Cakewalk synch with analog question

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

Hello, This is real amatuer stuff so don't laugh too loud. I use Band in a Box r11 for quick layouts, finished basic song midi tracks and improv accompliment. My real purpose is to use it as a click track(midi timing?) and rough midi tracks via audio to 1/2" MSR-16 trks with pre striped timecode track. They will eventually be erased or muted. The tape transport will eventually be master via (smpte track)back to a Midiizer to slave a Cakewalk sequencer using the original BB sequences, triggering soundfonts and or modules(trinity) as sweetening trks later. Thats the theory anyway! Whew, sorry! As you can see, production methods are not part of my day to day experience. But thats what I am trying to do because I love analog, but use midi as a tool. My stumbling block is the way in which I must tell the transport(with the midiizer) where and what?It looks like I have to punch in the beginning and ending times etc into the midiizer, for each song. Is this correct? Is there a better way to get audio from soundfont/modules, back on to the tape tracks,in synch, and for mixing to 1/4" tape? And how can I import the BB layouts to Cakewalk v9 , in order to embellish the sequencing and access the soundfont library? These will be additional tracks to already recorded vocal and real instrument tracks. Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated. And BTW, excuse my verbosity, it is my curse And if anyone agrees,
I'll kill ya
fitz

[longsoughtfor]

Fitz - All comments about verbosity aside, I'm not exactly sure what your question is...

I can tell you this: I use Sonar with a 1" 16 track machine (MS-16) using a MOTU Micro Express. It works great. Sonar is slaved to the deck through SMPTE I can then start and stop Sonar with the MS-16's autolocator. I have been using it primarily to provide mute automation via midi to my board and for final mix to Sonar.

Of course, I cannot start and stop (punch) recording in Sonar with the autolocator.

Question for anyone: Can I set Sonar to automatically begin recording over a pre-defined region?


Kevin.

[RICK FITZPATRICK]

My stumbling block is the way in which I must tell the transport(with the midiizer) where and what?It looks like I have to punch in the beginning and ending times etc into the midiizer" Is this correct?

Hello Kevin, I am an amatuer at this stuff, so I havn't exploited other scenarios regarding this synching to tape. I just figured out the tempo map problem with the midiizer and it works ok. My main problem was importing BB midi files into cakewalk. I figured this out too. Just had to look, look, look. Thanks very much. Maybe you can tell me this. Is it normal routine to record more than one song per multitrack tape?
fitz

[longsoughtfor]

Is it normal routine to record more than one song per multitrack tape?

Sure. My dec runs at 15ips so I get 30 minutes of tape to record with, take off a few minutes for test tones and space between songs and you got 25 minutes. Even at 3 takes per song (say a 3 minute song), it would be a waste to not put more then one on a tape.

Kevin.