Using a Mackie C4 w/G2

kcinsu

This seems like the ideal hardware controller.

You can use the C4 command software to make custom controller setups with names etc... so you could make many pages of controls for your G2 engine.

Any one doing this?

How about with a novation remote sl?

Experience? Insight?

edit: now that the pro versions are out, the original C4 is going for pretty cheap on ebay. this is why I ask!

dasz · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:59 pm Post subject:

Dude, you got me hooked and thinking about it now. Thanks, that is good.

It would be the ideal G2 level sequencer interface when I need my 2 G2 panels for other duties. As a G2 Engine controller, I cannot comment. But it does look promising.

The only reservation is no buttons for step on/off except pushing the buttons Sad

, but that is ok, I have an RS7000)

The other reservation is a BCR2000 is dirt cheap and I could put stickers above each knob. No problem for me there.

And I could get like 3-5 of those for the price of 1 C4. That would be mad. Indeed.

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/Dasz

kcinsu · Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

yeah, but with the C4, you get many pages and presets... so you could have multiple updating pages, as well as various presets for various patches... all up-datable!

ersatzplanet · Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Seattle, WA, USA

dasz · Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks, James. that would be cool.

And I'll continue on designing my 2nd set, where one g2 is a song level sequencing controller, with a transpose sequencer doing melodic note offsets transposing the variations of patterns that differ but not in in pitch in the other g2 (a 2 d matrix).

my dream for set 2 is to run 3 sequencers at once in record mode. 2 G2 sequencer panels, and a rs7000 panel all of them in grid record mode Twisted Evil

LG2

RS7000

RG2
/Dasz

ersatzplanet · Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Seattle, WA, USA

I have talked to the main engineer for the C4 and he says that they are currently looking at updating the C4 commander program. This program allows the programming of the C4 with commands for older hardware synths and generic MIDI commands for software/hardware that currently doesn't support the C4. The C4 typically has to have it's commands embedded into the client software to work - this way the software can talk back to the C4 to update the LCD displays and V-pots. He said he would like feedback on what sort of functions users would like in the C4 commander program. I mentioned the ability to program the V-pots and V-pot push-buttons separately from each other for the use with a sequencer step's note and gate values for instance, but any other suggestions would be welcome. You can post them here or to me directly and I will forward them to him. The info on the current version of the C4 commander can be found here: <http> -
Thanks -
James james.husted@loudtechinc.com

dasz · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject:

hi james,

thanks for the update. i have stripped out my 2nd live set to include only 1 expanded g2 keyboard, an rs7000 + midi controller with knobs ...

and/or a waldorf xt might either be sampled or brought in ... time will tell....
/Dasz

cappy2112 · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

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ersatzplanet · Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 65 Location: Seattle, WA, USA

marlon brando · Joined: Dec 31, 2008 Posts: 12 Location: new york

Ok, thanks !

Have you done any work with commander and G2?

Cheers !