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2020/12/19 at 12:39 am #97457
Rox-Ale,
It’s probably not best practice to mix or record according to the beauty of a depiction of a waveform, any more than it is to mix according to the position of the faders or the number of meter lights that are lit. That’s what ear training is all about. I agree with what NotTooLoud inferred – it’s doubtful that it’s a very useful “feature”.2020/12/18 at 5:29 pm #97438your information is not related to this forum
Maybe not, but it’s still valuable info and I hope the sysop leaves it up. Very helpful. Thanks for posting it CPAC.
And CPAC: Soundweb is so 20th Century. I’m surprised your boxes are still working! I have access to 8 of them, if you need spare parts.
2020/12/16 at 10:58 pm #97378Wow, that’s expensive software! And it looks like it’s good for Mac only.
I’m having good luck with BatchPurifier, for $19. It’s from https://www.digitalconfidence.com/BatchPurifier.html. Good on Windows.2020/12/14 at 8:55 pm #97282Thanks WS (Andy). I’m going to try that again. I tried creating a partition on the Glyph drive to see if I could format just that partition in the SQ-Drive, but it didn’t work. I’ll have to offload all the tracks from the Glyph and reformat the whole drive in the SQ, and then try it again. In the meantime, I’m playing tracks from Reaper and into the USB2.0 port. It’s all working great and providing good training on the desk. And after all this time, it’s fun mixing tracks again!!
2020/12/14 at 6:54 pm #97275Your purpose in loading these tracks via SQDrive may have been specific and getting to grips with that is clearly useful but for others wanting to use these libraries for mix practice and for exploring the desk what I found was really, really good was to load the tracks straight into my DAW (Reaper as it happens) and simply play them back raw via USB B input.
WS, now that I’ve raised my head out of the weeds somewhat, I remember what my specific purpose was to load these tracks into the SQ-Drive, rather than use the USB2.0 port. I have an external Glyph GT050Q HDD with tracks that I’d previously recorded with a JoeCo Blackbox. I wanted to use the drive – with those tracks or the Telefunken tracks – for SQ training. That Glyph drive has a USB-B port, the same square port that is on the back of the SQ. But there’s no USB-B to USB-B cable available. It doesn’t look like there’s a proper way to connect the Glyph to the SQ via the USB2.0 port. So that’s why I was concentrating on getting the Glyph connected to the SQ-Drive.
It looks like an external HDD needs to have any type of a USB connector other than a Type B in order to connect to the SQ. Would you say that’s correct? (And I noticed that none of the approved drives on that A&H list have a Type B connector. That list is linked here:)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/2/d/e/2PACX-1vSRGk-ihkEh_jdzODLd6bPr8Lwhu-bpMtXEnyHU_EysBZeW2Qc_GjP-yt5p6p-DiIhINqsMKp44nNHJ/pubhtml?gid=1526078633&single=true2020/12/12 at 1:58 am #97192You know, WS, you’re absolutely right. I’ve gotten so “lost in the weeds” with the SQ-Drive that I’d forgotten that my goal was to play tracks in the SQ so that I could train myself in using it. Thanks for that splash of cold water! I’ll move on to the fun stuff now!!
Please make sure that you give the thanks to Andre S for those Telefunken tracks. I simply relayed his PM to me. But you’re right – they’re a great resource for training, and I wouldn’t have known about them if he hadn’t mentioned it. All kinds of good stuff on that website.
Cheers.
2020/12/12 at 12:38 am #97190I’m pretty sure that you can just render the stems again using Reaper without any of the extra data.
Hi Dave, I’ve spent the better part of another day working on this, and I don’t think Reaper does the job. I haven’t been able to play any of the downloaded tracks in SQ-Drive after rendering them in Reaper. If you have the time and inclination, could you try it? I’ve only gotten it to work after bringing the WAV file into Audition and then using File|Save As and leaving the box unchecked that reads “Save extra non-audio information”.
2020/12/11 at 2:40 am #97142Did you find that ALL the Telefunken files had BWF metadata or just some that are clearly labelled .BWF? I see some that are MP3 and some labelled simply as .WAV files. I haven’t looked long but I haven’t seen any labelled as .BWF.
