Patterning IAA Instr into Auria Pro

JRSIV

The new Patterning update has a new feature like DrumPerfect has had where each individual drum component gets its own IAA output slot so recording each piece of the kit separately is easy to do. Very cool and very useful.

My question is this : I bring up a Patterning Instr.(Hi Hat) as an IAA Instr (let's say on track 3, I set the insert to Patterning Output/Instr 3 and record) and while it records fine, the track is always in stereo. Usually this isn't an issue if insert IAA'ing a full mix drum part, but importing individual Instr. is mainly for flexibility (changing EQ in mixdown, panning, etc). You want control over every element of the kit.

If say, the Hi Hat or other Percussion element is in stereo you can't really pan it full L or R like a mono track. So basically, how can I record the inserts coming from an IAA Instr like Patterning in mono?

As soon as you select an IAA Instr as the insert it arms the track and I don't see any setting to select stereo or mono before starting the groove in Patterning to record it.

Any ideas or solutions would be greatly appreciated...be cool-

Phil999

@JRSIV said:
If say, the Hi Hat or other Percussion element is in stereo you can't really pan it full L or R like a mono track.

you can't? Are you sure?

Hansson

Add a mono track in auria and re ord into that one

theconnactic

@Hansson said:
Add a mono track in auria and re ord into that one

This, and if it doesn't work, check if the original istrument in signal is being sent in mono. I don't have Patterning, but I think it can be set up either to stereo or mono audio.

As a last resort, solo each recorded track after recording, Mixdown>wav>mono>import as a new track. Repeat for all tracks. Tedious, but at least it can be done.

JRSIV

@theconnactic said:

This, and if it doesn't work, check if the original istrument in signal is being sent in mono. I don't have Patterning, but I think it can be set up either to stereo or mono audio.

As a last resort, solo each recorded track after recording, Mixdown>wav>mono>import as a new track. Repeat for all tracks. Tedious, but at least it can be done.

>

@Hansson said:
Add a mono track in auria and re ord into that one

Thanks guys, I thought of the "fix it in the mix" approaches after the tracks are recorded, just wanted it to record in mono from jump street.

Taking the stereo track and bouncing it to a mono is of course an option, as is pre-panning the drum kit elements where you want them in the Patterning mixer, so even if each track is a stereo file the panning is set. Again that's not the most flexible.

I'll mess with it, maybe email the dev. I began recording at age 15 in '92 with PortaStudios and then upthrough a mixer/1" 8 track set up, to ADATS then DAW's so my instinctual recording methods can still be quite analog minded if you know that I mean.

Like this, having each instrument on a track, dry to process later to watching levels too much and even thinking "wait until last to do vocals so not too much of the highs get erased" by the constant back & forth of analog tape recording and the inevitable high frequency loss from magnetized heads, oxide scraping, etc LOL I mean its real subconscious but I have to say to my self "so what if you do vocals third? It's digital."

Thanks for the help gang...

JohnRSIV