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I can (kind of) do this.<BR>
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I modified my Analog System's Gate Delay so it can be voltage controllable. I have some external control of the delay time now. If I put a random voltage in there which is paced off the output of the gate delay, ya-de, ya-de, ya-da<BR>
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on 5/24/02 5:04 PM, John Speth at JohnS@molectron.com wrote:<BR>
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<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> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2">> I used to have some Cakewalk CAL scripts to add degrees of <BR>
> randomness to the notes in sequences...kick the timing up & <BR>
> down, play with the note velocity, etc. A realtime box that <BR>
> did it could be cool as well.</FONT> <BR>
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<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. <BR>
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<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> <BR>
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<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> <BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2">John Speth</FONT> <BR>
<FONT SIZE="2">Molectron Detector, Inc.</FONT> <BR>
<FONT SIZE="2">http://www.molectron.com</FONT> <BR>
<FONT SIZE="2">mailto:johns@molectron.com <BR>
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