I hate VST. I mean I really hate VST. I'd gladly throw it away and just forget about the $ I spent buying it. I just so tired trying to get everything working. I want to nuild Modular synths and write music, not fiddle with software settings.
But there seems no alternative...
Is there any song-construction capable sequencer that runs with Pulsar or even better IN Pulsar ? I don't need anything that makes toast and coffee in the morning while doing differential equations, just a simple sequencer.
Any comments greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Spirit
Desperate for a sequencer (by Spirit)
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Subject: I've use VST for about 5 years
I probably know what you are feeling I think. Sometimes interfaces do not correspond with the way we are. We need to find an interface that corresponds with the way you feel.
I've never tried Cakewalk from top to bottom, but I've heard lots of people saying that it is much simple than VST and that the interface makes you feel more comfortable. Please, get a demo copy and try it out.
I've had a crisis the day I had to choose the right sequencer for me, and I'm afraid my choice is VST by all means. No deep sequencer is easy to learn anyway and VST IS certainly EASIER than Logic, I can tell. If you already bought VST, I would strongly recommend you to stay put with it, and get to work WITH SOMEBODY that may introduce you to the esoteric workings of it. When you get use to it, it goes so fast, is fantastic.
I've use VST for about 5 years already, and I'm extremely satisfied. Good luck.
Nestor.
I probably know what you are feeling I think. Sometimes interfaces do not correspond with the way we are. We need to find an interface that corresponds with the way you feel.
I've never tried Cakewalk from top to bottom, but I've heard lots of people saying that it is much simple than VST and that the interface makes you feel more comfortable. Please, get a demo copy and try it out.
I've had a crisis the day I had to choose the right sequencer for me, and I'm afraid my choice is VST by all means. No deep sequencer is easy to learn anyway and VST IS certainly EASIER than Logic, I can tell. If you already bought VST, I would strongly recommend you to stay put with it, and get to work WITH SOMEBODY that may introduce you to the esoteric workings of it. When you get use to it, it goes so fast, is fantastic.
I've use VST for about 5 years already, and I'm extremely satisfied. Good luck.
Nestor.
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Subject: thanks Nestor
Yeah, you're right, I should perservere. I used Cubasis for several years and that was fine - but it was with hardware synths which are far easier to integrate.
I bought VST about a year ago but was too busy to use it (working!). I then bought PulsarII about two months ago and love the sounds and all the downloads - it's like spending $500 every day buying new gear! Compared to the joy Pulsar gives, working with VST is just a pain, but I'm now desperate to start sequencing some of these great sounds.
I'm up to the point now where I can "paint" in notes in VST, but I can't play them in via my mother keyboard. VST says it's receiving, and I can hear the sounds, but no notes are recorded. Any ideas Nestor? Surely it's something simple.....
thanks for your encouragement
Spirit
Yeah, you're right, I should perservere. I used Cubasis for several years and that was fine - but it was with hardware synths which are far easier to integrate.
I bought VST about a year ago but was too busy to use it (working!). I then bought PulsarII about two months ago and love the sounds and all the downloads - it's like spending $500 every day buying new gear! Compared to the joy Pulsar gives, working with VST is just a pain, but I'm now desperate to start sequencing some of these great sounds.
I'm up to the point now where I can "paint" in notes in VST, but I can't play them in via my mother keyboard. VST says it's receiving, and I can hear the sounds, but no notes are recorded. Any ideas Nestor? Surely it's something simple.....
thanks for your encouragement
Spirit
Subject: Spirit - have a read of this.
Spirit - Assuming that you are playing the Pulsar synths with an external keyboard, make a project in Pulsar and set up Cubase as per the following:
Link the Midi Source (ie. your keyboard) to the Sequencer Dest.
Enable Midi Thru in Cubase and highlight, say, Midi channel 1.
Link the Sequencer Source to the Pulsar synth you want to play/record + make sure it's on Midi channel 1 or Omni.
Start Cubase recording (shortcut = *) and tinkle away to your heart's content.
This is the way I'm set up (I think - I'm at work now, tragically, instead of in front of my music PC) and it works for me. Give us a yell if it doesn't work - you're right this will be something simple. Once you get used to VST it's actually pretty darned good....
Good luck.
Spirit - Assuming that you are playing the Pulsar synths with an external keyboard, make a project in Pulsar and set up Cubase as per the following:
Link the Midi Source (ie. your keyboard) to the Sequencer Dest.
Enable Midi Thru in Cubase and highlight, say, Midi channel 1.
Link the Sequencer Source to the Pulsar synth you want to play/record + make sure it's on Midi channel 1 or Omni.
Start Cubase recording (shortcut = *) and tinkle away to your heart's content.
This is the way I'm set up (I think - I'm at work now, tragically, instead of in front of my music PC) and it works for me. Give us a yell if it doesn't work - you're right this will be something simple. Once you get used to VST it's actually pretty darned good....
Good luck.
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Subject: Re: well... i almost don´t dare to ask [; (but i do)
We will unreveal all details on Pulsar XTC at the Music Messe Frankfurt. Please wait until then.
