Demoing MTS, couple of questions popped up already...
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:21 pm
Howdy.
Demoing MTS right now. Couple of questions have popped up already
that I need to know before considering going for the pro version.
1 .Swing Grid/Groove Quantize (Talking Midi here)
The first thing that I can't figure out is how to shuffle/swing midi notes.
I just can quantize them to the grid, which obviously sounds robotic as hell.
Am I missing something or do I have to edit every single note in the song by hand/ear to get the groove I want?
(SOLVED: Found it. That was the most important one....)
2. Multiple Midi Streams (bad timing)
When using multiple Midi Streams for a multitimbral drum instrument I get horrible timing artifacts.
It sounds like the notes were playing back an unquantized bad recording (but I programmed the drums via pen on the drumgrid.)
Any idea why that is?
(This seems to be a specific case because all notes are playing C3 but on different channels. I tested this
with another drum plugin which uses different notes instead of different channels and here the timing is solid.)
SOLVED: Seems that MTS doesn't like that specific Plugin AU. Crashes on song close or when trying to remove this plugin
from the insert slot. So please disregard this question.
3. Hotkeys
Is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle between select part/select notes/add notes?
A lot of clicking here... I use to work very fast. Thus I love keycommands and hate clicking.
The App seems to be very fast in terms of workflow in most areas, so I am probably missing something here.
4. Default Instrument
Is there a way to change the default MTSi Instrument to a different one (or no one at all?)
That way I can go CTRL-F1 and immediately load what I need without having to get rid of the default Instrument every time.
Again, speed is important for me without annoying things that I have to get rid of every single time I add a track.
5. Is this software still in active development?
I ask this because over the years I had already three cases where development/updates completely stalled a short time after
I bought these applications. (Still no change today. Basically abandonware so to speak.)
6. OSX 64bit
Not super important, but I like to know if a 64bit OSX in somewhere on the radar?
I have some 64bit only plugins that I might be able to bridge the other way round but it's a bit of a hassle
and some apps don't like this (crash fest).
7. Editing Latency
I have quite a latency when I edit things. This is also true when I turn a knob on a filter plugin or adjust EQ frequencies for example.
I hear the real result a short time later. A bit unresponsive so to speak. This is also true when using the native
pan knob and volume slider. Until I hear the result it takes a very noticable amount of time.
basically a slew of around half a second. (!!)
8. Moving Notes
It seems that there is no way of moving midi notes around via hotkeys?
9. Sends in Output Submixer
Is there a way to enable sends for the Output Mixer/Submixer of Multioutput instruments in the Pro Version? (However I've
read that we can re-route outputs in the pro-version, so not a big deal if not...)
10. Key commands
Are there hotkeys for the repeat command and for the show/hide controller section?
Are there hotkeys for select left / select right?
11. Multi Out Support for AudioUnits
Looks like that at least with the output mixer in the demo version no multioutput is supported for AU plugins.
Is this enabled at least in the pro version via routing to other tracks? (EDIT: Seems to be plugin specific. Found the first AU (MachFive)
that has the Outputs visible in the AU version as well... But MachFive doesn't play nice with MTS at all.
Neither VST nor AU. A lot of plugins seem to be acting very buggy here. Sometimes the VSTs sometimes
the AUs. I got a **loooot** of crashes with a lot of plugs that I use on a daily basis in practically every main DAW outthere...)
12. Duplicate Track
How do I duplicate a whole track/mixer strip including everything?
13. Plugin Hotkey Focus
Can't figure out how it should be. Should the plugin have hotkey focus when opened or MTS?
It's basically like this: Sometimes the plugins have focus and the Transport commands work, sometimes the plugin loses focus
after some time. Sometimes the plugin has focus but the transport commands don't work, sometimes nothing works anymore
and every combination thereof... That's very confusing indeed, lol...
(Probably connected to the fact that sometimes plugins "stay on top" and sometimes not...)
14. Notes Editor: Legato
I can't get it to do anything. Can someone explain how this works? It seems to work different like it
usually in other apps... (Or maybe doesn't work at all?)
(Also the CTRL-M command in the FX window doesn't seem to do anything. CTRL-B bypasses, CTRL-P gives me
the preset list, but CTRL-M does nothing. I also tried all other modifiers just to be sure. Also checked it on the multieffect.)
Thanks & best,
tL.
(By the way: The preset system is awesome. The keyboard support for mute/solo/bypass/opening slots and loading presets
and the general layout is so good that I am basically flying through MTS after half a day of Demo use.
More hotkeys for even more speed would be very appreciated in case I' ll bite the bullet with the pro version.)
