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DJ Barney

Hello,

I'm getting very confused here!

I have read all the stickied posts but it still has'nt "clicked".

They HAVE made me think that I should be using the ProFX plugins as it does seem to be the confusion generated by looking at the DSP and the kxmixer that turns
my brains to mush (LOL!).

Using...

Creative Audio Labs Live Blaster Platinum 5.1.

1. Buzz with VST instruments. Buzz is a "machine"
based studio (various machine types are connected together). It has ASIO ability.

2. Mixvibes for mixing mp3's / sampler (has cue function for second sound card /channel).

3. Rebirth for 303 and drum machines.

4. Sequencer (Jazz) connected to external MIDI keyboard (pass through MIDI to Buzz,
Mixvibes, and Rebirth for synching and MIDI slider/knob control from keyboard).

5. Microphone connected to LiveDrive: I want to use this with the Kx Vocoder and one
of the VSTi Synths (to voice encode).

6. One frustrated musician.

I really want to use these drivers as I have a relatively slow system so want to pass
at least a few filters, etc over to the DSP chip on the soundcard.

I'm struggling though. Maybe this is because I'm used to the
Creative Audio Labs drivers. I'm beginning to appreciate the strength of THOSE drivers
...they were easy to setup! But of course they blocked you from most of the features.

I want to have a shot at writing a guide when I understand this as I think there are some nasty pitfalls for those coming from CL land :-(

Anyway....

What features / setup should I be looking at and learning in light of the above.

I've tried using the soundcard as two seperate channels (using one for cueing in the mixer
, for example) but keep getting sound leaking through. I fixed this by tweaking the
Surrounder, but still get a reverbed channel leaking in when I try and use cue in Mixvibes.

I'm not using soundfonts or midi effects (at the moment) so that could be dispensed with
in the DSP setup. I'm not using surround sound so could that part of the DSP be removed
, or is that needed to run the front / rear channel seperation ?

So...

A. What could I reduce the DSP window to for my setup ?

B. How do I setup the Vocoder to use an input from a VSTi synth, the LiveDrive Mic..
..AND be able to record the results. Does it just go to MME ?

DJBarney

JohnN

It always takes me ages to find this, but it's my favourite "muso-type all you really need to know" starters guide.
Best bit is when Lex says to open the DSP window and then clear it!"
Don't come much simpler than that.

kX's Concept (by Lex Nahumury)

BR
JN

DJ Barney

Thanks JohnN...

Just confirms my suspicions that I should hit the clear button!

I will try this.

DJBarney

dj_stick

one thing, with kX, ASIO is locked to 48khz - from memory ReBirth will not work at anything other than 44.1khz

DJ Barney

Thanks dj_stick,

Just as well I'm not using Rebirth on ASIO !

I followed advice and cleared the window, and, hey presto, now the profx filters
make a lot more sense to me. :-D

One problem though ... whatever latency I set ASIO to I still get lots of distortion and clicking. I just tried a simple test ... routing a mono signal from one of my
VST synths in Buzz back into Kx and then straight to the k1lt output to speakers.

That's using one of the profx src plugins to route the ASIO signal back into Kx DSP.
(I'm thinking of the instrument signal that needs to go to the Vocoder here). Am
I doing this right ? Is my system too slow for ASIO maybe ?

So progress is being made now...it was a rather steep climb on my learning curve <wipes sweat from forhead>.

(See my other thread for why I was getting very confused).

DJBarney