.... Per Glennbo's suggestion - I'm starting the thread hencefore to be known as the "Tranzport" thread. The primary purpose of which, is to answer all those nickpicky questions people seem to have about it. I just got one (was ordering up some other gear with gig money, and since I'm starting to work again on some of my own stuff with a writing partner and former bandmate I thought I splurge and get this thing so I could stop banging guitars into tables and stuff. And, of course, I'm a sucker for kewl gear...). If you don't know what one is, it's a wireless transport control that works with most of the major DAW sofware, including Sonar. It can control iTunes as well, but I haven't tried that yet. You can find out more about it at www.frontierdesign.com Installing it is a snap. Set up the driver in Sonar, and it's up and running. You've got your basic transport controls, scrolling from track to track or from bus to bus is easy. You can record, mute, or solo any track, and if you hit "shift" with record, mute, or solo it will un-record, mute, or solo all tracks. The LCD is unexpected useful. It gives you real-time display of the time code, the track name, it's level and pan positions, and a live track level (don't think I'd trust it for setting acutal levels, but it's handy for seeing the presence of signal, approx level, etc). Moving from track to track is easy with the dedicated track buttons, or hold either of them down and scroll with the jog wheel. While on a track, the jog wheel controls level by default, and pan when the "shift" button is down. What I didn't know was that you've got 12 functions you can set to anything you want with Sonar keybindings - it's "ctrl-shift-F1-12" in Sonar. It's a 802.11b receiver, which seems to co-exist peacefully with my wireless network in my house. Range is not as advertised - quite sensitive to line of sight in my initial tests - it stopped working in the next room over (maybe I was overstating the peaceful co-existance... I'll have to test that one further). It's a standard little USB plug-in transciever just like a wireless keyboard. I checked out recording some acoustic guitar tracks and it was really easy to use - it's got a dedicated "undo" button (which I still tend to do more than just loop record), and it's easy to set loop and punch points as well as markers (although I haven't tried to do that without looking at the screen at the same time...) It's also got a foot switch input that can be used for just about anything, but is mapped to "record" by default. Perfect for our favorite drummer and his new gear lust! That's all the basics I can think of right now... but feel free to ask away!! Vinny
In news:kbu8g.70538$ the killer robot Vinny <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > ... Per Glennbo's suggestion - I'm starting the thread hencefore to be > known as the "Tranzport" thread. The primary purpose of which, is to > answer all those nickpicky questions people seem to have about it. How easy is it to jump into record, decide that the take stinks, rewind to the beginning, undo the bad take, and be ready to take another go at it? That would be the functionality I could benefit from. Quicker is better. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ ____ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / __ )____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_____/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Glennbo wrote: > In news:kbu8g.70538$ the killer robot > Vinny <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship > cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >>... Per Glennbo's suggestion - I'm starting the thread hencefore to be >>known as the "Tranzport" thread. The primary purpose of which, is to >>answer all those nickpicky questions people seem to have about it. > > > How easy is it to jump into record, decide that the take stinks, rewind to > the beginning, undo the bad take, and be ready to take another go at it? > > That would be the functionality I could benefit from. Quicker is better. > I know just what you're talking about, and it's less time than it took me to read the question. Press stop. Press Shift-Rewind to go to the beginning. Press Undo. Press Record (or press the footswitch you've got plugged in) and your recording a new take. Faster than using a mouse.
In news:hAu8g.70546$ the killer robot Vinny <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >>>... Per Glennbo's suggestion - I'm starting the thread hencefore to >>>be known as the "Tranzport" thread. The primary purpose of which, is >>>to answer all those nickpicky questions people seem to have about it. >> >> >> How easy is it to jump into record, decide that the take stinks, >> rewind to the beginning, undo the bad take, and be ready to take >> another go at it? >> >> That would be the functionality I could benefit from. Quicker is >> better. >> > I know just what you're talking about, and it's less time than it took > me to read the question. Press stop. Press Shift-Rewind to go to the > beginning. Press Undo. Press Record (or press the footswitch you've > got plugged in) and your recording a new take. Faster than using a > mouse. That's what I wanna hear. Less time to retry playing the part better! Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars and says, "ah, I can do that better"? I'm like that. I can tell right away if I don't like how the track is going, and rather than waste time going on, I'll opt out and have another go at the part, until I get one that *feels* good, and the quicker I can get to back into record, while the ideas are still fresh, the better. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ ____ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / __ )____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_____/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
> Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars and > says, "ah, I can do that better"? Yeah. Me!
>> Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars and >> says, "ah, I can do that better"? I thought it was just me <g> Vinny, thanks for all the info on the TP (TranzPort not Ted Perlman). I have been thinking about it for a while. Max Arwood "Vinny" <> wrote in message news:CSu8g.70551$... > >> Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars and >> says, "ah, I can do that better"? > > > > Yeah. Me! > > >
Hey Vinny, You know anything about usb2 extender so I can use tranzport in another room? Neil R "Max Arwood" <> wrote in message news:Jdx8g.69001$... >>> Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars and >>> says, "ah, I can do that better"? > > I thought it was just me <g> Vinny, thanks for all the info on the TP > (TranzPort not Ted Perlman). I have been thinking about it for a while. > Max Arwood > > "Vinny" <> wrote in message > news:CSu8g.70551$... >> >>> Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars and >>> says, "ah, I can do that better"? >> >> >> >> Yeah. Me! >> >> >> > >
> I thought it was just me <g> Vinny, thanks for all the info on the TP > (TranzPort not Ted Perlman). I have been thinking about it for a while. > Max Arwood You bet! Kewl piece o' gear, does what its supposed to without getting overly complicated.
Neil Rutman wrote: > Hey Vinny, > > You know anything about usb2 extender so I can use tranzport in another > room? That shouldn't really be a problem... I think there's a bunch of solutions available. Incidently, when I tested the distance and it faded out in the next room, the USB link was sitting on top of a preamp case (metal) and I was shooting through the refrigerator in the kitchen... maybe I'll do a little re-positioning for max distance and test it again. You can get long USB cables and plug it into a powered hub, then into the transmitter cable... you don't have to get it all the way to the room you're working in, just close enough for it to work. I'll let you know what I come up with for workable distances with the transmitter placed in a more appropriate position...
w, ctrl+z, r Almost or just as quick as using external hardware. KO Vinny wrote: > Glennbo wrote: > >> In news:kbu8g.70538$ the killer >> robot Vinny <> grabbed the controls of the >> spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> >> >>> ... Per Glennbo's suggestion - I'm starting the thread hencefore to >>> be known as the "Tranzport" thread. The primary purpose of which, is >>> to answer all those nickpicky questions people seem to have about it. >> >> >> >> How easy is it to jump into record, decide that the take stinks, >> rewind to the beginning, undo the bad take, and be ready to take >> another go at it? >> >> That would be the functionality I could benefit from. Quicker is better. >> > I know just what you're talking about, and it's less time than it took > me to read the question. Press stop. Press Shift-Rewind to go to the > beginning. Press Undo. Press Record (or press the footswitch you've > got plugged in) and your recording a new take. Faster than using a mouse.
Beginnings make or beak a take. It's no good carrying on if the intro isn't as good as you can make it. I try to go for complete takes, but I'm not opposed to slip editting things in to make a good take better. It's a plastic art, not a performance art. The goal is to make a good recording. OTOH, it's often quicker and better to keep trying to get one great take rather than all the post recording to salvage something that isn't good to start with. After I get the first good take, two others can usually get done fairly quickly. It's nice to have those around for any sprucing up you do later. KO Vinny wrote: > >> Hehe, you ever work with anyone who stops in the first 8 or 16 bars >> and says, "ah, I can do that better"? > > > > > Yeah. Me! > > >
In news:44633dcb$0$275$ the killer robot Kraig Olmstead <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > w, ctrl+z, r > > Almost or just as quick as using external hardware. I don't have a wireless keyboard, so I'd still have to do that and then run for the drums. Tranzport would let me do it from the drums *and* provide some visual feedback as to what's happening at the DAW, which is why I keep looking at them. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ ____ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / __ )____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_____/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns97C05B85B93ECBrownShoesDontMakeIt@207.115.17.102... > I don't have a wireless keyboard, so I'd still have to do that and then > run > for the drums. Tranzport would let me do it from the drums *and* provide > some visual feedback as to what's happening at the DAW, which is why I > keep > looking at them. I was going to suggest wireless keyboards work great. I'm sure the Tranzport's a good gadget to have though.
