I think you're making it more difficult than it need be...
I'm really new to all this, so that's very possible. I could be overlooking something obvious to veterans or maybe what I'm asking is not possible. So just to be clear, what I would like to be able to do: record all the MIDI of my Moog's audio being processed by the OP-1. The part where I'm not sure if I'm asking for something possible: when I'm manipulating the knobs (for the effects) on the OP-1, can that manipulation be captured as MIDI as well?
Using only the above information, you're sending the audio of the Mood into the effects section of the OP-1 and recording the audio output, that's all god right?
Yes, I can record the audio, not the MIDI as well, of the Moog being processed by the OP-1's effects.
What kind of MIDI connection does the Moog use? USB, 5-pin Din. Is Logic picking up a MIDI signal from the Moog?
The Moog sends MIDI over USB, so I'm only using the USB cable. I assume don't need to plug the traditional MIDI 5-pin as well. Yes, Logic is picking up MIDI from the Moog.
All you have to do is create an external MIDI track and arm both it and the audio track and you can record both at the same time...
Ah, okay. That's something I've never done or considered. Just tried it and it works--captured the MIDI and audio at the same time. However, the MIDI does not contain the OP-1 real effect manipulation. Should it?
or you can record the external MIDI track only and edit it to your hearts content, play it back on the Moog which is sending it's audio into the OP-1 and record the Audio out being triggered by the MIDI recording.
I don't understand this portion; I don't think I've done anything like the before. I have done this: record an external synth's MIDI, change it's output from Stereo to Bus 1, create new Audio Track with Bus 1 as the Input and then record, resulting in an audio track of the MIDI. Is that partly what you described? If not, could you explain how I would set that up?
When you say, "play it back on the Moog which is sending it's audio into the OP-1," and also for all of the options you mentioned so to be clear, what is the setup you have in mind? Is it this?: Moog and OP-1 USB to computer, Moog line out to OP-1 line in, OP-1 line out into audio interface. As I mention in my original post, that is what I used to record just the audio of the Moog processed by the OP-1; I used a different setup when trying to record the MIDI as well (mentioned at the bottom of my first post). In trying the record the MIDI as well, should I still be using the first setup?
Furthermore, if the OP-1 sends MIDI out you can manipulate the OP-1 effects in real-time and record the OP-1's MIDI output and tweak that as well.
Generally, do hardware synthesizers send MIDI on their tweakable parameters (pots/knobs/encoders/faders/etc)?
Thank you so much!