Studio Integration

Integrate Neurode MIDI into your recording studio workflow.

Common Studio Setups

DAW Integration

Ableton Live

1. Create IAC Driver bus (macOS) or virtual port
2. Neurode: Route → Virtual Port "To Ableton"
3. Ableton: MIDI track input from "To Ableton"
4. Arm track and record

Logic Pro

1. Enable IAC Driver in Audio MIDI Setup
2. Neurode: Route keyboard → "IAC Driver Bus 1"
3. Logic: External MIDI track receiving from IAC Driver
4. Record MIDI

Bitwig / FL Studio / Reaper

Same principle:

• Create virtual port or use IAC Driver
• Route from Neurode to virtual port
• DAW receives from that port

Multi-Track Recording

Record one performance to multiple DAW tracks with different processing:

1. Create 3 virtual ports:

   • "Track 1 - Clean"
   • "Track 2 - Transposed"
   • "Track 3 - Harmonized"

2. Create 3 routes from keyboard:

   • Route 1 → Track 1 (no transforms)
   • Route 2 → Track 2 (Transpose +12)
   • Route 3 → Track 3 (Chord stack transform)

3. DAW: 3 MIDI tracks receiving from those ports

Result: One performance captured three ways. Adjust balance, mute tracks, or re-export individual stems.

iOS Audio App Integration (iPad)

AUM (Audio Mixer)

1. Neurode: Create virtual port "To AUM"
2. AUM: Add MIDI input from Neurode
3. Route to any audio app in AUM

Audiobus

Similar workflow to AUM:

• Neurode as MIDI source
• Chain through multiple iOS synths
• Record or export audio

Hardware Synth Recording

Capture MIDI + Audio

Setup:

1. Neurode: Keyboard → Hardware Synth
2. Audio Interface: Synth audio → DAW
3. Virtual Port: Same MIDI → DAW track (for MIDI capture)

Result:

• Audio recording of synth
• MIDI recording for later editing/re-recording

Monitoring & Playback

Monitor Through Neurode

Use Neurode as MIDI hub during mixing:

• DAW plays back MIDI → Neurode → Hardware synths
• Adjust routing/transforms while listening
• Re-record with new settings

Virtual Keyboard for Testing

Tools → Virtual Keyboard

• Test patches without playing keyboard
• Verify routing before recording
• Sound design workflow

Workflow Tips

Save Studio Profiles

Settings → Profiles

Create profiles for:

• Tracking — All inputs to DAW
• Mixing — DAW to external gear
• Sound Design — Keyboard to various synths for experimentation

Latency Monitoring

Route Editor → Statistics

Keep studio routing under 5ms:

• Minimal transforms during recording
• Add effects in DAW, not Neurode
• Monitor per-route latency

Backup Routes

Always route to DAW even during hardware tracking:

• Primary: Keyboard → Hardware Synth
• Backup: Keyboard → DAW virtual port

If hardware fails, you have MIDI recorded and can re-track later.

Advanced: Generative Recording

AI Companion in Studio

Experimental, not in this release

The AI Companion (Elm) is excluded from App Store builds by default in this release. This section describes development-only behavior.

1. Enable AI Companion (Settings → Advanced)
2. Route keyboard → Your main synth
3. Route AI output → Separate synth/DAW track
4. Record both simultaneously

Result: Your performance + AI-generated accompaniment, each on separate tracks for mixing.

Script-Based Variations

Create multiple script nodes with different algorithms:

• Route 1: Original performance
• Route 2: Velocity-randomized version
• Route 3: Transposed and harmonized version

Record all three to DAW, choose best take or blend.

Common Issues

Click Track Bleeding Into Recording

• Use Clock Analyser to verify clock routing
• Filter clock messages on recording routes
• Route Editor → Enable/Disable clock passthrough

MIDI Timing Drift

• Check latency stats in Route Editor
• Reduce transform complexity
• Use wired connections instead of Bluetooth
• Quantize in DAW if needed

Multiple DAW Instances

• Each DAW can have dedicated virtual port
• Name clearly: "To Ableton", "To Logic"
• Avoid routing conflicts

Next Steps

• Virtual Ports — Creating DAW connections
• Clock & Sync — Tempo management
• Workflows — More studio examples