i usually arrange midi in reason, rewire to ableton and record to audio loops with fx running (save on ram later), or record audio loops from other sources...
i think midi or audio both have their + -
perhaps midi could be easier to make rhythm variations, or tricky automations, but with audio i also like to slice up soundwaves or mess with timestretch fx
How do you arrange ? MIDI or AUDIO ? Both ?
all midi,
but i only use hardware, so the hungry effects issue doesnt come into the equation.
all i do with audio is edit whatever ive recorded live, but i practice the tunes till i'm confident i'll get a good live recording, so i wont need to do much, if any editing later, or if i feel theres something missing i might layer some more audio in, but i prefer to keep that to a minimum.
because i'm not using software synths etc, i can get away with older programs for sequencing such as VST which are more midi friendly, or even fire up my dusty atari and run cubase 2 from a floppy for a laugh.
but i only use hardware, so the hungry effects issue doesnt come into the equation.
all i do with audio is edit whatever ive recorded live, but i practice the tunes till i'm confident i'll get a good live recording, so i wont need to do much, if any editing later, or if i feel theres something missing i might layer some more audio in, but i prefer to keep that to a minimum.
because i'm not using software synths etc, i can get away with older programs for sequencing such as VST which are more midi friendly, or even fire up my dusty atari and run cubase 2 from a floppy for a laugh.
This is definitely the workflow of choice. There are advantages to doing both. I used to be all about midi because I wanted the oppourtunity to be able to do a live performance that is all midi based. But I see too many advantages to creating loops and resampling them and re-seq the wavforms.revy wrote:i usually arrange midi in reason, rewire to ableton and record to audio loops with fx running (save on ram later), or record audio loops from other sources...
i think midi or audio both have their + -
perhaps midi could be easier to make rhythm variations, or tricky automations, but with audio i also like to slice up soundwaves or mess with timestretch fx
At the end of the day you'll want your daw to support both. Live makes it really easy to re-sample parts into small chunks.
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