So I've had mine for about a week now and I've been having a lot of fun with it. Sequencer is wonderful and I'm getting a lot of mileage out of processing the individual outs.
I've run into a few issues though, wondering if anyone can shed some light?
1. I get a high-pitched whining noise when it's attatched to my computer either by USB or din midi. I guess this is a ground loop. It don't know what the solution is.
2. I can't seem to sequence my nord micro modular directly from the midi out. I can get it to work by running it through max msp first and reformatting the midi.... hmmm actually thinking out loud here I never checked what midi channel it communicates on by default.... maybe it's
So I solved my second issue, global midi is set to channel 10 by default.
I'd appreciate any tips regarding ground loops? I read somewhere this was also an issue with the minibrute?
josaka wrote:at first was excited.. good demos with no music.. tons of demos up now.. not keen anymore doesn't seem to sit in mixes well.. strange harmonics.. looking elsewhere.
Sorry, didn't mean to bury your post!
I agree that the sounds in them selves aren't perfect for me but I'm getting where I want with some post processing and the sequencer makes it all worthwhile for me.
So I've had mine for about a week now and I've been having a lot of fun with it. Sequencer is wonderful and I'm getting a lot of mileage out of processing the individual outs.
I've run into a few issues though, wondering if anyone can shed some light?
1. I get a high-pitched whining noise when it's attatched to my computer either by USB or din midi. I guess this is a ground loop. It don't know what the solution is.
2. I can't seem to sequence my nord micro modular directly from the midi out. I can get it to work by running it through max msp first and reformatting the midi.... hmmm actually thinking out loud here I never checked what midi channel it communicates on by default.... maybe it's
So I solved my second issue, global midi is set to channel 10 by default.
I'd appreciate any tips regarding ground loops? I read somewhere this was also an issue with the minibrute?
I've had these high-pitch loops with faulty USB cables, try changing that one out. It really was day by day though, some venues had no problems, some had to change out all the cabling in the setup.
For the MIDI-Sync, it sometimes completely freezes up my Machine Drum MK-1, still trying to figure that out.
I'm having issues with the damn MIDI Control Centre and Drumbrute - my PC refuses to 'handshake' with it over USB. Tried my work laptop and it's fine, but for some reason my DAW desktop machine hates it. Anyone else had 'failed to open device' errors?
Ranxerox wrote:I'm having issues with the damn MIDI Control Centre and Drumbrute - my PC refuses to 'handshake' with it over USB. Tried my work laptop and it's fine, but for some reason my DAW desktop machine hates it. Anyone else had 'failed to open device' errors?
Same OS and patch level on both machines? I've also sometimes had issues with recognising MIDI devices when there are already a few connected, though I think this might be due to a cheap/bad USB hub.
Ranxerox wrote:I'm having issues with the damn MIDI Control Centre and Drumbrute - my PC refuses to 'handshake' with it over USB. Tried my work laptop and it's fine, but for some reason my DAW desktop machine hates it. Anyone else had 'failed to open device' errors?
Same OS and patch level on both machines? I've also sometimes had issues with recognising MIDI devices when there are already a few connected, though I think this might be due to a cheap/bad USB hub.
Yes, same version of MCC and running latest Drumbrute firmware. No USB hub or other USB audio devices (keeping an eye on Device Manager just to be sure).
Both computers are Lenovo; the Thinkpad T450s works, while the Thinkstation D20 doesn't. Both are on Windows 7; I can't testify they are running exactly the same OS patches, but they are both up to date.
Ranxerox
I had some issues with the DB and the KeyStep Firmware update because of Windows 7 trying to find drivers. I think if you disable the automatic driver search and install thing it should work.
Flohr wrote:Ranxerox
I had some issues with the DB and the KeyStep Firmware update because of Windows 7 trying to find drivers. I think if you disable the automatic driver search and install thing it should work.
Thanks, I'll see if I can get this to work.
It seems the DB is class compliant i.e. doesn't require a special USB driver. However there is some sort of magic going on, because when it works the DB is visible in Windows Device Manager by name. When it doesn't work (as on my Thinkstation) it's listed as a generic USB audio device.
Flohr wrote:Ranxerox
I had some issues with the DB and the KeyStep Firmware update because of Windows 7 trying to find drivers. I think if you disable the automatic driver search and install thing it should work.
Thanks, I'll see if I can get this to work.
It seems the DB is class compliant i.e. doesn't require a special USB driver. However there is some sort of magic going on, because when it works the DB is visible in Windows Device Manager by name. When it doesn't work (as on my Thinkstation) it's listed as a generic USB audio device.
Turns out the problem was caused by CopperLAN; it doesn't like USB class-compliant MIDI devices.
I was able to 'turn off' the DB in CopperLAN Manager, and that released the driver to service other applications (like MCC and Reaper etc.).
Here is the drumBrute playing with some eurorack. Its sound is going through a filter, lightly compressed then though chorus/reverb with the rest of the track. I'm no music pro, but I do love the sequencer, sound is good for my use as well.
The Drumbrute is being processed by the modular. ResEQ over most of the drums, doepfer sem on the hats. All other sounds were created beforehand in Ableton.
The Drumbrute is being processed by the modular. ResEQ over most of the drums, doepfer sem on the hats. All other sounds were created beforehand in Ableton.
I really like the sequencer...but im not too sure about the drum sounds, guess i have to keep an open mind and get used to them, my brain is too used to the 909 / 808 sounds
Might end up sequencing the modular drums from the sequencer with a midi to trigger, wonder if the individual outs are hot enough to trigger modular stuff, we shall see.
I was super excited for this. I went to Sam Ash and played with it for a while and decided it wasn't really for me. The sounds are cool and I enjoyed playing around with it, but I'm beginning to think that analog drum machines aren't really necessary for my tunes. I do still have my eye on a Rytm, but that's probably a bit more in depth than the DB.
It works well as an 808-style percussion sequencer, but not as a melodic or polyphic sequencer. The note assignments for each sound can only be modified using the control center software and pushed across via firmware. When using with external midi sound source, it's best to map the sounds on the target device to the drum brute note assignments rather than the other way around.
