I'm very new to all this and am wondering about whether I should invest in a control surface or just Get a good audio interface and use my keyboard and mouse. Of the many posts I read both here and other places, there seems to be a lot with issues in regard to control surfaces interfacing with software properly. Do these same issues exist when using an audio interface with the keyboard and mouse? I know coming from an analog recording background a "mixer" is easier, but I don't care if it will save me from all these headaches others seem to be having. Thanks in advance for your input. Tim

> I know coming from an analog recording background a "mixer" is > easier I think that is *very* much a matter of personal preference... Brian :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Logic Audio Pro 6.4.1 PowerMac G4 933MHz OS X 10.3.3 1 GB RAM MOTU 828mkII - driver v1.09 - CueMix v1.4

On 30.04.2004, at 05:47, mixandburn wrote: > ...Of the many posts I read both here and > other places, there seems to be a lot with issues in regard to > control surfaces interfacing with software properly. Do these same > issues exist when using an audio interface with the keyboard and > mouse?... You mean a standard card or card/box without any MIDI controlling? This won't give you headache - you are going to use Logic how it likes it. Especially if you come from analog mixing you might sooner or later be tired of handling vertical on-screen faders by horizontal mouse movement just one by one without tactile feedback. But if your main interest is mixing and you are willing to spend 1500-2500 bucks you are lucky. There are very good motorized controllers for that. I would first get a good audio interface for a good sound and think later about hardware controlling. The time works for you... Peter Ostry

Does anyone have any successful experience with getting Groove Agent to run under the VST2Au wrapper? It simply crashes Logic Pro (on a G% with 2Gb memory) and has to be uninstalled! Joe

On Jun 11, 2004, at 4:01 PM, joe moretti wrote: > Does anyone have any successful experience with getting Groove Agent > to run under the VST2Au wrapper? > Its working here on the same machine. I would try removing a few other plugs and adding them back one at a time. In particular, I had trouble with Native instrument plug ins. What else are you using? Also, are you using the latest version of the wrapper? Stefan

On 12/6/04 2:12 am, "Stefan Garr" <stefangarr@...> wrote: > On Jun 11, 2004, at 4:01 PM, joe moretti wrote: >> Does anyone have any successful experience with getting Groove Agent >> to run under the VST2Au wrapper? >> > > Its working here on the same machine. I would try removing a few other > plugs and adding them back one at a time. In particular, I had trouble > with Native instrument plug ins. What else are you using? Also, are > you using the latest version of the wrapper? > > Stefan > > > Its the latest version in that it was just ordered and installed Friday? There are two other native instrument plug ins which I'll remove and try again thanks J

>> > Its the latest version in that it was just ordered and installed > Friday? > There are two other native instrument plug ins which I'll remove and > try > again thanks > > J I forgot to mention... If removing the Native instrument plugins works, then put them back and remove only the VST versions of Native PlugIns that are still there. You don't need them anyway, since there are now AU versions installed. On my machine, this made everything work. Good Luck Stefan