Abreakpoint 2...

Could someone walk me through how to set up the external sync template with cubase 5. I have the original running fine. I use loopmidi A as my to target on my lemur and loopmidi b as my from target. I have Dameron running connected to those same ports. The original version works fine but when I try the external template, no midi signal is coming into cubase. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks

Hi Nexusoft,

- Open the EXTCLOCK template.
- Enable cubase to send MIDI CLOCK to Daemon 0.
- Pressing play in your DAW should to run the vector.

Please have in mind, this is not a sequencer, it only uses the incoming midi clock ticks to quatize note triggering,

Cheers,
AB

Thank you Antonio, this template brought a big simle to my face

Very much appreciated.

Hi Antonio,
First off, thanks so much for your templates. I've been having so much fun with them!

I really want to try to get a handle on abreakpoint 2 and I've played with it for hours now (I was up till 3am yesterday!). Still though, I'm having problems really "guiding" the notes (yes, I do understand that it's generative) and I still can't figure out what the colour change on the note selection means (grey, light red, red..). Truthfully, sometimes I have NO idea what happened. For example, sometimes I end up with notes that are all F and C even though my scale is F#, and I can't figure out how to modify it, othertimes, notes just stop. I've searched high and low and can't find a manual or a video that describes the note area. The other parts are OK for the most part.

I'd love to incorporate it into a live pa, but right now I can't control it enough..

Anything to help?
Thanks again!

Hey Guys,

Many thanks the cumpliments, great to know you like it.

@Biologik,

I will try to explain it a bit,

Notepitch is generated from 3 controls plus pitch correction page.

Pitch Range Object (at the left side of the vector) : it sets the min/max range for note pitch array, using a range for instance from C1 to C4, all notes will fall within of that range.
By using Multisliders "Note and Offset" you get more variation of notes as you move these controls from the central position. Finally the pitch window lets you to correct the notes generated in the range of -1 .. +1 (octave).

The color tells you a little note range have been assigned (high or low). The high notes are represented with red, low notes are shown in blue. The colors also are connected to the pitch range, pitch multislider also change its color to indicate the pitch of each node.

leds turns grey = Note has crossed the trigger zone (horizontal range object under the vector) but it's has been not played (it's off from notes pads)
Leds light ON = note has been activated.

Set the note manually for each individual node is not the goal for this template, there are many nodes (32) and that would take some time to tune. However if you're using reaktor, here an ensemble based around of this template but with other features if you're interested, I've planned to create a template for it too:

http://co.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=userlibrary&type=0&ulbr=1&plview=detail&patchid=10627

hope that helps and doesn't sound even more confusing.

Cheers,
by the way, sorry my english.

edit: here a video of a friend of mine (Zavosh) using it totally of the same way I do, maybe it shows some hints.
http://vimeo.com/10450901

Thanks a lot for the breakdown. It really helped - as did the video you posted (and it was really cool too!).
Also, don't worry about your English - it's more than passable and I complete understand what you're saying.

I've been having so much fun with your templates and I'm really looking forward to more things you're cooking up! I'll be integrating this into my live PA and once I'm familiar with it enough I'll record it.
Thanks again Antonio!

you're welcome,

glad to hear that biologik!

cheers,

ok so im pretty new to all this stuff,was wondering how you can set breakpoint up to control absynth, like in richard devines demo...http://vimeo.com/6432705

how do you set it up to modulate the controls of absynth and not just send it note information??

thanks.

Hi,

Yes, that video was the abreakpoint prototype, to modulate absynth "macro controls" we use the "CONTOL" section, here a screenshot:

http://www.antonioblanca.com/screenshots#/i/11

The breakpoint is only used to trig notes, it doesn't modulate any absynth control.

Absynth 4/5 versions both are using Macro Controls for every sound, and the lemur multiball object (control tab), is mapped by default to control 8 of these macro controls.

Cheers,

Thankyou!

I somehow managed not knowing this brilliant template. Played tonight with it and FM8, assigning the 8 balls to timbre, operator and morph parameters. Really a great template, it lets you discover new soundscapes with familiar plugins. Thank you very much!

Hi Phil!

Thanks, glad you like it, that is the main goal of this template, please feel free to share your sound experiments

Cheers,

indeed I recorded some of this FM8-ABreakpoint session, but the internet is full of such recordings.

does breakpoint connect to ableton or reason?

Hey,

it connects with any device that supports MID Note/CC messages, so, yes, it should to work
Cheers,

Awesome looks beautiful been keeping track of this for a year now! Is there some sort of max for live plug in for this or if I just punch play it should work of midi or Osc is hooked up?

Hey,

Just you need to run the Lemur Daemon application using target 0, it doesn't send OSC, only MIDI, there are two Lemur settings screenshots with the download, let me know if that helps,

Cheers and have fun

Phil999 wrote:indeed I recorded some of this FM8-ABreakpoint session, but the internet is full of such recordings.

just I've asked because I would like to hear how you used the template + fm8 (I have not used that combo), but no problems.

Cheers,

the FM8 is, as you know, based on 6 oscillators that modulate each other. So when you change the offset or ratio of one oscillator (or operator, as it is called), the sound can dramatically change even with small inputs. Additionally there's a simple x-y morph in FM8, with one full sound preset in each corner. Like those A-B morphs in your Lemur templates. That makes the FM7/8 an ideal sound design tool, although it can easily get harsh. Most of the time the DX7 and its software emulations are used as preset synthesisers. The polished and carefully fine-tuned preset sound great. But I'm also interested in frequency modulation in general, how it can be used dynamically, with all the controls at your hand. My first experience with this was with FM7 and a Doepfer Drehbank (early MIDI controller with 64 knobs). This controller opened an entire new world, something you couldn't do with an original DX7. The Behringer BCR2000 was even better (although with 'only' 32 knobs) because of parameter feedback, and now we got Lemur for the iPad. Lemur adds a new element: it not only controls the software, it can also modulate certain parameter.

Mapping 3 or 4 controls to oscillators, 2 for x-y, and 2 or 3 for harmonics, brilliance, detune, makes the FM8 a very versatile synthesiser. With only 8 controllers. Let some of them run with Lemur, and you have a working ambient track.

Once I had a coupon, and had to choose between Absynth and FM8. It was a hard choice, but in the end it was very clear. With the FM8, I can instantly turn any preset into something ugly and strange, and then smoothly morph back into something fine-tuned, harmonic, again. Like Reaktor, FM is well suited as a Lemur target.

Hey Phil,

Thanks for sharing your experiments, then I will check that out for sure! Never used FM8 seriously, maybe is time to try it.

I use more absynth because I can to load my field recordings there, using sampler or granular engine, grain size, time, grain density so like fxs to macro controls makes some interesting stuff modulating them from abreakpoint, plus l like a lot the sorround FX part of absynth too and the factor of shaping the sound at the time with multipoint envelopes.

They're different beasts.

Cheers,