Upgrading the SSL through MIDI: an epic calibration

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02 Feb 2015

I get what you're saying. Any idea why it's confusing the control change messages? I thought those were discreet/separate signals from each other.
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02 Feb 2015

QwaizanG wrote:Is there a MIDI input list for the SSL in the manual somewhere?
Yes, see 'MIDI Implementation chart.pdf' in the program folder.
Page 2, column 'Mixer Channel Strip'.

MIDI CC may control a device in Reason by many ways: by remapping controls, by locking surface and by selecting current device for master keyboard input. There may be a conflict between them.

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02 Feb 2015

Well, using the "proper" CC assignments gets rid of the remote override conflicts, but the analyzer window redraw bug is still there. I'm ok with that compromise since I won't need to have that window open the entire time.

Here's a link to a little thing I threw together to show you what this can do:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzrZOf ... sp=sharing

1st four bars: bass and kick with no processing
2nd four bars: sidechain compression on bass from kick
3rd four bars: EQ modulation on bass from kick via MIDI loopback
4th four bars: combination of sidchain compression and EQ modulation on bass
5th four bars: sidechain compression on bass from kick (for comparison with the "usual method").

I can hear the difference, to me using both sounds best.
I'm using the LMF to duck at 200 and the HMF to boost at 1k.

Edit: here's a better version with just the bass and drums so you can hear the differences more clearly.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzrZOf ... sp=sharing
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02 Feb 2015

QwaizanG wrote:Edit: here's a better version with just the bass and drums so you can hear the differences more clearly.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzrZOf ... sp=sharing
Well, I can see the point in EQ modulation.
But I would rather create two BPFs (ECF42-based) instead of LMF and HMF, add them to the mix and modulate their level.

I just can't stop thinking about the latency and low throughput of the midi loopback link. :)

Edit:
There is another way:
1. Create two parallel channels for the bass, one inverted and one with LMF/HMF preset for maximum ducking/boosting.
2. Route these two parallel channels to a new bus and sidechain that bus from the kick, or just sidechain both channels without the bus.

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