My mixer (preamps), converters and computer are all on a rolling rack. The monitoring system is fixed in the room, but the recording set up is moderately mobile. The downside is that I've had the SPL of the drums cause dropouts. What's this inverse square law thing I keep hearing about? I need to put the drums on an Auralex platform and get a longer keyboard cable hooked up. I'm happy enough with the computer keyboard. KO Glennbo wrote: > In news:44633dcb$0$275$ the killer > robot Kraig Olmstead <> grabbed the > controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > > >>w, ctrl+z, r >> >>Almost or just as quick as using external hardware. > > > I don't have a wireless keyboard, so I'd still have to do that and then run > for the drums. Tranzport would let me do it from the drums *and* provide > some visual feedback as to what's happening at the DAW, which is why I keep > looking at them. >
In news:hzH8g.725193$084.373854@attbi_s22 the killer robot "Ricky Hunt" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... >> I don't have a wireless keyboard, so I'd still have to do that and >> then run >> for the drums. Tranzport would let me do it from the drums *and* >> provide some visual feedback as to what's happening at the DAW, which >> is why I keep >> looking at them. > > I was going to suggest wireless keyboards work great. I'm sure the > Tranzport's a good gadget to have though. The visual feedback is part of what makes it interesting to me. So you can see what you are doing. For instance, what if you were using a wireless keyboard and accidently did Ctrl-z twice, and then recorded a track? -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ ____ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / __ )____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_____/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
In news:44634675$0$720$ the killer robot Kraig Olmstead <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > My mixer (preamps), converters and computer are all on a rolling rack. > The monitoring system is fixed in the room, but the recording set up is > moderately mobile. > > The downside is that I've had the SPL of the drums cause dropouts. > What's this inverse square law thing I keep hearing about? I need to > put the drums on an Auralex platform and get a longer keyboard cable > hooked up. I'm happy enough with the computer keyboard. My drums (which are digital for recording), are behind where I sit at my recording desk http://members.cox.net/glennbo/MissionControl.jpg The drums are to the left of what you can see in this pic, in the corner of the room http://members.cox.net/glennbo/V-Drums.jpg so I currently hit record, and then jump over to the drums. It would be more convienient for me if I had a small controller, right beside the drums, mounted on a mic stand. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ ____ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / __ )____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ / __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_____/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
"Glennbo" <> wrote in message news:Xns97C05F2F44D0BrownShoesDontMakeIt@207.115.17.102... > > The visual feedback is part of what makes it interesting to me. So you > can > see what you are doing. For instance, what if you were using a wireless > keyboard and accidently did Ctrl-z twice, and then recorded a track? Some of the new gaming keyboards have LCD's built in them. I don't know how easy it is to custom program them tough.
Kraig Olmstead wrote: > w, ctrl+z, r > > Almost or just as quick as using external hardware. > That's the combo I use... but I didn't say it was faster than a keyboard, just faster than a mouse! ;-) With the feedback on the LCD it's really handy though.
> Some of the new gaming keyboards have LCD's built in them. I don't know how > easy it is to custom program them tough. > > And some of those are almost as expensive this is gadget! Hey, using a wireless keyboard works great. But having the whole thing wrapped up with the LCD for feedback and seeing the R-M-S status of any track... Do you *need* it? Probably not. Some people might. Is is a kewl piece of gear that makes life a little easier and does what it's supposed to in a un-complicated fashion and priced very reasonably? I think so... people on a small budget might disagree. My comment to them is... This thread is not for you!! Don't buy one! <GGG> ;-)
It would be more convienient for me if I had > a small controller, right beside the drums, mounted on a mic stand. > I think they made this thing with you in mind... I just like it because I can record guitars (keys, vocals, etc) in the place most comfortable to record them... not necessarily the place most comfortable to control the recording process. Vocal takes in the bathroom, guitars in the living room or hall, or in the closet. Or in the vocal booth I keep saying I'm going to get, etc, etc.
