Recently I read in here that some users were having issues with Thru. If you have experienced an issue or can speak to help me determine whether or not I can successfully use Thru Machines please chime in to this request for user experiences and tips.
Okay, I stopped using Thru Machines a ltle over a year ago and all previous knowledge from a brief period of experience has been forgotten. I’m back to the point where I will need to use them again so I need to ask the questions:
What experience can you share about using Thru Machines on OT?
Any pointers?
Any drawbacks?
In preparation for my ARs arrival, I have begun re-arranging my OT sets and projects to strip away the sample-based drum machine duties on OT, in tbe same way I have done for my A4. OT will run more specific sample playback and sampling duties which cannot be provided by my A4 & AR.
*I will no longer need OT to do the full-on drum machine and/or synth sound duties so I’m comfortable giving up one to two OT tracks/inputs to route the dedicated machines through OT.
**As I increased the number of hardware to three units I am still limited two stereo input pairs remaining on my mixer’s channels…so I need to use atleast one Thru Machine to make the set-up work.
My advice is to use them when you need them. Most of the time I simply run inputs via the mixer which gives it the FX on the Master - this saves me a track! If I really want dedicated FX for something (like a jamming partner’s input) then its Thru. As Costo said, just trig it and go.
I have been sending waveforms from my intellijel atlantis and mangling the f*ck out of them with the octatrack thru
Parameter lock various settings to mangle the wave form, then go back to the atlantis and change rates etc and BAM insta bass grooves
Another awesome thing to do with thru is to have a live guitarist and gate his input with p-locks and change the say attack with the fader. you get some really really interesting textures.
i get greedy and waste 4 tracks on a mono input on each when i just want to use the OT as a powerful FX processor/mixer, tis fun as well once you get some nice settings dialed in
I love this place at times. I never once considered doing this and have always just used Thru machines! Will free up a couple of tracks for me now! Cheers!
