:35:59.000Z

""rockreid"":

I can verify using my midi keyboard controller that the TR8 responds to midi velocity playing the individual voices which is great news, and that the tonal character changes dramatically depending on velocity.

Velocity changing sound, as on a mbrane? Great news! If the hats/cymbals were just more crushed/distorted sounding as on a real tr-909, or do they at high velocity?

nakedbob · 2014-03-26T17:44:04.000Z

""dimi3"":

[quote=“t”][quote=“J0n35y”][quote=“t”]Most DAWs support multiple audio interfaces, so that should not be an issue in most cases.

Do they? I was always under the impression that in a Windows environment the issue of multiple audio interfaces was a pain in the tits! Unless you use Asio4All to combine interfaces mind you (which I don’t like as I can never get things running as I like with it). It’s not a problem on a Mac though.

I like the TR-8, but I’d love a Rytm![/quote]
Sorry, I keep forgetting Windows is still so far behind OS X for pro audio… ;)[/quote]
I believe the only way to get multiple audio interfaces into Ableton is in OSX is to aggregate in the “audio MIDI setup” there is a tool like this for windows but I forget the name.[/quote]
ASIO4ALL. By Steinberg.
Plenty of ‘pro users’ use this.

en.wikipedia.org

Audio Stream Input/Output

Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) is a computer audio interface driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg, providing high data throughput, synchronization, and low latency between a software application and a computer's audio interface or sound card. ASIO was initially released in 1997 in order to enable streaming of one or more audio streams from an (multi-input/output) audio interface to a software and vice versa with minimal latency and sample accurate synchronization of the a...

RockReid, report?

djethan · 2014-04-05T22:44:16.000Z

""Calle"":

[quote=“dimi3”]A friend was telling me that via USB you get all of the audio tracks from the individual tracks. sounded a lot like OverBridge. Anyone know if this is true?

Did it yesterday in Logic PRO X and it worked perfect.
Ch 1-2 Stereo out (whole mix)
Ch 3-14 mono (individual drum sounds)
You set the input levels to Logic with the TR-8 faders.
Sending MIDI-clock from Logic to TR-8 and in sync.[/quote]
Could you please describe (or screenshot) your audio and MIDI settings in Logic? Or describe your process in more detail, please?

I can trigger my TR-8 and TB-3 from Logic Pro X, but when I try and record their audio output into Logic over USB, i.e. record enable an Audio Track with one of the 1-14 inputs from the TR-8 and then click the Record button, the MIDI out seems to not trigger. Works fine if I just hit Play (from within Logic).

And yes, I have the correct mappings set up in the Audio MIDI app. And the whole process works fine in Reason…

Any help much appreciated!

jonah · 2014-04-06T16:26:45.000Z

""rockreid"":

The thing is, AIRA tech only offers 96k sample rate, so you must export your 96k session if you work in lower 44.1k like me.

I downloaded ASIO4ALL but have not tried it yet. I will report with both Live 9 and Reaper when I do.

i’m thinking this might cause some headaches. at least in osx with aggregate devices unless you have a good source of a master clock (and physical connections to plug it in) it seems easy to get digital noise working with different sample rates.
i can see why roland did this, but i wonder how useable it is if you are trying to use another sound card at the same time.