Welcome to MIDI Unscripted. Being stuck indoors during a pandemic gives us all more time for the important things in life... like MIDI. I have always wanted to put together a video series where I can just lay it all out.... Not worry about time constraints... Not worry about making things look all slick. I decided to just turn on the camera and go. No script, no plan, just talk.
In this episode, let's take a look at using Blooper with a DAW... In this case, Logic Pro X. I'll run you through all the steps you need to get this working including which kinds of cables you will need, and a few fun ways to bloop in your DAW. For further details on how to cable this kind of thing up, please see the previous episode of MIDI UNSCRIPTED "How to Connect Any Kind of MIDI Device to a Chase Bliss Pedal" by clicking the link here: https://youtu.be/vQM1XgCoUxY?t=3072
Video links:
0:00 Intro
1:13 Cables and hardware used in this video
2:50 Signal chain and routing info (more details: https://youtu.be/vQM1XgCoUxY?t=3072)
3:30 Opening up Logic and settings required
7:23 Recording loop to Blooper
8:03 Recording Blooped loop to Logic
10:00 Using DROPPER to create new start/stop points in our loop
10:48 Real-time tweaking
12:57 Creating musical flourishes with Blooper
14:08 Using SCRAMBLER to create new soundscapes when stacking tracks in Logic
19:40 Using STEPPED TIME to line up recorded Bloops to a new tempo
As promised, here is the link for the MIDI/TAP/EXT insert cable:
Diagram: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zihesdnrtj1tekl/MIDI-TAP-EXT%20INERT%20CABLE%2004-12-2020.jpg?dl=0
Pic: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9h863lfh0fng7cu/MIDI-TAP-EXT%20CABLE%20PHOTO%2004-12-2020.jpg?dl=0
I don't think they're gonna let us out anytime soon... So I will just be releasing some videos regularly throughout this unusual time. Something good should come out of this, right?
If you have any questions, please email me at paul@chaseblissaudio.com
Thanks for watching!