Stepchild issues?
-
- KVRAF
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
I tried StepChild last night and couldn't get it to play through a VSTi. It loaded and appeared fine, and I could drag/drop midi to Tracktion and the midi worked fine with other VSTis, but it made no sound when I tried it on the same channel as a synth. What am I doing wrong?
-
- KVRAF
- 1974 posts since 21 Jun, 2002 from Earth
hmmm, it should work. You simply place the synth after stepchild, and ensure that the track is set to output to your audiocard vs. to a midi out.
I have not found a single VSTi in my collection that stepchild won't play. It'll play everything...
what synth are you trying to play? that way I can attempt recreating your problem.
I have not found a single VSTi in my collection that stepchild won't play. It'll play everything...
what synth are you trying to play? that way I can attempt recreating your problem.
ModuLR / Radio
-
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
I'm at work right now , but I tried with ImpOSCar, and Triangle 1 and 2. I'll try later tonight, but it seems I set it up correctly, with StepChild the first VST, then the synth, right? The midi it creates works fine if dragged to another track.
One thought, does the pattern need to be saved before it can be demoed? I didn't save it so it was still in the buffer, could that be what's wrong?
One thought, does the pattern need to be saved before it can be demoed? I didn't save it so it was still in the buffer, could that be what's wrong?
-
- KVRist
- 105 posts since 19 Oct, 2003
Try putting StepChild and the synth on separate tracks, with the StepChild track outputting to the synth track. Does it make a difference?
"Life is both a major and a minor key"
-- Travis, Side
-- Travis, Side
-
- KVRAF
- 1974 posts since 21 Jun, 2002 from Earth
Maybe something is odd with your setup 
I just tried Stepchild with Triangle II and it works fine. BTW, you don't have to save patterns to make it play.. cause it's always playing the buffer.
This one has me stumped... cos everything works as it should over here...
I just tried Stepchild with Triangle II and it works fine. BTW, you don't have to save patterns to make it play.. cause it's always playing the buffer.This one has me stumped... cos everything works as it should over here...
ModuLR / Radio
-
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
I still can't get it to work, this is 1.03a beta 6. Can you give me step by step instructions, including where it should be installed? It's currently in Tracktion's plug ins folder.
-
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
Can you tell me if this is where I should have gotten it: http://subminimal.org/stepchild/
-
- KVRist
- 146 posts since 14 May, 2004 from Orygone
another option is to put stepchild in an empty audio clip within the track andf put the synth in the plug-in rack. I use this for drum fills and such. You just have to make sure that the clip is long enough to cover 1 full cycle of the sequencer or it won't play and if the clip doesn't overlap the beginning of the measure it won't play either....
-
- KVRist
- 105 posts since 19 Oct, 2003
Sorry, this is just too tempting:braj wrote:OK, go figure. I walked away from the computer, came back, and now it's working. Weird, I didn't change anything.
http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/04/ ... 33&tid=186
Martin
"Life is both a major and a minor key"
-- Travis, Side
-- Travis, Side
-
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
Yeah, I know. I did tech support myself in the past.
It's working just fine now though. I like it much better than Reason's step sequencer, it works very nicely with Tracktion. Since switching to the PC, I'm finding less and less reason to open Reason. I guess that's a good thing.
It's working just fine now though. I like it much better than Reason's step sequencer, it works very nicely with Tracktion. Since switching to the PC, I'm finding less and less reason to open Reason. I guess that's a good thing.
-
- KVRist
- 105 posts since 19 Oct, 2003
Yes, StepChild kicks ass.
Though I'd like to change the way the whole buffer management works. Particularly, I'd like to be able to switch between buffers to quickly A/B them without having to remember to right-click-to-save between each change (I've lost so many patterns that way!). Also, I'd like to be able to save "profiles" of channel/notes/octave settings with names, so that I could save one set for my drum sampler say, with names like "bass" or "snare" and re-use it easily.
Martin
Though I'd like to change the way the whole buffer management works. Particularly, I'd like to be able to switch between buffers to quickly A/B them without having to remember to right-click-to-save between each change (I've lost so many patterns that way!). Also, I'd like to be able to save "profiles" of channel/notes/octave settings with names, so that I could save one set for my drum sampler say, with names like "bass" or "snare" and re-use it easily.
Martin
"Life is both a major and a minor key"
-- Travis, Side
-- Travis, Side
-
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 9096 posts since 5 Feb, 2004
Yeah, that sounds good. I'd like to see that. I haven't tried using StepChild as a drum programmer yet, but I imagine it would work well enough, better maybe if there were a custom version specifically for drums. Maybe with stock drum names in the GUI so it could remain simple, like 'B, S, HH Cl, HH O, CR, RD, something like that, in place of/along with the key names. I dunno. Sounds sloppy the way I explain it.
-
- KVRAF
- 6490 posts since 14 Jun, 2004 from Rochester, NY
Does anyone think that someday stepchild will be implemented within tracktion, so that we could have "add step sequencer track"?
Also, is there a way to change the length of the steps or something along those lines?
RonC
Also, is there a way to change the length of the steps or something along those lines?
RonC