Post by rainbow on Sept 4, 2009 7:39:39 GMT
Hi John,
Thanks again for introducing me to those fabulous East West Quantum Leap sounds. Now, I have no musical training and play guitar and synths purely by ear. I have no understanding of midi files or how to assign them to different tracks/instruments and so I use downloaded midi files instead, if I want to do a cover song, and import them into GarageBand which splits the midi file into seperate tracks. I can build up my own arrangements, again by ear, by substituting the original instruments to other instruments of my choosing and I can effectively build my own individual arrangement ... usually bass, drums, choral backing etc and then I build up a complete song/tune by playing software instruments using the m-audio controller keyboard which are midi tracks or synth/guitar tracks which are real audio. Then I do a final mix and adjust volumes and panning etc and render the final mix to iTunes and convert to final mp3 to upload to the forum.
Both Barry and I use the Sonic Cell and we each approach it in a slightly different way. I don't use it to gig with so I'm not using it for midi files. Instead I use it as an interface primarily alongside GarageBand as my DAW and I can plug guitar in to direct record or add vocal or synths/modules via mixer and I can play the Sonic Cell's Fantom sounds via midi connection.
So having spent a lot of time listening to the EWQL demo mp3s and tuition vids and being really impressed with their quality, my first question is can these sounds be assigned to my DAW ie GarageBand as plug ins? I have been able to extend the range of instruments available in GarageBand by purchasing expansion packs from AMG and they are improved quality compared to many of the original GarageBand instruments but they are no where near the quality of the EWQL sounds.
As I say, I have no musical training and am pretty much ignorant of musical terminology or key signatures or such. However, by spending quite some time with the tuition vids on the EWQL site I can appreciate what legato means and how important it is to use that option for guitar sounds and especially,along with the mod wheel, the vocal sounds in 'Symphonic Voices' and 'Voices Of Passion' although I cannot see how the switching functions are accessed.
Also with the Goliath virtual instrument there are no tuition vids and no real interface details to help understand how that works,despite the tantalising list of available instruments ... can this be used as a plug in?
I have lots of other questions ... can you download a pdf version of the manual to get a better idea how these sounds can be accessed and used within a DAW like GarageBand?
I appreciate your time and expertise and hope to learn more thro' this thread and I have a feeling that Barry may be asking a few questions too.
Many thanks John.
Best regards ... Rainbow:)
Thanks again for introducing me to those fabulous East West Quantum Leap sounds. Now, I have no musical training and play guitar and synths purely by ear. I have no understanding of midi files or how to assign them to different tracks/instruments and so I use downloaded midi files instead, if I want to do a cover song, and import them into GarageBand which splits the midi file into seperate tracks. I can build up my own arrangements, again by ear, by substituting the original instruments to other instruments of my choosing and I can effectively build my own individual arrangement ... usually bass, drums, choral backing etc and then I build up a complete song/tune by playing software instruments using the m-audio controller keyboard which are midi tracks or synth/guitar tracks which are real audio. Then I do a final mix and adjust volumes and panning etc and render the final mix to iTunes and convert to final mp3 to upload to the forum.
Both Barry and I use the Sonic Cell and we each approach it in a slightly different way. I don't use it to gig with so I'm not using it for midi files. Instead I use it as an interface primarily alongside GarageBand as my DAW and I can plug guitar in to direct record or add vocal or synths/modules via mixer and I can play the Sonic Cell's Fantom sounds via midi connection.
So having spent a lot of time listening to the EWQL demo mp3s and tuition vids and being really impressed with their quality, my first question is can these sounds be assigned to my DAW ie GarageBand as plug ins? I have been able to extend the range of instruments available in GarageBand by purchasing expansion packs from AMG and they are improved quality compared to many of the original GarageBand instruments but they are no where near the quality of the EWQL sounds.
As I say, I have no musical training and am pretty much ignorant of musical terminology or key signatures or such. However, by spending quite some time with the tuition vids on the EWQL site I can appreciate what legato means and how important it is to use that option for guitar sounds and especially,along with the mod wheel, the vocal sounds in 'Symphonic Voices' and 'Voices Of Passion' although I cannot see how the switching functions are accessed.
Also with the Goliath virtual instrument there are no tuition vids and no real interface details to help understand how that works,despite the tantalising list of available instruments ... can this be used as a plug in?
I have lots of other questions ... can you download a pdf version of the manual to get a better idea how these sounds can be accessed and used within a DAW like GarageBand?
I appreciate your time and expertise and hope to learn more thro' this thread and I have a feeling that Barry may be asking a few questions too.
Many thanks John.
Best regards ... Rainbow:)
I'm OK with the latest version of GarageBand and, when I can get familiar with it's usage, I'll be able to use Logic Studio (version 8). I've got 2 seperate HDDs that I could use but I'm using current version of the iMac 24" running OSX 10.5.2 intel core duo with 4GB RAM & 1TB memory, so all that is compatible I believe ... I found the chart you refer to yesterday when I was checking out the composer bundle. 
