On 06/01/2006, at 4:06 AM, Sterling Beckwith wrote:
I wonder if Ben might not have more important things to do for us. Isn't combining various tracks from various sources--e.g. audio with MIDI, or with DB--what the bigtime sequencing programs like GB, Reason, Live, etc. are all about?
No doubt about it - that's what they do best. I'm not suggesting DB tries to imitate them. It would just be handy to have a guide audio track play along with the drum track, no MIDI, no effects, no mixer etc...
Rather than clutter up a great percussion-composing program with extras that don't really do the whole job anyhow, wouldn't it make more sense to let one of the big boys do the synchronizing, and just switch back and forth between the sequencer and DB when needed to tweak the drum parts?
That's the painful part I find. Needing to listen to the the song in Pro Tools, note where a drum change is needed, go to DB, add the changes, bring them back to PT, audition them, and if not right, go through the process again.
These discussions are all academic, if Ben can do it easily, I assume he'll go for it, if not, bad luck...
Cheers
Charlie