Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

at the xx7 i already play around with the sing quantize function, but it 
happens the same to me as in 
my softseq, the result isnt that funky as i wish, so i may need some teory 
about what kind of swing to apply to what instrument in different styles 
of music [basically i do house, techno, freestyle].

>>>I think I'll try and tailor this response from an XX-7 angle, because a 
full on explaination of what swing quantize is exactly and how it works is 
beyond the time I have available to post today, and there's others way 
more knowledgeable about it than me.

I think the key with any type of "non-standard" quantize (ie, straight up 
1/16th, etc) is that if you can plainly hear it, you added too much.  I 
know that when i add swing quantize ni my tunes, I rarely find the need to 
set the amount more than 60-63%, and the swing to around 53-56%.  It's got 
be subtle, otherwise instead of sounding boring and rigidly quantized, 
it'll sounds boring and swing quantized!  The point of it is to make a 
performance sound more life-like and natural.  If you can clearly hear the 
effect of the swing quantize, then it no longer sounds natural, it sounds 
like an effect! 

This holds true in your computer sequencer too, always start with less and 
slowly add more swing until you can hear it, then abck off a bit. Cubase's 
Iteritive (however they spell it) is great for this, as it adds tiny bits 
of the selected quantize each time you hit "Q", instead of just applying 
the whole setting at once.  For what it's worth though, the swing qauntize 
in the XX-7's is still the best I've heard, it's very musical sounding 
IMO.<<

i did that and the delay [in this case] was applied to different channels 
at the same time, what i want to do is, for example, assign the delay to 
the hihats and control the amount by a knob without affecting other tracks

>>>Well, keep in mind that if you set up a Preset patchcord to control the 
effects, the only thing you can control really is the send amount.  So any 
channels also using that particular Send will have their amounts increased 
as well.  The only workaround would be to try and dedicated a Send for 
just that track, which can be hard to do with only 4 sends.  I hear you on 
this one though, and it goes along with what i was saying eerlier about 
the hands on aspects of the effects is one of the very few letdowns for 
me. <<<

rEalm

 






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