jdbakker
Well-known member
I've a bit of a problem.
A good friend of mine has composed some songs, and she's asked me to help her record them. While she intends to use 'real' instruments for the final recordings (somewhere this summer), she wants to create demo versions ASAP using her MIDI synthesizer (a Roland JV-30).
Some parts of her songs are beyond the capabilities of the JV-30 (dropped/truncated notes etc). I have suggested her to record a separate track for each instrument group, which would also allow us to gradually move the mix from synthesized to real instruments (should those fit better in the mix).
Here's where the fun starts.
This afternoon we've started tracking the first song. After recording all instrument groups it became obvious that the timing for pretty much all tracks was way off. I'd aligned the beginning of the tracks, and five minutes into the song some instruments would be a second or so early/late. In an attempt to find the cause I recorded the same drum track three times in succession. All three would audibly shift back and forth compared to the other two, creating doppler/flanger-like effects. Nice, but not quite what I was looking for.
Now I mostly record live performances, so I've never had to deal with MIDI, and all my MIDI-knowledge comes from a fruitless three-hour Googling session. Does any of you know whether (a) this is normal for MIDI, (b) how to fix it or (c) whether I'm using the wrong tool for the job altogether? FYI, we're using an old PIII with XP, running a decade-old 16-bit copy of Score Perfect through an Edirol UM-1 into the aforementioned JV-30. I'm not quite sure which device, if any, provides clocking. None of the recorded tracks sound obviously wrong when auditioned by themselves; no tempo changes, no dropped notes, no hiccups.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
JDB.
[my current plan of attack is to record each song into a different sequencer over MIDI, and hope&pray that that fixes it. I've tried generating MIDI files directly from Score Perfect, but for some reason those lack note volume information when played through Windows Media Player to the JV-30]
A good friend of mine has composed some songs, and she's asked me to help her record them. While she intends to use 'real' instruments for the final recordings (somewhere this summer), she wants to create demo versions ASAP using her MIDI synthesizer (a Roland JV-30).
Some parts of her songs are beyond the capabilities of the JV-30 (dropped/truncated notes etc). I have suggested her to record a separate track for each instrument group, which would also allow us to gradually move the mix from synthesized to real instruments (should those fit better in the mix).
Here's where the fun starts.
This afternoon we've started tracking the first song. After recording all instrument groups it became obvious that the timing for pretty much all tracks was way off. I'd aligned the beginning of the tracks, and five minutes into the song some instruments would be a second or so early/late. In an attempt to find the cause I recorded the same drum track three times in succession. All three would audibly shift back and forth compared to the other two, creating doppler/flanger-like effects. Nice, but not quite what I was looking for.
Now I mostly record live performances, so I've never had to deal with MIDI, and all my MIDI-knowledge comes from a fruitless three-hour Googling session. Does any of you know whether (a) this is normal for MIDI, (b) how to fix it or (c) whether I'm using the wrong tool for the job altogether? FYI, we're using an old PIII with XP, running a decade-old 16-bit copy of Score Perfect through an Edirol UM-1 into the aforementioned JV-30. I'm not quite sure which device, if any, provides clocking. None of the recorded tracks sound obviously wrong when auditioned by themselves; no tempo changes, no dropped notes, no hiccups.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
JDB.
[my current plan of attack is to record each song into a different sequencer over MIDI, and hope&pray that that fixes it. I've tried generating MIDI files directly from Score Perfect, but for some reason those lack note volume information when played through Windows Media Player to the JV-30]