Overbridge [pre-announcement and June 2015 launch]

[SLiC]

There is now a dedicated Overbidge Forum, probably a good idea to take a lot of the open questions on this thread and make them individual posts in the Overbridge forum.

[arsecrack]

in the dropdown menu of the destinations you can choose one specific midi output device or just all devices. I guess you have to switch on “midi clock receive” and “transport receive” in the md and it should work … with a wonky timing

Cheers man, but I have all the right things ticked in the DAW and on the unit but still no joy. I even handshake the midi and nothing in or out. That’s why I think their must be something conflicting in the sapphire mix control. I hate that software too but the hardware is great.

[biologik]

the FX, of which there is only one Chorus, Reverb, and Delay that I can share between all 4 tracks, applied to varying degrees per track before it hits the main outs, why is this not possible to hear via OB?

This doesn’t require having 4 of each.

Use the 4 tracks as normal, but use the main LR as FX ONLY (ie. not with the synth sounds). This is what you’re looking for.

So, tracks 1-4 would be dry, and main LR would only be the FX output.

In my case I use the A4 as an audio interface (with Overbridge as an editor) with Sonar. The A4 tracks into their own audio channels, and Sonar’s master bus to the main outs of the A4.

In this scenario the A4 tracks must be disabled on the main outs, while the FX is enabled so that it is monitored together with the DAW output.

To capture the FX I need to mute the DAW’s master bus and record the A4 main outs while playing back the A4 parts.

To test OB this is how I’ve been doing it too. A4 into individual tracks and ALL audio out of the master output which is going out of the main LR outputs on the A4.

I don’t see why you need to mute the DAW master bus when you want to record the A4 main output (FX). I don’t have to do that…

[waldemaR]

There is now a dedicated Overbidge Forum, probably a good idea to take a lot of the open questions on this thread and make them individual posts in the Overbridge forum.

Here you will find all:
http://www.elektronauts.com/forums/view/53

All the best,

waldemaR

[PES]

[quote=“PES”][quote=“biologik”]

the FX, of which there is only one Chorus, Reverb, and Delay that I can share between all 4 tracks, applied to varying degrees per track before it hits the main outs, why is this not possible to hear via OB?

This doesn’t require having 4 of each.

Use the 4 tracks as normal, but use the main LR as FX ONLY (ie. not with the synth sounds). This is what you’re looking for.

So, tracks 1-4 would be dry, and main LR would only be the FX output.

In my case I use the A4 as an audio interface (with Overbridge as an editor) with Sonar. The A4 tracks into their own audio channels, and Sonar’s master bus to the main outs of the A4.

In this scenario the A4 tracks must be disabled on the main outs, while the FX is enabled so that it is monitored together with the DAW output.

To capture the FX I need to mute the DAW’s master bus and record the A4 main outs while playing back the A4 parts.
[/quote]
To test OB this is how I’ve been doing it too. A4 into individual tracks and ALL audio out of the master output which is going out of the main LR outputs on the A4.

I don’t see why you need to mute the DAW master bus when you want to record the A4 main output (FX). I don’t have to do that…

[/quote]
If I don’t it records everything that’s physically coming out of them (what you hear), not just the FX.

[thermionic]

Am I missing something? did they seriously leave out the RYTM in this release?

This version of the BETA for a few months, but not for the stable release.

[djenzyme]

I’m using Maschine v2.3 on Win7 64 bit and having issues. It works for about 10 minutes then the volume drops to 25% and then eventually all but track 1 goes out completely. This happens on both the 32 and 64 bit version of Maschine.

Anyone else using Maschine and have it working?

I’ve got Overbridge running in Maschine without any sound dropouts but I’m using OSX not Windows.
Its not without issues though, for some stupidly annoying reason the individual outputs in Overbridge play back in Maschine on alternating speakers. For example, Trk 1 - left speaker, Trk 2 -right speaker, Trk 3 - left speaker etc.

[Overthink]

[quote="“biologik”"]

If I can have the FX, of which there is only one Chorus, Reverb, and Delay that I can share between all 4 tracks, applied to varying degrees per track before it hits the main outs, why is this not possible to hear via OB?

This doesn’t require having 4 of each.

Use the 4 tracks as normal, but use the main LR as FX ONLY (ie. not with the synth sounds). This is what you’re looking for.

