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Re: Help needed for easy change of midi notes

2013-03-25 by stefan

Thanks Steve, Bruno and Dutch for your help.
I'll try out Steve's method. Looks like it could work. I'll report back asap.


--- In xl7@...m, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@...> wrote:
>
> Typos corrected:
> 
> NOT: Here's what I think hear you saying:
> THIS: Here's what I think I hear you saying:
> 
> NOT: To go through 128 samples/midi notes, depending on the length of the track and the number of times you use that note.
> THIS: To go through 128 samples/midi notes, depending on the length of the track and the number of times you use that note, will probably take a while.
> 
> Apologies for these and other typos.
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "steve_the_composer" <smw-mail@> wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure I understand your workflow, but that may be me (not your explanation). Here's what I think hear you saying:
> > 
> > You record a pattern and then you want to play the pattern back, changing the midi note of an instrument >>already recorded<< so you can year how different external samples sound in the context of the track.
> > 
> > If so, here's one method you could try:
> > 
> > In Pattern Edit Mode, go to the note editor screen, dial up the note you want to edit, then change it.
> > 
> > T02 NOTE <-> 001.01.002
> > press enter to view/edit 
> > [This will place the track into the note editor]
> > 
> > T02 NOTE <-> 001.02.001
> > C02 C#4 v:64 dur:00.032
> > 
> > Place the cursor under the <-> to scroll through the pattern.
> > Place the cursor under the note name to scroll through the notes [external samples] you want to test in context.
> > 
> > To go through 128 samples/midi notes, depending on the length of the track and the number of times you use that note. 
> > 
> > Perhaps you can use the TEMPORARY BAR REGION feature to isolate a section at a time. 
> > 
> > TEMPORARY BAR REGION
> > on From:2 Thru: 2
> > 
> > I am not sure if there is a way you can change >>every instance<< of a note in a pattern globally, if that's what you are looking to do.
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > > 2013/3/22 stefan <nyatollah@>
> > 
> > [snip] 
> > 
> > > What I'm wondering is if there's a way to sort of scroll thru 
> > > midi notes assigned to different kick drums for example, listen 
> > > to the pattern of the kick drum, in the context of the track and
> > > THEN commit.
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > 2013/3/22 stefan <nyatollah@>
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > > So I'm wondering if there's an easy way to browse thru my
> > > samples by changing the midi notes of a track (especially
> > > individual drum tracks).
> > 
> > [snip]
> >
>

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