No, none of the files I’ve imported have the extension .BWF. They’re all WAV files with the metadata embedded. So you have to open up each file – you can do this in Reaper – to see if there’s metadata hidden within. Unfortunately, you can’t edit the metadata in Reaper. That’s why you have to use an app to strip the hidden data
I’ve tried to use Reaper’s File|Batch File/Item Converter to re-render the files without the metadata and to make sure the file conforms to the SQ-Drive requirements. I’m still testing that.
So far, I’ve only found WAV files. I’ve tested with the tracks from Cricket Blue (no problems) and The Lawsuits (can’t get those to play).
2020/12/10 at 8:48 pm #97131To recap, using those Telefunken files as training material on the SQ requires the BWF metadata to be stripped out.
This is a copy/paste of a post I did earlier on the Reaper forum:
After trying out several demo versions, I settled on this one. For $19, it does a thorough job stripping out all the metadata, and you can use Batch mode to clean a group of files quickly.BatchPurifier – https://digitalconfidence.com/BatchPurifier.html
HINT: Use the demo version of MetadataTouch, which has a few more features but it’s more expensive. Once you verify that it will do what you need, buy the cheaper BatchPurifier. It uses the same tech, but with a few less options it’s cheaper to use and simpler.
2020/12/08 at 1:06 am #97046After a full day of messing around with this, the early indication is that if you want to import files from that Telefunken website referred to above – to use them as training material for learning the console, e.g. – you must first strip out the BWF metadata. I did that using my old copy of Audition v3 (I don’t think you can do it using Reaper). Once I chose NOT to save the metadata with the file and saved each file as instructed in the manual (see above), the files played perfectly in the SQ-Drive.
SUCCESS.Other DAWs might have this feature, as well. The only other one I have is Samplitude ProX3, but I haven’t tried it yet.
2020/12/07 at 8:24 pm #97034Everybody has a first time once.
And often after a long break it seems like the first time again:)It seems that at my age, a “long break” can be as little as 24 hours! But it definitely helps to write it all down. Thanks for the suggestion.
2020/12/07 at 6:51 pm #97028Volunteer – Thanks for the suggestion.
I’m doing this mainly to help myself remember the steps I had to take. I’m assuming this is really basic stuff that users here already know how to do.
These instructions involve using Reaper and the USB 2.0 port on the SQ. Using the SQ drive port seems to involve a whole other set of issues which I haven’t solved yet.1. Make sure the tracks are sampled at 48kHz or 96kHz. Bit depth can be either 16 or 24. Make sure to install the ASIO driver on your computer and follow its instructions.
2. In Reaper, open a new project and insert your recorded tracks. In my testing, I used 5 short tracks from a multitrack recording I made with a JoeCo Blackbox and resampled those to 96kHz. Here’s the part that stumped me at first: On each track, go the Route selector (next to the FX, Trim and Pan controls). In the Audio Hardware Outputs dropdown menu, select the desired Output Channel. Channel 1 Output = USB Channel 1, for example, and Channel 3 Out/Channel 4 Out corresponds to USB Channels 3 & 4. Route all your tracks in this way.
3. On the SQ, select Processing, then select a channel strip. Touch the top “Preamp” section. In the Source Select portion of the window, select “USB Port” from the dropdown list. Next, select the small window to the right. Using the main encoder rotary control, select a number. This number will correspond to the USB Channel Out you chose in Reaper. When you’ve assigned all the channel strips with a USB Port channel number, press Play on Reaper and all your tracks should come up as you’ve assigned them.
4. If you want, save a “USB 2 Playback” Scene on the SQ so that your input settings are saved.
Using the SQ Drive to play back my test files hasn’t worked yet, and it seems there are other hoops I need to jump through, including renaming the files and placing them in the proper folder, as the manual page 96 describes. But some of the info isn’t quite clear to me, so I will ask for additional clarification in another thread.
2020/12/06 at 5:36 am #96979Folks, I’ve been able to figure this out. Sorry I can’t just delete the question. If there’s a way to edit or delete a previous post, please let me know.
2020/11/30 at 5:48 pm #96776“A few times I have set up all the required stage wedge mixes and their needed
amp racks ect only to find out when the band arrives everyone has switched to
an in ear monitor system”
How many times have you set up stereo IEMs for the band and then NO ONE asks for any panning??!!2020/11/30 at 2:02 am #96747Mike – great ideas on the layers. Thanks for your insights.
Ira
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