Setup Logic Pro and Polybrute12 for correct midi record and playback

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#1

Thanks a lot to Andrès from Arturia who sent me this setup that makes my PB12 and Logic work perfectly together !

IN LOGIC

1/ Create a logic session with

  • an audio track of incoming audio from the PB12
  • a instrument track with Polybrute Connect inserted
    → do not use an external midi track

2/setup Recording Project Settings as the following :

  • File → Project Settings → Synchronization → MIDI
  • activate clock on “Polybrute 12 Polybrute MIDI”

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PB12 CONNECT SETUP
1/ Global Settings

Now you should record and playback via midi every movement on the hardware panel, including morphée and ribbon.

Andrès recommanded to write enable the automation when recording, I did’nt, it seems to work fine like this.

Some issues remains :

  • if you record very quick Morphée movements , a delay and errors occurs when midi playback : I guess it’s too much midi information to transfer at the same time, as Morphée sends A LOT of CCs if I’m not mistaken.
  • I didnt figured out how to reset the patch to his initial state after a play/stop in Logic. So for now I reload manually the patch before printing the track.
  • you noticed Polybrute is a living soul machine :face_with_peeking_eye:, sometimes she (she ? he ? it ?) have some weird reactions. She will not play the exact same thing at playback, so think about audio printing your performance !

Hope this help.
Zika

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#2

Still investigating after I discovered some another strange behaviour : if the Polybrute Connect track is not set with “Monitoring On”, when I select another track Polybrute plays in advance : something like 1/16. Weird !

#3

Another weird behaviour : I just realized that a muted Polybrute Connect track, or any muted midi region on it, still transmits midi to the Polybrute ! The only way to mute it is to power off the track.

#4

Using the MIDI Monitor in Logic Pro X Environment, I was getting spurious MIDI output which was causing issues with other parts of my MIDI studio. Turned out that I still had “PolyBrute12 PolyBrute VST” as an active Input. Léo from Arturia tech support helped me find it and disable it. It is pretty amazing all the complicated steps involved (many of which I was completely unaware) to get things to work together in Logic; don’t get me started on the Yamaha Montage M8X! Anyway, it is great to be able to access all of the MIDI controllers on the hardware panel- Spectrasonics has promised Hardware Integration support for the PolyBrutes in their Omnisphere 3.0 VST. It should be a lot of fun using the PolyBrute Ribbon, etc.

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