Hi gang - this is my first post and I have a totally noob question. After watching the TNT section on arps (which is AMAZING! Makes me SO HAPPY to have bought the TNT) I am wondering if there is a shortcut or easy way to program what I call the classic trance synth riff that I think is 2 16th notes and one eigth note (all the same note vs. an arp) that start on every down beat. I guess they're triplets but the third note is a bit longer. This effect is often used to gate synths. I could just play them and edit the midi, but I would think there would be an easier way to do this in Logic studio. Thanks in advance for the help and keep the great TNT's coming! Cheers, Alex

Hi Gang - I've searched and can't seem to find an answer. Is there a way to copy a pattern from one ultrabeat instrument and paste it to another ultrabeat pattern page? It is so frustrating trying to build pattern progressions using the patten set dropdown menu in the lower left corner. For example, copying a hi hat pattern in pattern 1 (C-1) sq to 2 (C#-1) sq. The copy pattern and sequence doesn't work. Any ideas? You will be a huge help! Thanks, Alex

Hi Rounik: Thank you so much for your tip. Unfortunately, the pattern just migrates from one pattern to another, and I wanted to duplicate it so it would be present on both (C-1) and (C#-1). Is that possible? Thanks again for your help. Cheers, Alex

Hi guys - thanks for the help. No, can't get it to work. I control click in the lane and press copy in my pattern 6(F-1) I then switch my pattern to 7 (F#-1), control click then paste in the lane, and nothing happens. I've tried it using the copy and paste buttons in the upper right hand part of ultrabeat as well. I'm running OSX 10.4.11 and Logic Pro 8.0.1. Very strange. Thanks again for helping me out. What could I be doing wrong? Cheers, Alex

ARGH! I tried it with a new project and it works with the default kit. Then I load my saved kit. No go. It just erases the lane in the new sequence and the "sq" vanishes. Why would it work for some and not others?!!? Thanks again for trying to help me. There must be an answer...I'll keep slugging away. Of course, I could've just copied the pattern a hundred times by hand at this point... Cheers, Alex

OK - so if you copy a pattern that's already somewhere else in the sequence, it will work, but it won't work for sequences not found in that pattern, hence the erasing of the lane when you try to import/copy a new pattern into a new sequence.

I am using multi-output Ultrabeats only too.

Hi team, I have my main drum kit in ultrabeat wired out to individual channels (as was taught to me by the tutorials!). I love the way I can process each channel. However. By adding verb/delays/compression etc to multiple channels, my poor old single core CPU gets overwhelmed really easily. I was wondering if there is a way to freeze each aux channel or the whole multiout UB so I can keep working. I looked in the manuals and searched here but no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Cheers, Alex

Dear Rounik: Thanks very much for your help. This will add a bunch of audio tracks but I guess is necessary to move on. Cheers! Alex

Hi guys - this is probably a noob question, but I can't seem to get a simple ES2 connected to an arpeggiator in the environment to bounce down. The arpeggiator works with playback, but when I bounce the whole song or just solo the instrument plus the arp object no audio is recorded. The manuals don't seem to help me, but perhaps I'm just not seeing the answer. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, Alex