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this week has been life changing for me thanks to this group. the door to modular sequencing has been opened and there is no turning back. setting sights on USB docking with the motherDAW in T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5(night flight to venus intro would be good right now)4, 3, 2, 1...




--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...> wrote:
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> yeah all this is kind of doing my head in until my unit is back in my hands
> next weekend.  thanks for the info.  seriously good stuff
> 
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> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:15 PM, dutchbeats <dutchbeats@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > scale/shift is destructive like quantize but it's just moving things
> > forward and backward. so if you move forward 24 ppq you can move back 24 to
> > the original placement and try a different setting. also you can duplicate
> > the duplicate track just in case. i may have spoken too soon about keeping
> > the sequencer running, have to try it now..
> >
> > i have two templates saved called start and start2. one has the bottom row
> > assigned to external a, and one has the bottom row assigned to external b.
> > so when i turn the machine on i just call up one of those and hold the erase
> > button and slide my finger across the bottom row of tracks to wipe out the
> > single place holder note that you have to have in each track(or event) for
> > it to save the track routings. as long as my external samplers are on i am
> > ready to make a beat. i can copy and paste between those tracks without
> > needing to change routing and if i run out of tracks on the bottom,
> > assigning the top ones is quite simple as you know. maybe i will make more
> > templates in future as my
> > sampler collection increases. internal tracks are the same way, you have to
> > call up the same preset on the track you paste to if it hasn't already been
> > saved there.
> >
> >
> > keep rechannelize input turned on also of course!
> >
> > edit: just read that with scale/shift to keep the scale (note duration) at
> > 100% for the notes to be unaffected. shift +/-'s the note-on events.
> >
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com <xl7%40yahoogroups.com>, James Ulibarri
> > <jamesulibarri@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ahh cut and paste... That was Andrew's idea. Sorry there bud :)
> > >
> > > Anyways, so your idea behind cutting and pasting would be because of
> > > what? Is the Scale/Shift destructive? So once I add track delay,
> > > then I am commited to it like quantization? So have a few variations
> > > with different delay settings. Although won't those trax have
> > > different midi channels associated to them? So I will have to
> > > constantly have to change my target midi channel to what I originally
> > > was trying to trigger. Right? Am I understanding you correctly?
> > >
> > > Ah yes I'm making a chart.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Jan 22, 2011, at 1:46 PM, "dutchbeats" <dutchbeats@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > to shift certain notes you can duplicate the track. on the copied
> > > > track real time erase the notes you don't want to shift by holding
> > > > the notes down etc and on the original track erase the notes that
> > > > were kept on the copied track
> > > >
> > > > while the sequencer is playing you can scale/shift the track with
> > > > the aforementioned equations and experiment with different settings
> > > > before pasting back to the original.
> > > >
> > > > maybe make a chart with all ppq/note values and print it on the
> > > > panel for reference :)
> > > >
> > > > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com <xl7%40yahoogroups.com>, Bruno <brunorc@>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > 2011/1/22 James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@>
> > > > > > bruno,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ok, great. it's starting to make sense.
> > > > >
> > > > > Glad you found it useful.
> > > > >
> > > > > > what about triplets? 1/32T is equal to 72 ticks? half of 48 is
> > > > 24, and you add 24 to 48
> > > > >
> > > > > Not exactly. A full triplet of 1/32T is equivalent to two 1/32 =
> > > > 1/16.
> > > > > Then 1/16 = 96, so 1/32T = 96/3 = 32. Go forth and multiply (by 2)
> > > > to
> > > > > get 1/16T and so on.
> > > > >
> > > > > As a side note: I just love the way Rei Harakami mixes doublet-based
> > > > > beats with triplet-based ones...
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Bruno
> > > > >
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