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Controls: TouchOsc is the iPad program which has controls allegedly connecting via WIFI to the instruments and DAW on your computer. I say allegedly because not\ matter what I tried I could not establish a connection between TouchOsc and Oscullator which translates the OSC messages to MIDI messages. Using a TouchOSC template, with what I think, are the right connections established there should have values appearing in Oscullator when the TouchOsc controls are moved but there is nothing. It may well be small thing I have missed but i can’t see how or why or what.

I know that Oscullator works because it works with the HecaChrome iPad controller most of the time. Osculator is recognised by Reason as a MIDI controller so that the messages can recorded. (Thanks Peff – see how to )

TouchOsc worked once by connecting directly to Logic Pro Studio with the LogicPad layout. Once.

It is very frustrating when your setup fails but you see others working especially as the hours pass by with no result.

Recording: I was just playing around with Rebirth on the iPad yesterday and recording a song using my DAWs. I really want to like Record but I can’t. It records well enough but the post recording work flow is clumsy especially the audio routing. I think this is partly to do the the effort in trying to simulate cabling with internal routing. In Live especially the audio routing is straightforward by just selecting a drop down box to the channel you want. It is much the same with Logic Pro. In the comparison with Logic and Live for recording I tend towards Logic because of the larger range of audio tools and I like Flex.

However with MIDI, with my AC Toolbox projects for example, I prefer the Live & Reason via Rewire combination. Live because of the straightforward midi routing and midi tools and Reason because I like the instruments. Using rewire also give the option of using VST/AU plugs. I think Reason works well without them.

A lot of mucking about this week with no solid result.

Project: I was thinking about chaos which lead me to experiment with the chaos generation function in AC Toolbox. The results are on SoundCloud:

AC toolbox settings:

Roessler1-1a
Clock: 120
Rhythm: (convert (roessler 1 0.5 1 6 1) 11 -1 3)
Pitch: (convert (roessler 4 3 1 12 2) 4 c2 c5)
Velocity: mf

Duffing1-1a
Clock: 200
Rhythm: 1
Pitch: (convert (roessler 4 3 1 12 2) 4 c2 c5)
Velocity: mf

Heon1dd
Clock: 120
Rhythm: (convert (henon 0.0 0.2 1.4 0.3 10) 500 1.0 4.0)
Pitch: (convert (henon 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.3 1) 500 c2 c5)
Velocity: mf

Logist-1b4
Clock: (bpm 120)
Rhythm: (convert (logist 0.2 3.9 4 1) 50 1 8 )
Pitch: (convert (logist 0.22 3.8 5 1) 50 c3 c5)
Velocity: (convert (logist 0.22 3.8 5 1) 50 c3 c5)
Note: This is longer at 100 bars. The tune also uses a atmospheric patch which inherently adds a bit more depth.

The result with using these chaos functions is mixed. There is more periodic repetition however there is a fairly narrow range of values in each function which provides continual variation. Often the results just decay to a static line or lines.

Reason/Record: I am getting back into using Reason with Record. A difficulty did arise in trying to record the songs created from external software midi. The solution is:

• 1. Create an instrument track in record
• 2. Specify the instrument not the surrounding Record track wrapper as the target for the midi in the advanced settings.
• 3. Create and name a Mix track
• 4. Wire the output from the instrument Mix enclosure to the input of the of the new Mix track.
• 5. Click the little button marked “Rec Source” on the VU meter to record.
• 6. Create an Audio track
• 7. Select the Mix channel from Audio sources drop down menu. (It wiuld be easier if the Audio channels had input plugs.)

The sound can now be recorded on the audio channel.It does work but seems fiddly compared to the quick and easy channel selection in Ableton Live.