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That actually makes a lot of sense. I’m a tidy freak but it means I spend a lot of time under the desk plugging/unplugging stuff cos I can’t stand too many plugs and cables on view.

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@@synthshed 🤔 looking back at my channel. Nope, actually hasn't been as long as I thought 🤣🤣🤣 subscribing for more of your content! I love the sound of those PWM machines but haven't scored one yet, starting to run short on room but... I'll snag one eventually. Semi-modulars are really the best of both worlds.

Thanks!!

​@@synthshedsubscribed for more, I definitely want to flip through your channel and check it out more. 🫡

@@infn8loopmusic nice one much appreciated will do same look forward to checking out your channel

@@synthshed 💚🌞

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Are you on Ableton public beta testing programme? Need to sign up for that first then You’ll get access!

@@synthshed thank you! Yes I am in there! gonna tried! tks

@@synthshed got it, just went there and that's it. thanks gonna test it! appreciated

Thanks pal I’ll look into that

Appreciate the feedback. And the answer is not yet but I have been planning to make one on that very subject - your comment might just prompt me to do it sooner rather than later! Cheers.

@@synthshed looking forward to it. I don't believe I'm getting the most out of mine. I was trying to no have to use a patch bay but I guess I need to. Does the ssl fusion really complete the big six in your opinion?

For sure I have love hate relationship with patchbays and always trying to think of alternatives, but for now they are the most affordable solution to most routing challenges. Yes the Fusion is great but still quite new to it and learning how to get most of it!

I basically swapped out my Korg for the B6. I miss it in some regards, it’s a great mixer. What you’re planning would be a nice workflow if you have the space - I was basically doing the same but recording the groups out through my interface (Apollo). It’s a very nice pairing. And more compact with a rack mount interface than using a secondary mixer. But give it a go any way you fancy - you’ll work out what worlds for you!

Good point!. Yeah it would certainly be a bit more user friendly with LED indicators on each track - I often found myself pressing the assign buttons repeatedly to work out what was up/down.

Pretty sure from what I remember in San-Gorg’s setup and a jam we recorded, the Tascam does indeed allow for multitrack recording to SD card. Not sure about its summing capabilities because I never used it that way, pretty sure if the USB audio works both ways it should be doable though (Personally I’m using the SSL Big Six now for summing/mixdown duties, and can highly recommend- though higher budget and this lacks the Tascam’s SD card of course). Worth checking manual on both those points though just to be sure!

Glad you enjoyed the video. If you watch the full studio tour video with San-Gorg you’ll see we covered his midi sync setup, that should give you some tips for getting started! Here’s the link: Synth Shed on tour: San-Gorg ua-cam.com/video/PI-ixi8KtZE/v-deo.html

Hi! I’ve never tried it with windows. My guess is that using a firewire to thunderbolt adapter might work to connect. But for the full interface functionality I’d guess you need to install the legacy drivers … check the Mackie website if they have any that would be compatible with your OS. Can’t guarantee I’m afraid as I’ve never tested it on PC. If you try it please report back your findings here for other Windows users. (The reason it could still be used with Macs for so long is that they have never needed the driver software … which Mackie stopped updating a LONG time ago)

@@synthshed i will i also have 2012 macbook pro, but i want it on windows. Will research...

@@jovantrendmaker4722 I see. Well at least if you are still using the older OS on your MacBook then that should work; good luck with the Windows experiment!

Enjoy!

Yes for sure. the more I play with it the more impressed I get … only scratched surface so far.

Thanks for watching, you too!

New Macs (or anything running on Ventura OS and later) will have Core Audio FireWire functionality disabled. There are some workaround hacks but not really recommended … and actually don’t always work. best bet is an older laptop (or permanently downgrade your OS, which is not a great idea for your main computer) - so short answer is no, as far as I’m aware. Best to check direct with Apple though!

Thanks for making such an amazing synth. My next step is pairing it with my Atlantis … oh my this could get interesting 😜

@@synthshed Have you checked out Metropolix Solo?

@@danjelvantijnintellijel756 aaah … now I knew of the metropolix but not the solo, until now. That is one to check out, looks like perfect pairing for the Cascadia, am I right?

hi - thanks for watching. short answer is yes, I keep everything at zero/unity on the mixer as it comes in over USB. Because in my workflow (others will vary of course!) I usually do my gain-staging in DAW working off my reference tracks. So I've got a pretty good balance already going in to the SSL, and I'm deliberately trying to avoid tweaking levels of the individual channels too much on the desk. Hope that answers your question.

PS. I'm pretty sure the USB audio input comes in after the pre-amp, so it bypasses the actual gain/trim pots on the channel strips, but need to double check that. of course you can still alter recording (as in loop back to USB) levels on the faders!

Thanks for the feedback, yep that is the plan, so stay tuned!