>An upgrade to Pulsar II with its additional features, such >as unrestricted and latency-free signal routing or "live" >mixing functionality, is possible
>at any time.
BTW, the text someone quoted here speaks about an upgrade to Pulsar and of additional features, not the other way around ...
Ingo,
CreamWare
We will unreveal all details on Pulsar XTC at the Music Messe Frankfurt. Please wait until then.
>An upgrade to Pulsar II with its additional features, such >as unrestricted and latency-free signal routing or "live" >mixing functionality, is possible
>at any time.
BTW, the text someone quoted here speaks about an upgrade to Pulsar and of additional features, not the other way around ...
Ingo,
CreamWare
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Subject: Well... Well... Well...
Hi Spirit.
Well, look… I would be honest with you, if you do not set up your system NOW, you will be having problems for the rest of your life regardless of your sequencer, and that is a real pain… you know what I mean!
Let's get serious for a moment: There are far too many things to build a proper set-up and every instruction given by the manufacturer is truly important.
If I were you, I would start by following "religiously" all the instructions on the Pulsar Manual section "installation" as well as VST. I know is a hard time to be in front of the computer not having fun but working to understand technicalities an so… but IT PAYS YOU BACK SO WELL that it worth every effort and minute you have spend doing it.
I have read in this forum hundreds and hundreds of problems in regard with the setting-up of Pulsar+VST systems, and then I realise that people do not read. (I thought I was the only one je je je, but no). I have some times asked here questions that were perfectly explained on the manual. Of course we need help Spirit, always… but the setting-up is a particular thing which has too many things to be done through a forum, so it is a never-ending problem if you yourself do not get involve.
The real mayor problem is that we are not patient at all because we are always busy or rushing about in this bloody modern life of ours, so we don't read or pay attention to the ALL-IMPORTANT MATTER OF SETTING-UP OUR SYSTEMS.
Please my friend, sit dawn in front of your machine, get both little manuals the white and the blue ones and GO ON through all the reading, slowly and patiently and you will be happy at the end of the day. I'm talking of personal experience here. I had no idea about computing in general and so had different problems for a while, but one day said to myself: "You lazy boy, sit dawn, read the manuals and use your brain." And I'm a "very" VERY V*E*R*Y happy user of Pulsar+VST system, indeed.
It sounds like a White Snow tell or something like that because it's a bad story that finishes well, doesn't it? Je je je… Good luck my friend.
Nestor.
Hi Spirit.
Well, look… I would be honest with you, if you do not set up your system NOW, you will be having problems for the rest of your life regardless of your sequencer, and that is a real pain… you know what I mean!
Let's get serious for a moment: There are far too many things to build a proper set-up and every instruction given by the manufacturer is truly important.
If I were you, I would start by following "religiously" all the instructions on the Pulsar Manual section "installation" as well as VST. I know is a hard time to be in front of the computer not having fun but working to understand technicalities an so… but IT PAYS YOU BACK SO WELL that it worth every effort and minute you have spend doing it.
I have read in this forum hundreds and hundreds of problems in regard with the setting-up of Pulsar+VST systems, and then I realise that people do not read. (I thought I was the only one je je je, but no). I have some times asked here questions that were perfectly explained on the manual. Of course we need help Spirit, always… but the setting-up is a particular thing which has too many things to be done through a forum, so it is a never-ending problem if you yourself do not get involve.
The real mayor problem is that we are not patient at all because we are always busy or rushing about in this bloody modern life of ours, so we don't read or pay attention to the ALL-IMPORTANT MATTER OF SETTING-UP OUR SYSTEMS.
Please my friend, sit dawn in front of your machine, get both little manuals the white and the blue ones and GO ON through all the reading, slowly and patiently and you will be happy at the end of the day. I'm talking of personal experience here. I had no idea about computing in general and so had different problems for a while, but one day said to myself: "You lazy boy, sit dawn, read the manuals and use your brain." And I'm a "very" VERY V*E*R*Y happy user of Pulsar+VST system, indeed.
It sounds like a White Snow tell or something like that because it's a bad story that finishes well, doesn't it? Je je je… Good luck my friend.
Nestor.
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Subject: Reading and clicking
Thanks Shifty for the practical tips and Nestor for the philosophical motivation.
I'm going to try reading (again) the manuals and connecting as you suggest.
I've done some pretty tedious work before and all this is just another aspect. I remember in the pre-MIDI days linking Sequential Circuits, Korg and Roland gear together with home-built CV interfaces, then running the various arpegiators off the 808 cowbell trigger.
And doing it live on stage!
Surely I can beat this one. I'll report.
Spirit
Thanks Shifty for the practical tips and Nestor for the philosophical motivation.
I'm going to try reading (again) the manuals and connecting as you suggest.
I've done some pretty tedious work before and all this is just another aspect. I remember in the pre-MIDI days linking Sequential Circuits, Korg and Roland gear together with home-built CV interfaces, then running the various arpegiators off the 808 cowbell trigger.
And doing it live on stage!
Surely I can beat this one. I'll report.
Spirit
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