Demoing MTS right now. Couple of questions have popped up already
that I need to know before considering going for the pro version.
1 .Swing Grid/Groove Quantize (Talking Midi here)
The first thing that I can't figure out is how to shuffle/swing midi notes.
I just can quantize them to the grid, which obviously sounds robotic as hell.
Am I missing something or do I have to edit every single note in the song by hand/ear to get the groove I want?
(SOLVED: Found it. That was the most important one....)
2. Multiple Midi Streams (bad timing)
When using multiple Midi Streams for a multitimbral drum instrument I get horrible timing artifacts.
It sounds like the notes were playing back an unquantized bad recording (but I programmed the drums via pen on the drumgrid.)
Any idea why that is?
(This seems to be a specific case because all notes are playing C3 but on different channels. I tested this
with another drum plugin which uses different notes instead of different channels and here the timing is solid.)
SOLVED: Seems that MTS doesn't like that specific Plugin AU. Crashes on song close or when trying to remove this plugin
from the insert slot. So please disregard this question.
3. Hotkeys
Is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle between select part/select notes/add notes?
A lot of clicking here... I use to work very fast. Thus I love keycommands and hate clicking.
The App seems to be very fast in terms of workflow in most areas, so I am probably missing something here.
4. Default Instrument
Is there a way to change the default MTSi Instrument to a different one (or no one at all?)
That way I can go CTRL-F1 and immediately load what I need without having to get rid of the default Instrument every time.
Again, speed is important for me without annoying things that I have to get rid of every single time I add a track.
5. Is this software still in active development?
I ask this because over the years I had already three cases where development/updates completely stalled a short time after
I bought these applications. (Still no change today. Basically abandonware so to speak.)
6. OSX 64bit
Not super important, but I like to know if a 64bit OSX in somewhere on the radar?
I have some 64bit only plugins that I might be able to bridge the other way round but it's a bit of a hassle
and some apps don't like this (crash fest).
7. Editing Latency
I have quite a latency when I edit things. This is also true when I turn a knob on a filter plugin or adjust EQ frequencies for example.
I hear the real result a short time later. A bit unresponsive so to speak. This is also true when using the native
pan knob and volume slider. Until I hear the result it takes a very noticable amount of time.
basically a slew of around half a second. (!!)
8. Moving Notes
It seems that there is no way of moving midi notes around via hotkeys?
9. Sends in Output Submixer
Is there a way to enable sends for the Output Mixer/Submixer of Multioutput instruments in the Pro Version? (However I've
read that we can re-route outputs in the pro-version, so not a big deal if not...)
10. Key commands
Are there hotkeys for the repeat command and for the show/hide controller section?
Are there hotkeys for select left / select right?
11. Multi Out Support for AudioUnits
Looks like that at least with the output mixer in the demo version no multioutput is supported for AU plugins.
Is this enabled at least in the pro version via routing to other tracks? (EDIT: Seems to be plugin specific. Found the first AU (MachFive)
that has the Outputs visible in the AU version as well... But MachFive doesn't play nice with MTS at all.
Neither VST nor AU. A lot of plugins seem to be acting very buggy here. Sometimes the VSTs sometimes
the AUs. I got a **loooot** of crashes with a lot of plugs that I use on a daily basis in practically every main DAW outthere...)
12. Duplicate Track
How do I duplicate a whole track/mixer strip including everything?
13. Plugin Hotkey Focus
Can't figure out how it should be. Should the plugin have hotkey focus when opened or MTS?
It's basically like this: Sometimes the plugins have focus and the Transport commands work, sometimes the plugin loses focus
after some time. Sometimes the plugin has focus but the transport commands don't work, sometimes nothing works anymore
and every combination thereof... That's very confusing indeed, lol...
(Probably connected to the fact that sometimes plugins "stay on top" and sometimes not...)
14. Notes Editor: Legato
I can't get it to do anything. Can someone explain how this works? It seems to work different like it
usually in other apps... (Or maybe doesn't work at all?)
(Also the CTRL-M command in the FX window doesn't seem to do anything. CTRL-B bypasses, CTRL-P gives me
the preset list, but CTRL-M does nothing. I also tried all other modifiers just to be sure. Also checked it on the multieffect.)
Thanks & best,
tL.
(By the way: The preset system is awesome. The keyboard support for mute/solo/bypass/opening slots and loading presets
and the general layout is so good that I am basically flying through MTS after half a day of Demo use.
More hotkeys for even more speed would be very appreciated in case I' ll bite the bullet with the pro version.)