Welcome aboard!

Nah, just Storage bins and one of my guitar pedals boards (the small one) because the big one is as big as a desk itself. 😲🤣

Yep unfortunately I didn’t record the audio separately on this - but I did capture the samples as hi-fi for the sample pack and I’ll do a separate video to showcase those sounds with better quality audio so you can check out properly!

It is! Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it. Looking to do more of these with other producers I know in U.K. soon … love seeing how other people work their magic.

Yeah the setup in the video is that of my pal and fellow producer San-Gorg, he kindly let me invade his studio with my camera - that's who the Model 16 belongs to! But it's a nice machine for sure. Very easy to use. I myself have used a bunch of different mixers including most recently the SSL Big Six. But if you don't need the features of a mixer, if it's just basically recording synths (not live jamming with fx etc) - you might be better off with an interface with loads of inputs!

@synthshed o I miss understood that maybe you guys shared it. I love adding effects and I think the appeal of live automation draws me to it. But then again, it takes up alot of space. U might be right with just getting a 16-channel interface. Cool mixer though regardless 😎.

Happy to help. Let me know what you went with in the end!

lol glad you enjoyed it

@@synthshed I do videos too and love odd vintage music gear. This is right up my alley:)

Nice! just subscribed will check out your vids cheers!

@synthshed I really appreciate the boss!love your channel.

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Never had the Force so can’t say for sure. But in theory all the MPCs have the same OS inside, and audio/midi over USB I think so … worth a try. Anyone else got experience of this please let us know!

interesting - I haven't had MPC for a while so not tried it with more recent updates. keen to hear how people are getting on with this.

Personally, I never had any issues like that (only tested with MPC live 2 tho). different set ups will yield different results. Hard to diagnose what will be causing your low volume as it could be numerous factors at different points in the signal chain, sorry can’t be more help but keep experimenting and please report back here with any findings that could be useful to other producers. Thank you!

haha!

I dug up my MX-1 out of the closet the second I saw your video, can’t believe this actually works lol. Roland isn’t exactly known for being class complaint in any major way, the fact that external mode is this compatible with my MPC Key37 is mind blowing.

Man infall asleep thinking about this... I just saw your video, mind blowing. Can't wait to arrive home and try it ... Thank you

@@pulgas21 hahaha - thanks for the message that's cool. I always fall asleep thinking bout routing problems lol. Have fun experimenting!

@@synthshed I tried but without good results, do you remember the more do you used on the mx-1 mid? ext? Sur? Because I want the MPc as a master clock and master sequencer for all my gear using the audio external mx-1. If you remember Will be great a just saw you don't have any more the mx-1. Thank you in advance Cheers

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching

Don’t recall if I tested this, was a while ago I made the video!

There are a lot of routing possibilities to try - this sounds totally possible, I actually don’t remember if I tried it out myself, and since I no longer have these pieces of gear in my studio I can’t test it out anytime soon- but please give it a try and report back here for other users who might well have similar questions! Thanks for watching

Worth it if you can. Or keep a janky old laptop around, with old OS on it, just for Onyx duties.

You mean in controller mode? Yes as far as projects/groups go you will do all that ‘admin’ on the computer, it’s a lot easier lol

You're welcome!

I don’t use the mic pres much - so can’t give a useful opinion - mostly I’ve been running line level (synths samplers fx etc). What I can say is that the Korg gives masses of clean headroom compared to my vintage Mackie Onyx (to be expected I suppose) and sounds really good overall. I also like the onboard utilities like (digital) limiter and EQ.

@@synthshed I've heard great things about the peter watts design on that mixer. I'll definitely pick one up. Thanks

Been a while since I was experimenting with this setup, but yes if I recall you just need to record arm multiple tracks in MPC Live 2 (think you hold shift + record, but please check manual!) then providing you have the incoming channels assigned correctly from the MX-1 as shown on the video, you should be golden. NB I don’t know how robust multitrack recording is over USB - i.e. when the MPC might start stressing out over processing too much incoming audio, but have a play and you’ll soon find out what it can cope with!

yes, it's a nice workflow especially if you already have any aira/boutique gear that works nicely with the MX-1 - glad you found it useful, thanks!

Never tried this with Windows myself but see the comment from @atommachine - might be what you’re looking for?!

I use the smaller model - 820i - and it works just fine with Windows 7 drivers.

Thanks. Now I find a big downside for me is that it'd only track pre-fader level on firewire. The fader does nothing inside the DAW, a big downside since I need something to control the level real time, if I get a fader control surface it just defeats the purpose and it is better to get a preamp instead. The only good thing is the eq.

Thanks for the kind words and also sharing your experience- actually with newer Macs ditching firewire core audio support it looks like Windows is now the way to go for this kind of use!