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Re: Mobius, Question for Per
I know in Live 8 the included Looper plug-in allows you to set the
tempo based on your first loop. I've only used it for simple things
so far, but I imagine that with a clever set up you could do quite a
lot with it.
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On Jun 12, 2009, at 9:40 PM, David Hayes <stringfling@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but how do you get
> input into the stand-alone version of Mobius? (I assume you must be
> able to or why have a stand alone?) I get a Mobius Configuration
> Error (Unaboe to open audio output device) when I open just Mobius,
> perhaps that's it.
>
> Or do you use Mobius as a concert level plugin on a bus in
> Mainstage? I believe I tried this but didn't see it on the lower
> patches as expected... If you use it like this is it so that you
> can feed the midi timing information back into Mainstage (for
> effects and whatnot?
>
> I had more success routing Mobius as a plugin in an Ableton Live
> bus, but the only midi/timing/quantizing setting that seemed to work
> somewhat as expected was Sync Mode=Host Bar with Qantize Mode and
> Switch Quantize both set to Cycle. I'm pretty familiar with the
> Echoplex preferences but the behavior when I try pretty much any
> other setting.
>
> I tried the looper in Ableton (hoping I could have that sense my
> tempo based on my start then send the cycle timing to Mobius) but
> that looper seems really weird to me and ultimately I'd rather
> already be playing and start loops/set timing with a foot press
> rather then start a loop at the same time I start playing. In other
> words, I'd rather do it echoplex style and have my sofware follow MY
> beat, as you say in your blog.
>
> Is it possible to use Mainstage, Ableton, and Reason all together
> with Mobius and have those other programs pick up the timing/
> quantize information from Mobius?
>
> Thank you so much. You're passion for this makes it easier to ask
> for help and sometimes I get so stuck on hooking these things
> up.... This is the right path though, I'm sure of it.
>