OK Thanks for your reply.
yeah well its going on 5 months now so we will keep asking so we can put a fire under elektronās ass. Its ridiculous that a 1000 dollar unit with 16 tracks has 1 stereo out. This should have been shipped with overbridge. They are starting to become like video game companies where they ship a half done product with promises they will finish it soonā¢. Also before I bought it I asked elektron if it would take forever like the DT2 OB release and they assured me it would be much faster. Its not. So that was a lie.
As an example of how you release a product, the Korg multipoly was released with the editor done and released when the synth hit the market.
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I can only agree with you, thanks.
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it took like 6 months. you could have just held off if it really were that important to you
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I know how long it took thanks. I own one. It was BS for that too.
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Seriously though, how do you use Overbridge anyways? I really donāt see the point. The Elektron interface is so accessible, I canāt imagine wanting to use a mouse instead.
Plus, there are a bazillion FM VSTs out there. Why donāt you just go download one of those, and boom - FMing on your computronā¦
Set & done multitrack recording. Working in a DAW doesnāt mean you are using a mouse to control things.
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I thought DT had class compliant audio over USB?
Or is it only in stereo?
missing the point a bit here.
Overbridge is so good for mixing and adding effects.
I can then buss tracks if I want. Itās like having an mixing desk/multi FX once Iāve got something down on the DTII (aware this is DNII).
Itās not just a case of using a mouse.
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Thatās only in stereo main out unfortunately. Maybe someday that will change.
Okay, yeah, that is pretty lame.
I get the feeling that a lot of people are just looking multi tracking and donāt necessarily need the complex GUI?
Man, I would think that company with strict design ethics like Elektron, would choose to keep things as simple/modular as possible. OB just adds complexity that a lot of users donāt need.
Letās all moan about overbridge
Letās all moan about overbridge
YEAH!
16 tracks through a stereo buss just aināt enough for me
No, no ,noā¦
I said 16 tracks through a stereo buss just aināt enough for me
Elektron, I said donāt make me beg baby, need me some of that multi tracking right now baby
Baby I see all them other boys, they got the multitrack, but all I got is the two track blues baby
All I got is them two track bluesā¦
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It does depend on the user. Digitone II has 16 tracks but I just as often use it more like a 1 track with 16 voices, maybe have variations of parts on other tracks and just use them for note data etc. For me recording the main out is standard and thatās how you would do it for most synths anyway, but for devices that are marketed around multitrack functionality its a fair ask these days to have that multiout function as well - especially with drum machines.
Other hardware manufacturers are able to do it over USB without a plugin. Never really understood where the difference stemmed from in Elektron devices but it is what it is. Like I said, maybe someday that will change. These devices are very broad in application as is.
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It doesnāt add complexity. You donāt have to use it if you donāt need it.
But it is essential on a 16-part multitimbral synthesizer in order to finalize your track in a professional way: Mixing / EQing / adding effects / etcā¦
Yeah, I just assumed that it was possible without the use of OB, as Iāve used much older devices that could do it without any additional software.
Multi tracking is convenient, but itās not essentialā¦
OB is not essential for multi trackingā¦ Unless itās an Elektron device I guess. OB does add a bunch of latency. I just donāt see the point of the OB interface.
Adding additional effects and stuff sounds coolā¦ sort ofā¦ But at that point, just use VSTs for a sound source.
youāre really missing the point.
i like creating something on the DTII, then I can add effects in ableton, perform it live, tweak sounds, it makes a load of sense. using vsts as a sound source is completely different.
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Youāre still not really making a point. How are you actually interacting with the Overbridge interface?
Are you automating itās parameters? Sequencing?
What benefits is the GUI giving you that class compliant multi track audio would not?
oh i see, crossed wires here, i thought you were simply making a case against it and then mentioned sound sources.
i donāt use the UI - i just use it for live mixing. if it simply multitracked without the UI that would be great as well.
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Sorry, lots of comments there, haha.
Yeah, Iām just wondering what the big fuss about OB is, besides multi tracking. Tbh, Iāve never heard of anybody really mention anything about the OB interface being an integral part of their workflow.
Class compliant multi track audio over USB is a no trainer though, and Iām actually pretty surprised that not using Overbridge prevents us from accessing that.
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