Is it just me or is OB still messed up?

Elektron Software Overbridge
#22

Elektron uses Burr Brown converters, which are known for being high quality audio for most applications. When it comes to “high quality” ADC/DAC devices, it levels out around Burr Brown until you are willing to spend $10,000 or more for a single stereo out (for things like Bricasti or Lavry interfaces, mainly used for mastering engineers and the such.)

I am so confused by people expecting Elektron to just cut corners on this type of stuff, but I have also seen forum posts here where people say “The DACs in my audio interface sound MUCH BETTER than Overbridge” and think its due to conversion quality when its the exact same chip in both. Gain staging is an area most people aren’t good at doing consistently, especially if you are a “I hate computers” person who doesn’t bother to learn how to send signals into your DAW, so I chalk most of that up to error.

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#23

some hassle here still too. Works in Ableton Live okayish, when only using AR + A4 and maybe some external Synths via Midi. But yesterday I tried to sync the Octatrack to AR (which is synced via OB). Octatrack sends Midi to Volca Bass and then Voca Bass to audio in … audio in of A4 sounds not as good as the audio ins of my sound cards. I made a test A4 vs. Motu 828 MK2 and RME 802FF … and both soundcards sounds nicer for converting AD … but this gives my a latency and it makes no fun. Maybe trying to sync Octatrack via Midi to Ableton next time.

And Logic … well … another really sad story.

But using overbridge vst as an editor for the machines is still great! And using audio outs via analog cable into your sound card givesalso smoot and good sounding audio withough bitcrusher and all that strange effects. So all in all … still mixed feelings about OB.

#24

thats on you though - you get that, right?

#25

It works most of the time but I still get blips at times that kills the perfect recording/performance up to that point. Because of this, I don’t use it for recording audio but still use it for syncing the Elektron boxes to Live.

I also use it for sound editing. Mainly as a visual feedback as I modify the sound params using the encoders. It beats looking at the A4’s small screen for long time.

I’m using 2015 MBP i5 with 16GB. Live sends clock to A4 via OB and MM,MD,OT gets clock from A4. The sync has been perfect so far.

#26

I don’t get Overbridge 1.10.1 to work with Logic 10.2.4.

  • I have a 4k iMac with high spec and a Apollo16/Thunderbold.
  • I am limiting the transfer in Overbridge to just 4 channels on 16 Bit.
  • Buffer size in Overbridge and in Logic is 64

Still: latency is unusable high to play on the pads. Bleeps and Cracks on top of it.
I am wondering if anyone is using that in Logic successfully because Elektron is still advertising Overbridge like it is a working solution?

When I checked Elektrons website they announced that the interface won a design award.
I have to admit, at least it looks nice. :worried:

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#27

It seems the consensus is Ableton = good, Logic = turd.
A bummer for me. I love performing with Ableton but I just can’t write in it. The workflow in Logic just clicks for me and the MIDI tools are supreme. I also don’t care for the coloring scheme in Ableton. As silly as it sounds, having the ability to make the tracks fully filled in (color wise) instead less-than half way would make a big difference. Also the poor implementation of multi screen.

#28

try to set buffer to 128, maybe work a bit better - but still not as great as it could.
Sync is still wonky.

#29

I just tried OB after long break and I still can’t get AK to work properly with FL Studio 12 (using Windows 10 PC).

When I try to record a loop from AK sequencer into FL Studio, it always misses first tick. It’s pretty frustrating.

If anyone knows how to properly record audio from AK to FL Studio using Overbridge, I’d love to know. As it is, OB seems useless for this purpose and it’s kind of a shame.

EDIT: After some hassle I managed to get it working quite well. I (partly) followed this post: FL Studio (12) + Overbridge – Latency compensation