How to use Massive?

[Treblecyde]

Alright, I'm a complete n00b here. I want to use Massive for my primary synth. I have a piece of crap Casio keyboard with MIDI inputs, MBox 2 Mini, USB MIDI adapter, and I'm using Logic Pro.

How the hell do I get this to work?? What do I do? I know this is a very basic question, but I literally have no idea what to do in order to hear what I'm creating......

I'm on a Mac, btw. Thanks in advance.

[wub]

Read the manual that came with Massive?

[Discern]

Turn knobs till it sounds good

[Treblecyde]

Turn knobs till it sounds good

Yeah, but that's just it. I hear nothing. What settings must I use in order to hear something.

[wub]

Turn knobs till it sounds good

Yeah, but that's just it. I hear nothing. What settings must I use in order to hear something.

Have you read the manual?

[-[2]DAY_-]

open audio preferences in Logic. Select your audio output?

[jrisreal]

you have legit massive or did you pirate it? pirated versions dont work properly, so I'd suggest you pay for it, or use a synth you already own.

[-[2]DAY_-]

Oh, there's that elephant that was hiding in the room before XD

[Digezt]

Is this serious? If you cant figure it out, you need to go back a couple of steps before trying to produce. Considering you have just spent £100s on logic pro and massive I would spend time getting with grips with one thing at a time like the synths within logic before trying to just jump in at the deep end.

[jrisreal]

if you paid for it, try playing a midi note. it wont make a sound without being told to.

[GothamHero]

Turn knobs till it sounds good

Yeah, but that's just it. I hear nothing. What settings must I use in order to hear something.

YouTube "Massive basics" and "Massive workshop".

Also, turn on an oscillator? Haha.

[Treblecyde]

I can play my keyboard fine in Logic without Massive, just trying to figure out how Massive works. Do I add a plug-in from the mixing screen? That's the only place in Logic that I see anything even remotely related to NI, under Audio Units > FM8.

How the hell does this work, damnit. Yes, I paid for my software, all of it. I don't want to do my mixing in Logic, fwiw. I'm using Garageband for my mix. I just want to use Massive for my synth/wobble, and Logic for mastering.

[Teknicyde]

OP is trolling... did everyone here miss that?

[Treblecyde]

I'm not, either. I've spent my entire life with Metal in Pro Tools. I am new to Logic, Massive, and electronic music in general.

[GothamHero]

OP is trolling... did everyone here miss that?

*sigh*

No one knows the meaning of trolling anymore. Like "resampling" it's a word that gets thrown around here without full knowledge of the requirements and purpose. Short answer, no, he is not trolling.

But I do find it curious he came to ask us first, appose to Google and YouTube -- I'd always start with a quick YouTube search followed by "tutorial", or "dubstep tutorial".

[Treblecyde]

OP is trolling... did everyone here miss that?

*sigh*

No one knows the meaning of trolling anymore. Like "resampling" it's a word that gets thrown around here without full knowledge of the requirements and purpose. Short answer, no, he is not trolling.

But I do find it curious he came to ask us, appose to Google and YouTube -- I'd always start with a quick YouTube search followed by "tutorial", or "dubstep tutorial".

All I need are the damn settings. I will have NO problem finding the sound I crave once I've figured out how to use it, I just need the ability to HEAR it first.

HOW DO I MAKE NOISE

[jrisreal]

play c5 on your keyboard

[GothamHero]

OP is trolling... did everyone here miss that?

*sigh*

No one knows the meaning of trolling anymore. Like "resampling" it's a word that gets thrown around here without full knowledge of the requirements and purpose. Short answer, no, he is not trolling.

But I do find it curious he came to ask us, appose to Google and YouTube -- I'd always start with a quick YouTube search followed by "tutorial", or "dubstep tutorial".

All I need are the damn settings. I will have NO problem finding the sound I crave once I've figured out how to use it, I just need the ability to HEAR it first.

HOW DO I MAKE NOISE

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=76293
Good book.

[Treblecyde]

play c5 on your keyboard

!!

Now how do I make noise with Massive?

[Teknicyde]

OP is trolling... did everyone here miss that?

*sigh*

No one knows the meaning of trolling anymore. Like "resampling" it's a word that gets thrown around here without full knowledge of the requirements and purpose. Short answer, no, he is not trolling.

Look at his username. Trolling. I know asking dumb questions isnt trolling. But, the whole routine here, IS, by definiton.

According to a certain regular, who refused to post in this thread, the OPs been doing this routine for a long time.