Lexicon Omega studio begginer help needed
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Posted on Jan 05, 2007 11:45 pm
Icarus
Member Since: Jan 05, 2007
Hey guys, i'm new here and i've just gotten my Lexicon Omega studio, i have a few questions to ask:
Well, i have a guitar with a zoom pedal, an emu x-board and an yamaha dt-xpress III.
I don't have any idea of what i have to do to be able to connect them to the omega studio. It just doesn't work with me, lol.
I wanted to know how am i supposed to connect those 3 things into the omega studio and record.
Thanks guys!!!
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GeoffSM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic'sContributor
Since: Jun 20, 2002
Jan 06, 2007 12:26 pm welcome to HRC.
If you haven't set up the Omega (installed drivers and programs from the CD that came with it) that would be a good first step.
as far as connection :
on the back of the box connect 1/4 cable from your zoom to line 1 . from your drums run the Left and right 1/4 cables into lines 3 and 4 and for the emu i'd run MIDI cables to the Omega.
on the frount of the box press the black buttons down to select each input and you should be good to go.
IcarusMember
Since: Jan 05, 2007
Jan 06, 2007 07:27 pm I got the drums to work. But the keyboard only has midi out. how can i do it?
thanks!!
There is another thing which is making me sad lol. I connected the keyboard into the computer. Opened cubase LE and went on. i created a midi track and i put xboard on the input and proteus on the output as i read in some guide. then i recorded the drums, then i recorded the keyboards. i did it on the right tempo, it might not have been tottaly right but it was listenable!!... then when i played it the keyboard was not in the same tempo as the drums, they were played like miliseconds before, and i just screwed everything up. do u have any ideia of what i could do?
And another thing is that when i press lets say 3 keys on the keyboard and play some other notes, those 3 keys just stop sounding. thats another problems.
Oh, and there is another strange thing lol. when i
played the keyboard, the sound came from the omega studio and it was a playback. i have no ideia if that means something. but ye..
Thanks guys. If you don't understand what i tried to say just tell me and i'll try again !!!!
GeoffSM7b the Chuck Noris of Mic'sContributor
Since: Jun 20, 2002
Jan 06, 2007 08:38 pm i just looked the your keys up . don't even bother hooking em up to the omega just use the USB from the Keyboard to the computer. what you're now dealing with is latancy and there could be a few places that can be worked . I'd go into more helpful detail but i'm in a bit of a rush. Hopfully someone else will chime in or I'll post back in a bit with some ideas.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 06, 2007 09:05 pm The delay in the sound being played by the keyboard is called latency. You will need to adjust the latency buffer in the Omega control panel and in Cubase as well. In Cubase it should be in the Preferences Audio tab.
The thing with the 3 keys could be a setting of the synth or patch you are playing that only allows so many notes to be played at once. You will need to adjust the polyphony from 3 to more notes to accommodate how many you wish to play. Otherwise you will need to select another synth patch to get more notes playing at once.
What synth is it your trying to play more notes on?
IcarusMember
Since: Jan 05, 2007
Jan 07, 2007 11:28 am I am hooking the keyboard in the usb, but how am i gonna do the thing with the latency? i didnt find any latency thing. do u have the program? im afraid of fooling around and doing something wrong lol. what about buffer, what is that?
Sorry but i'm really newb at this =)
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 07, 2007 03:52 pm The buffer should be the setting that will take care of the latency. It should be set around 128 for optimum results. 256 or 512 is suitable as well depending on how well the Omega is set up to run with the drivers.
IcarusMember
Since: Jan 05, 2007
Jan 08, 2007 05:03 pm I guess thats not the problem then, because its set to 128. So what else should i try?
thanks!
IcarusMember
Since: Jan 05, 2007
Jan 09, 2007 06:51 pm Hello guys!!! help please!!
Do you have any other idea?
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 09, 2007 09:12 pm Does the Omega have its own control panel? You might want to try setting the buffer in there and then it will be hard set. It sounds like the buffer in the Omega may be set too high then.
Also, what are the specs of your computer? That as well could cause problems.
IcarusMember
Since: Jan 05, 2007
Jan 09, 2007 09:28 pm You mean its own control panel in the cubase? lol because there a control panel thing there. Should the buffer SIZE be what? what about the number of buffers? can u explain to me what those things mean?
I think my pc is ok. 3.0 ghz (P4), 1 GB DDR ram, etc...
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 11, 2007 03:03 pm Yep, PC is good for sure.
By the Omega control panel I mean a mixer and settings control panel in software that is installed for the Omega itself and nothing else. It could be available in Cubase I suppose as the ASIO control panel.
The optimum buffer size should be either 128 or 256 with the 128 being better with less latency. The number of buffers is basically the same.
The audio or latency buffer is the time the software takes to look ahead and line the signal up before playing it back. In reality it is the processing time from onset of the signal being generated in the PC via digital data to the time it is output to your speakers or headphones. That is what is known as latency. And setting up the correct or lowest buffer size will allow it to process faster, but can also cause some noise if the system or audio interface cannot handle the load.