So, tracks 1-4 would be dry, and main LR would only be the FX output. [/quote]
This is what I was looking for, thanks.
I’m aware there are only one set of FX for ALL tracks, mixed in at varying levels per track… it’s not unlike my E-MU MP7

[jim5]

[quote=“jim5”]I’m using Maschine v2.3 on Win7 64 bit and having issues. It works for about 10 minutes then the volume drops to 25% and then eventually all but track 1 goes out completely. This happens on both the 32 and 64 bit version of Maschine.

Anyone else using Maschine and have it working?

I’ve got Overbridge running in Maschine without any sound dropouts but I’m using OSX not Windows.
Its not without issues though, for some stupidly annoying reason the individual outputs in Overbridge play back in Maschine on alternating speakers. For example, Trk 1 - left speaker, Trk 2 -right speaker, Trk 3 - left speaker etc.
[/quote]
Did you try exporting to Audio? I only get a blank WAV file.

[biologik]

If I don’t it records everything that’s physically coming out of them (what you hear), not just the FX.

I don’t have that problem – you may need to double check your mixing outputs in the VSTi (the little boxes with squares). Basically, I have each individual track on it’s own + the FX track. All audio comes out of the main LR of my A4. I can record each individual track with no issues…

On my setup, all little boxes are turned OFF.

[djenzyme]

[quote=“djenzyme”][quote=“jim5”]I’m using Maschine v2.3 on Win7 64 bit and having issues. It works for about 10 minutes then the volume drops to 25% and then eventually all but track 1 goes out completely. This happens on both the 32 and 64 bit version of Maschine.

Anyone else using Maschine and have it working?

I’ve got Overbridge running in Maschine without any sound dropouts but I’m using OSX not Windows.
Its not without issues though, for some stupidly annoying reason the individual outputs in Overbridge play back in Maschine on alternating speakers. For example, Trk 1 - left speaker, Trk 2 -right speaker, Trk 3 - left speaker etc.
[/quote]
Did you try exporting to Audio? I only get a blank WAV file.[/quote]
Yes the same here, when i try and use the audio drag function it just creates a blank file, i don’t even think its a wav because it creates it in a couple of seconds.
Sampling into Maschine works fine though and this would be the usual workflow for external instruments so perhaps it is a limitation of Maschine and not a problem with Overbridge.

[NickD]

I’ve got Overbridge running in Maschine without any sound dropouts but I’m using OSX not Windows.
Its not without issues though, for some stupidly annoying reason the individual outputs in Overbridge play back in Maschine on alternating speakers. For example, Trk 1 - left speaker, Trk 2 -right speaker, Trk 3 - left speaker etc.

I haven’t tried OB in Maschine yet, but Maschine was always a pain in the neck for external mono instruments, e.g. trying to bring my 303 into it, I’d only be able to have it on the left or right channel - I needed to add a mono>stereo VST to get it on both channels. So maybe this is still a problem with Maschine (I haven’t tried any of this with v2.2 or higher).

[djenzyme]

[quote="“NickD”"]

I’ve got Overbridge running in Maschine without any sound dropouts but I’m using OSX not Windows.
Its not without issues though, for some stupidly annoying reason the individual outputs in Overbridge play back in Maschine on alternating speakers. For example, Trk 1 - left speaker, Trk 2 -right speaker, Trk 3 - left speaker etc.

I haven’t tried OB in Maschine yet, but Maschine was always a pain in the neck for external mono instruments, e.g. trying to bring my 303 into it, I’d only be able to have it on the left or right channel - I needed to add a mono>stereo VST to get it on both channels. So maybe this is still a problem with Maschine (I haven’t tried any of this with v2.2 or higher).[/quote]
Yes Maschine still has that same behaviour. I get round it by using an empty instance of Guitar Rig which can output mono to stereo. Bit of a waste of computer resources but it works with Overbridge so thats good for now.

[H445]

I am happy to see overbridge [beta], but in a developers eyes this might be the topic of hell…

1. We need a digital kill switch… Hitting stop twice works good, but many issues with sustains dragging out. Kind of an easy fix to drop all release to 0 and push a trigless trig. Harder now if the gear is further away.

2. Access to the voice settings per track via GUI (like kit poly, that doesn’t seem to work right)

3. Take a nap, drink some beers, you devs deserve it.