Recording automation from R3 knobs into Logic 9

Casper Nielsen · Post by **Casper Nielsen** » Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:30 pm

Hi folks!

All though I've had my R3 for nearly two years I just recently started to actually working around with it. I´m that type of guy who doesn't really have the patience if things get tricky. And let me tell you this: The R3 for sure is a tricky thing!

Now to my question: I'm sure this has been up a thousand times before in this forum. But this is giving me a headache: Let's say I record some midi into Logics arrange environment. No automation or tweaking while recording the melody. After I've recorded I want to tweak the sound it. Cutoff, delays and all of that. How do I do this the easiest way?? Is it possible to 'latch' while it plays so it'll record my automation/knob turning? Thanks in advance

OpAmp · Post by **OpAmp** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:37 pm

Hi,

Yep, you let your Logic send the recorded melody (MIDI) back to your board and at same moment let it record as well new MIDI events in the same or in another track.
During the playback, you tweak the settings on the R3, for which most of them will send out MIDI CC messages that are recorded by Logic to play back later together with the melody.

You may need to set up Logic correctly (MIDI channels, filters for certain MIDI events, ...). I have no idea how to do that...

Have fun.

Casper Nielsen · Post by **Casper Nielsen** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:46 pm

Thanks OpAmp.

Then I recorded a melody in midi into my DAW. How to I export this (with automations) into a .wav?? When I bounce the midi track it just export an empty audio file

OpAmp · Post by **OpAmp** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:47 pm

Hi Casper,

There is no such thing as exporting MIDI into .wav. That is becasue MIDI only stores events, like you hit a key or you turned a knob (automation) and nothing about how a note actually sounds. If you want a wave file of your performance, you need to render your MIDI tracks using a sound module, which takes in MIDI and outputs sound...

In your case, it means that you let Logic play your melody, which boils down to sending your MIDI back to your board. Hook up the audio outputs of your board to a recording device. For instance the audio input of your Mac or audioinput of an audiointerface connected to your Mac. Use Logic as well to record that audio signal. The latter can be saved as .wav.

Have fun!

Casper Nielsen · Post by **Casper Nielsen** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 10:38 pm

Hi OpAmp

To be honest, my technic skills are just downright crappy, but actually I got a lot from your help because I didn't know that I had to record the midi. I thought I could just bounce the track in to audio like I do with software instruments. But with some help from YouTube I found a really easy way to setup and record my external midi

So thanks a lot mate!!

OpAmp · Post by **OpAmp** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 9:26 pm

Hi,

Glad to help you out and that this was a starting point to explore things further...
With SW instruments it is a bit easier of course, because the MIDI is rendered to sound inside your computer itself... No hassle with midi and audio cables...

Enjoy!