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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> >I just had an apostrophe: How about a trigger ??>delay</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >thay randomizes? This would go post-midi and >make the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >midi sound a bit less mechanical.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I used to have some Cakewalk CAL scripts to add degrees of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> randomness to the notes in sequences...kick the timing up & </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> down, play with the note velocity, etc. A realtime box that </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> did it could be cool as well.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Me too! I tried using Cakewalk CAL scripts to add randomness to perfectly timed MIDI sequences in an effort to take the stiffness out of the sequences and, hopefully, to gain a more human feel. My efforts didn't sound very good to me. I figure that there's a little bit of regularity in sloppy undisciplined human playing that random randomness can't quite fix. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>So I think first order randomizing really isn't very useful. You need to go to that second level and maybe beyond.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you make your randomizing trigger delay voltage controlled, you can couple your random trigger with a CV output driven with your sequencer and you might get the results you're looking for.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>John Speth</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Molectron Detector, Inc.</FONT>
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