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funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 4:41 pm

I think the midi learn problem is in synths with a lot of parameters which dont have internal midi features. Trying to find one in the list can suck, so being able to turn a knob on the gui and have it show up as a parameter may be useful. Im sure this sort of thing will be availible

Derek up North · Post by **Derek up North** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:06 pm

Slightly off topic, but I hope XT2 comes with some good templates to show off all of these features! With a "placeholder" component (i.e. something with an audio and MIDI in/out which could be renamed "Insert bass synth here", "put drum synth here" etc.) there wouldn't even be a problem with everyone using different VST's.

Regards,

Derek.

blakflag · Post by **blakflag** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:44 pm

abi wrote:after being forced to find a substitute for logic pc, I tried cubase, sonar and live. i couldn't get used to the workflow of cubase sx at all, wasn't able to produce a single song. of course, that's not cubase's fault. sonar was an improvement, but after a couple of months i found it to messy to deal with its synth-rack or whatever it was called. with live, i could produce a couple of songs, but the fking midi-editing rendered it useless in the end. well not useless, but not "nice to use". in short, i couldn't deal with these big players. and please don't start telling me i'm dumb or such, i used cubase on the atari st, which was great, but the pc versions don't give you that workflow. sonar and live are nice apps, too, but the two of them have serious shortcomings in my opinion (especially with regard to price and workflow).

and then: EXT!

LOL, your impressions and experiences are exactly the same as mine. Cubase = WTF? How does this thing work?
Sonar = awful synth rack, two tracks for every midi sound???
Live = horrid piano roll. No linked/ghost clips???? WTF are they thinking?

I'm slowly finding the warts in EXT also, but at least its still an indie project so our feedback really counts. Plus the modularity is so F$cking cool.

dalor · Post by **dalor** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:36 am

abi, after reading your post i think i should give xt a try. the only question i have is if xt comes with a sample-player - i don't want to buy kontakt or alike... i'm using renoise for the last couple years (it's the best tracker around), and its awesome, but its a pain if you want to insert details - you have to increase the the pattern resolution and such. so i'm starting to look for alternatives.. the great thing about renoise is you can just load a sample, cut a bit out of it, loop it and you already have some sound. playing sample forward/backward or the sample-offset is awesome. does XT has inbuild features you can do with samples (like sample-offset)? sorry for asking this stupid questions but any reply is appreciated! thanks!

.jon · Post by **.jon** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:46 am

Yes,

it has an inbuilt sampler component with sample offset, reverse, filters, envelopes, modulators and all that stuff.

robenestobenz · Post by **robenestobenz** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:50 pm

The sampler is excellent, pretty much unparalleled for modulation IMO and has good SF2 support. It has some kinks at the moment, but Jorgen has said these will be addressed in a version of XT2.

Radek · Post by **Radek** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:28 pm

robenestobenz wrote:The sampler is excellent, pretty much unparalleled for modulation IMO and has good SF2 support. It has some kinks at the moment, but Jorgen has said these will be addressed in a version of XT2.

It could use some more refined user interface thought. There is also a possibility that XT2 might have build in a synth too.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:09 am

Radek wrote:
robenestobenz wrote:The sampler is excellent, pretty much unparalleled for modulation IMO and has good SF2 support. It has some kinks at the moment, but Jorgen has said these will be addressed in a version of XT2.
It could use some more refined user interface thought. There is also a possibility that XT2 might have build in a synth too.

I think that's a definite, isn't it?

funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:36 am

Derek up North wrote:Slightly off topic, but I hope XT2 comes with some good templates to show off all of these features! With a "placeholder" component (i.e. something with an audio and MIDI in/out which could be renamed "Insert bass synth here", "put drum synth here" etc.) there wouldn't even be a problem with everyone using different VST's.

Regards,

Derek.

Yeah, a do-nothing might actually be useful, especially after we get per-line levels.

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