SouLcRusaDer_kA wrote:first of all, thanks
and...
done!!!!!
Glad to help! NOTION 4 has remarkable depth with respect to its advanced capabilities . . .
It takes a while to make sense of all the various rules and procedures, which certainly is the case with some aspects of MIDI and ReWire, but (a) it is there and (b) it is accurate and reliable . . .
SouLcRusaDer_kA wrote:i didnt know that i have to click the "speaker icon" under 'mute' , 'solo' button in S1
(if i dont click it, it just play one track in a time)
I forget this every once in a while, including at least two times when I was making the most recent YouTube video tutorial, and it takes me a few minutes to "fix it" . . .
Having a "mental checklist" helps, so that when you expect to hear audio but are not hearing audio, you can use the checklist to ensure that the various inputs, outputs, and buttons are in the proper configuration and setting . . .
SouLcRusaDer_kA wrote:so far i feel good about this setup
now, Notion is like...um...integrated into S1
when im still composing and need to know how the sound is,
i simply click space-bar, and it do a playback(without recording)
when i need to edit velocity intensively, just record midi notes to DAW
NOTION 4 is
integrated with Studio One 2.6.2 Producer/Professional and every other Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) application that fully supports ReWire . . .
There are some very important rules, but once you do it a few times and develop a system, it is a nice composing environment . . .
As a general practice, I save everything frequently and start a new ReWire session every two or so hours, mostly to clear buffers and so forth . . .
In some instances, depending on which transport you are using for Rewind, Stop, and Play (NOTION 4 or Studio One 2.6.2), NOTION 4 might not get the command to start playing or to start recording, in which case I stop both NOTION 4 and Studio One 2.6.2, followed by manually positioning the NOTION 4 score at the desired starting measure; and then I do the same with Studio One 2.6.2, which usually gets the "Where are we? We're here!" thing happening, but if not, then I quit NOTION 4 and restart NOTION 4, which gets the synchronizing and coordinating stuff happening . . .
NOTION 4 TransportStudio One TransportReWire is a bit sensitive to that stuff, and when I am composing in NOTION 4 in a ReWire session, I usually use the NOTION 4 transport for Rewind, Stop, and Play, since the work is being done in NOTION 4 rather than in the DAW application, but recording needs to be doing with the DAW application transport and its Record button . . .
There is a scenario where you might want to use both Record buttons (NOTION 4 and DAW application), which is when you are playing a real MIDI keyboard or MIDI guitar and want to use it to record MIDI to NOTION 4 and the DAW application simultaneously, which is a bit strange, but it can be done. I created a YouTube video tutorial for this last year (2013), since there were a lot of folks who were wondering whether it was possible to do this . . .
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NOTE: There are quite a few things like this, and as best as I can determine none of them are formally documented anywhere other than in various topics in this FORUM, but so what. Once you understand the rules for MIDI and ReWire, the only qualifying aspect is whether the applications follow the rules for MIDI and ReWire--which certainly is the case with NOTION 4, most DAW applications, and Reason 7--where so far the strangest thing I have verified is that a NOTION 4 External MIDI stave can play a Reason 7 synthesizer in a ReWire 2 session where Studio One 2.6 Producer is the ReWire 2 host controller and both NOTION 4 and Reason 7 are ReWire 2 slave applications, which incidentally works for most DAW applications including Ableton Live 9, Logic Pro X (Apple), and Digital Performer 8 (MOTU) . . . ]
S1 N4 R7 ReWire2 Real-time MIDI Record ~ YouTube video tutorialSummarizing, when ReWire appears to be a bit confused, I exit NOTION 4 and the DAW application, followed by restarting the DAW application and then restarting NOTION 4, since this clears buffers and so forth . . .
Having a "system" is good, and knowing and understanding all the rules is good . . .
There is an excellent book that explains all the detailed work done when Beatles songs were recorded, and the thing that got my attention was the nearly military use of guidelines, procedures, rules, and so forth, which included a detailed guideline for "Pop vocalists" when they were singing, where the rules included (a) avoiding unnecessary dancing and body motions; (b) holding the head upright; (c) maintaining constant distance from the microphone, where the desired distance was specified; (d) location of two or more "Pop vocalists" when sharing a microphone relative to the type of microphone and the microphone pattern (cardioid or omnidirectional); (e) proper selection and setup of microphone stand; (f) scenarios in which a microphone "windscreen" is required; and so forth and so on . . .
At first, I thought it was simply bizarre, but after thinking about it for a while, the fact of the matter is that Beatles songs made millions of dollars (now billions of dollars), and
it was a business; hence it made good business sense to ensure the highest quality in every respect, which was the purpose of the guidelines, procedures, and rules . . .
Recording the Beatles (Curvebender Publishing)The same logic applies to using NOTION 4, Studio One 2.6.2, and ReWire . . .
I call it the "system" or "formula", and it is a good thing to have and to use . . .
SouLcRusaDer_kA wrote:everything is good except i have to wait it patiently during the MIDI note-recording
anyway to speed it up?
Technically, since NOTION 4 is sending MIDI notes, you might try doing a few experiments where you increase the tempo temporarily to do the MIDI note-recording faster . . .
At least in theory, if the tempo is 90 bpm and you increase it to 180 bpm, then it should be twice as fast; and this might work nicely for purposes of recording MIDI notes sent from a NOTION 4 External MIDI staff to Studio One 2.6.2 . . .
It will not work so easily if you also are recording the audio generated by the instrument hosted in the DAW application (Kontakt 5, for example), but I think the MIDI information is independent of tempo, at least in some respects; and there are techniques and editing tools in the DAW application that make it possible to adjust the tempo of audio clips . . .
Lots of FUN!