X-station Users, I Need You Help Options

[iknownothing23]

Hi all, cool forum.

I’ve just got my grubby mitts on a X-Station. I’m having lots of fun controlling this and that within Logic & Live, loving the KS engine.

I don’t have manual as it came from a friend who misplaced it and I cant print off the PDF from the Novation website as I don’t have access to a printer at work with out getting caught and have no access to the inter-web at home. I know, I know, it’s a tuff life I have. So I thought someone here may be able to help me.

What I would like to do is record the X-Station’s KS synth into a Logic track. I’m using a G4 Powerbook and don’t have another soundcard apart from the X-Station itself. I’m using the X-Station as my main output straight into my monitors & only has the 2, left/right. It has a S/PDIF output. I know nothing about S/PDIF. Can I run S/PDIF output into one of the inputs or will that create a looping, blow my speakers to piece’s effect. It there a way I can do this with out getting another soundcard/interface, can you even run 2 soundcards on a Powerbook.

Any advice would be appreciated largely

Many Thanks
I Know Nothing 23

[Chris C.L]

Audio in on x-station is either 2 mono or one stereo. The K-station engine comes through the sound card on input 2. All the effects from k' engine are also adjusted when set to that input.
I use cubase so not too sure on logic, setting an audio channel to input 2 should accept a recording from k-sta.... engine.

P.S there's a lot of depth to be found in the synth, have fun.

[iknownothing23]

Thank you very much.

I shall have much fun. One of the main reasons for getting the x-station was the synth engine. I used to own a KS5 and loved it but due to trying to make my set-up more mobile I sold it, got powerbook, then the x-station.

Thanks again.

I do have another quetsion you maybe able to answer. Is it possible to use the x-staion as well as the powerbooks headphone output to cue? I would find this very help whilst using Ableton. I would imagine I would need some sort of audio router/mixer.

I Know Nothing 23

[Chris C.L]

If you mean to be able to cue 2 different bits of audio for dj'ing the answeres no. I am sure you can get some firewire gaget though.

[iknownothing23]

That exactly what I mean. That’s a shame there isn’t an app about since the hardware is already there.

Could you point me in the right direction for gadgets of this nature? Wouldn’t some thing like a firewire thingy take up one of the precious x-station outputs? Or am I missing the point?

Thanks