Hello Luggers, The recent talk about humanizing quantization reminded me of how confusing I think it is to humanize velocity. Can anyone shed some light on the functions->transform->humanize window (from within the matrix editor). How would you use this window to humanize the velocity of, let's say, a hi-hat? Thanks, -jg.

On 4 dec 2006, at 14.38, James Gathings wrote: > The recent talk about humanizing quantization reminded me of how > confusing I > think it is to humanize velocity. Can anyone shed some light on the > functions->transform->humanize window (from within the matrix > editor). How > would you use this window to humanize the velocity of, let's say, a > hi-hat? This seems to be exactly the same preset as "Humanize" in the Transform Window (cmnd/4). I would use this window to generally give a random variation to the three parameters it does target: position, velocity and length. But I would of course use it for a purpose and not as a "blind tool". Probably I would not randomize position at all (because I don't think that sounds good, just a matter of taste) and I wouldn't randomize note length either because I never use any sample drum kit patches with a full sustain envelope for hihat samples. I think I would only work with the velocity. But if we go picky with this thread, I would probably not use the Transform window at all, simply because I prefer to get work out a nice flowing groove directly in my MIDI drum software plug-in RMX. When I'm using EXS-24 or UltraBeat I prefer to program the MIDI regions on a MIDI track, cable that MIDI track trough a Transformer (in the environment) and finally cable that Transformer to the Audio Instrument object where the drum sampler is hosted. The Transformer object is used to randomize velocity data in the MIDI stream. I'll be tinkering with randomization of drum velocity all though the production, listening to the drum track "in place" as the arrangement evolves. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) http://www.myspace.com/looproom

On 04.12.2006, at 16:08, Per Boysen wrote: > Probably I would not randomize position at all > (because I don't think that sounds good, just a matter of taste) Sounds good for example on an arpeggiator track. But if the notes are already legato you might end up with some cutted notes which must be corrected manually. ___ Peter Ostry

> On 04.12.2006, at 16:08, Per Boysen wrote: > > Probably I would not randomize position at all > > (because I don't think that sounds good, just a matter of taste) On 4 dec 2006, at 20.12, Peter Ostry wrote: > Sounds good for example on an arpeggiator track. But if the notes are > already legato you might end up with some cutted notes which must be > corrected manually. Normally not for Hi-Hat sequences (which was the object of this thread) ;-)) A hihat hit has such a short duration anyway, so there makes no sense to adjust eventual note off overlapping the note on of next note (i.e. legato) Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) http://www.myspace.com/looproom

Hi there, I¹m wondering if there¹s a simpler way to trim automation data of 1 or multiple tracks. By trimming, I mean reducing/augmenting by a few db all the automation data of the track(s). As of now, the only way I found is to select the data with the automation tool and then move upwards/downwards the data. I¹m wondering if there¹s not an easier way to do this. It works fine but it gets annoying when I have multiple tracks to edit at once (ex. When the stereo bus is overloaded and I need to lower by a few dbs) Thanks! Vincent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vincent Cordel Keyboards / Music Composer Vancouver, BC (Canada) Web: www.vincentcordel.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On 13 Dec 2006, at 18:07, Vincent Cordel wrote: > Hi there, > > I’m wondering if there’s a simpler way to trim automation data of 1 or > multiple tracks. > > By trimming, I mean reducing/augmenting by a few db all the > automation data > of the track(s). If all you want to do is change the overall volume of the tracks, I would use the Gain plug in. Best John Adams

Le 12/13/06 2:16 PM, « John Adams » <johnadamsmusic@mac.com> a écrit : > If all you want to do is change the overall volume of the tracks, I > would > use the Gain plug in. > > Best > > John Adams Well yes that's a possibility but that will take me even more time than what I'm doing right now :-) Thanks anyway! Vincent