ableton and radias newbie question

[dannyl]

can anyone please tell me the best way to assign different sounds/presets to different channels within ableton,ie base on one channel lead sound on another channel. can it be done within the daw? or do i need to use the template editor to assign sounds to channels(midi) and how ? ist it also possible to change parameters/envelopes for each individual channel ie fx ,lfo,reso within the daw?,,,any help or fingers pointing in the right direction would be appreciated !!! cheers

[2disbetter]

dannyl, hello, I'm not familiar with abeleton, so take this with a grain of salt, BUT my best advice to you, is to delve into the abeleton user manual. It will all for sure be discussed in there.

2d

[DJ Ki-Fi]

If you're gonna have multiple sounds from your RADIAS, then you can only have a limited amount of sounds at once, pending on how many timbres the programs are using.
If you're recording each program seperately, it's just straight forward

Hope that helped
Never used Ableton Live or a RADIAS before, only seen a guy using it.

[X-Trade]

I've not really used live, but it goes for all DAW sequencers when using the radias.

there are generally two approaches. I tend to use a mix of both depending on the project I am working on.

One solution is to record and layer individual programs as audio. sometimes creating a MIDI track to adjust notes etc, then sending that back out to the Radias in order to record the audio. Then disable that MIDI track and move on.

The radias can run up to four timbres at a time, but some programs are using two or three timbres to themselves. including one timbre of drums

the second option I mentioned is using the Radias as a multitimbral sound module. I tend to do this a lot for more electronic tracks. the best approach is to create a new program for the particular song or project, importing timbres from other programs into this program, or making some new timbres from scratch. then you can assign them to different midi channels, keyzones, outputs, etc. and drive them from your sequencer. Make sure to record the audio before you finish the track though.
in combination with approach #1 above, you could then sequence and record three or four parts at a time.

[dannyl]

thanks for answering the post as best you can guys !!x-trade i have taken your way of working with a track on board,its pretty much what i am doin now,as in -using radias as sound mod-i have been able to get into parameters and set automation with midi within the daw ie ,,cutoff and reso but i am unable to assign anymore than 1 midi channel at a time ,,how are you guys locking a sound to a channel then moving on to next sound on a different midi channel! cheers

[X-Trade]

I explained it in my last post but i'll try again:

the most universal and simplest way to 'lock' the track is to create an audio track, record the audio from the Radias (whilst the MIDI is playing back. which it should do normally in record mode as well as playback mode in most sequencers). then mute the midi track (or delete it if you really think you don't need it again. I think thats a bit extreme but it does save on clutter).


or as I said for the multitimbral operation - you will find on the Radias EDIT mode P03 > MIDI (fourth tab, by pressing the page + button), you can assign a different MIDI channel to each timbre in a program.

[dannyl]

thanks will give that a try thank you for your time!!