Roli Seaboard 2 & Sonar?

[Greg McGuirk]

I'm considering purchasing a Roli Seaboard 2. I'm intrigued by MPE, but haven't really done any research on it. Is Sonar able to handle the kind of data it puts out? Is it just a ton of pitch, CC & aftertouch data or is there other info? Thanks in advance for sharing any insights or experience with it.

 

greg

[Wookiee]

9 minutes ago, Greg McGuirk said:

I'm considering purchasing a Roli Seaboard 2. I'm intrigued by MPE, but haven't really done any research on it. Is Sonar able to handle the kind of data it puts out? Is it just a ton of pitch, CC & aftertouch data or is there other info? Thanks in advance for sharing any insights or experience with it.

 

greg

Sonar shouldn't have an issue with MPE data, but it isn't just a load of CC, aftertouch etc. the issues is MPE can transmit over multiple MIDI channels because there is so much data. You need a good quality MIDI interface with a good size MIDI buffer size.

What MIDI I/F are you using? 

[Greg McGuirk]

1 hour ago, Wookiee said:

What MIDI I/F are you using? 

Thanks for the reply. That actually makes a lot of sense as I think about it. I'm using the midi ports from my RME RayDat card. I also have a motu micro express. I would think either of them can handle a lot of data like that. 

[Wookiee]

43 minutes ago, Greg McGuirk said:

Thanks for the reply. That actually makes a lot of sense as I think about it. I'm using the midi ports from my RME RayDat card. I also have a motu micro express. I would think either of them can handle a lot of data like that. 

Both of those should be fine. Do you have a reasonably powerful PC?

[Greg McGuirk]

10 hours ago, Wookiee said:

Both of those should be fine. Do you have a reasonably powerful PC?

I think so. It was a beast when I bought it, but it's a few years old now (& still going strong! Gotta love Studio Cat machines!)

i7-6850K CPU @ 3.60GHz w/ 64 GB RAM.

[Greg McGuirk]

Bumping an old thread for an update...

I've got the Seaboard now (love it!) and Sonar handles everything fine.... except it doesn't record Release Velocity. So that makes the "Lift" function on the Seaboard useless. According to Co-Pilot, several competitors support it, including Cubase, Studio One & Reaper. I'll make a feature request. If anyone reads this that has or will have a Seaboard, please do the same!

 

greg