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hmmmm.......don't know it I'd go ALL MIDI but....
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Posted by Crippled Rich on April 10, 2000 at 05:43:07:

In Reply to: If you were designing a digital MIDI studio, what gear would you buy? posted by Slider on April 08, 2000 at 10:01:33:

.....I do like the setup I'm using now. I use a Tascam DA-38 with midi time code plunked on one track. Then all keyboard parts and drum tracks (drummer uses an electronic kit) are recorded via MIDI and saved on a sequencer. This is way cool for mixdown since tracks are not needed - just inputs on the mixer. Also minor mistakes can be repaired as well as the aforementioned flexibility to change sounds and decide to drop new parts in or repeat sections by merely copying the MIDI data.

I also use MIDI to automate my mixes now - I setup all the scenes on my mixer for a song - and run a control track on the sequencer which recalls mixer snapshots - changes outboard gear settings etc. Of course it takes time to program and setup all this BUT it means you can recall exactly any mix to tweak things later. Very cool.

One sidenote - - - I don't use any fancy computer sequencers.....just a simple outboard Roland MC-50 - - - - - you have to learn to program in Sysex files and MIDI control commands manually which is a pain initially but I find it rewarding to understand how all of it works. I also find it more flexible since I can do some things that computer programs don't really allow....or so it seems when I did some research on getting a software sequencer but opted to stick with what I've got.

The next step would be to get Midi MAchine Control which means I don't have to record midi time code on a track ..... but .... I have heard there is some slippage with that at times.

Also let me note that my opinion is to use MIDI to augment things . . . not everything totally MIDI. Just my opinion for what that is worth.

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