Playing in pain 2, a Motif ES multi/sequencing question.

[RABid]

Confused by the topic? Guessing that I hate the Motif sequencer? Wondering if Rabid is going off on some tangent again? Let me clear things up a bit. (maybe, wrong and maybe)

 

Next week I am having a bit of surgery. Nothing serious, but I have been told that I might want to avoid stairs for a couple weeks. I live in a two story apartment. Kitchen, living room and utility rooms downstairs, bedroom, full bath and bedroom studio upstairs. To prepare for this time I am cooking in advance, pulling things out of the higher cabinets that I may need, moving clothing into the utility room, and creating a makeshift studio in the corner of the living room. That studio will consist of two things; Motif ES6 and a Virus Classic. It has to stay very simple. No reaching for a mouse or stretching for the laptop.

 

I want to use the Motif as the sequencer and connect the Virus by MIDI and run it through the audio inputs of the Motif. This should give me a very simple setup that I can monitor though the Motif headphone jack. What I want to do is set up some standard multis for sequencing that use the Motif internal sounds, two expansion boards, and the Virus. An example would be

 

1-7 internal Motif sounds

8 FM board

9 VA board

10 internal Motif drums

11 internal Motif percussion

12-16 Virus Classic in multi channel.

 

Im not sure how to set this up so that channels 12-16 go only to the Virus. And can I get it to automatically recall the Virus patch number when I a song in the motif?

 

Bonus question. How do I record an arp pattern I play on the Virus back into the Motif? Example; Im playing the keys of the Motif to trigger sounds and patterns on the Virus, and run the MIDI out of the virus back into the Motif. How do I record the output of the Virus into the Motif instead of the keys that I am playing on the Motif?

 

Robert

[Mike Martin]

From Song Mode or Pattern Mode, press the button labeled TRACK. Then select OUT SW. Here you can choose whether a track is INTERNAL, EXTERNAL or both (default).

[FrankieP]

oops...nevermind.