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Post by markone on Nov 30, 2006 9:52:35 GMT
THis was posted over at Fusionzone www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=1924# Eric Norlander playing the Fusion way back when it was launched A couple of things that are intriguing me... At the end of the video Eric builds up a sequence (Presumably he's in loop mode) adding a sampled groove to a bassline, playing a synth over it, and finally having a hard drive track of a vocal over the top. 1. How in real time is he selecting different instruments? 2. I didn't think you could trigger a track from the hard disk with a key? SO how did he do that... Guy is a master... If nothing else this demonstrates what a kik-a$$ bit of kit the fusion is! |
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Post by markone on Nov 30, 2006 23:08:40 GMT
So no answers then  |
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Post by Hollow Sun on Dec 1, 2006 2:08:53 GMT
1. How in real time is he selecting different instruments? By pre-preparing the tracks with pre-assigned sounds. Ok.... - Create song
- Put drums on Track 1
- Put bass on Track 2
- Put piano on Track 3
- Put strings on Track 4
- And so on according to taste
As you switch tracks, so each track will be selected (with its sound) and the part recorded. I am assuming some loop points were also pre-assigned. 2. I didn't think you could trigger a track from the hard disk with a key? SO how did he do that... You can't trigger from HD so I am assuming it's a sample in memory Guy is a master... If nothing else this demonstrates what a kik-a$$ bit of kit the fusion is! That much is true! A demonstrator's job is not unlike that of a magician and a lot of that job is to 'wow' and impress (and fool?) the audience with sleight of hand. Demos are usually meticulously pre-prepared and rehearsed. That said ... if he can do it, so can we!!! Steve |
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Post by markone on Dec 1, 2006 12:52:00 GMT
You can't trigger from HD so I am assuming it's a sample in memory Yeh this is kind of what I figured except that: Eric said in the video: and Kind of disappointing that the guy demo-ing for Alesis doesn't actually know what's going on. It still doesn't detract from it being a good demo, but he could have said "vocal in sample memory triggered off a key" Or put a real audio track in to start with if they needed to demo the HD (Rather than fake it  ) |
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Post by Hollow Sun on Dec 1, 2006 13:54:40 GMT
Kind of disappointing that the guy demo-ing for Alesis doesn't actually know what's going on. What often happens with product demos (especially one being debuted at a trade show, whatever) is that it's real 'skin of the teeth' stuff and maybe everything's not ready until a week (or just a few days!!) before the show at which point the demonstrator is brought in and has to take a crash course in the thing. I've been there myself with several manufacturers and it can be a roller coaster ride on the day to say the least as you try and pull off your magic trick! I've been in situations (especially if the thing you're showing is a pre-production prototype) where the product doesn't turn up until Day 1 of the show and has to be handled with kid gloves!!! In such cases, it's easy to make a slip of the tongue in the heat of the moment - you have a million things to think about as you try to wow the audience with sleight of hand, you have people looking to you to impress them, trade press photographing and filming you and at the same time, you have your employer and the product engineers and sales people looking over your shoulder as you do your thing on a pre-production prototype that could fall over at any time - easy to slip up sometimes!!  Steve |
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