It's in the midi menu in QWS Sent from my iPhone
> On Aug 23, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Scott Lawlor <[email protected]> wrote: > > do you do that from qws or do you have to turn it off from the synth itself? > > Thanks. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Seth > Lowman > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2015 10:11 AM > To: QWS list > Subject: Re: QWS List got it working > > Did you turn on midi clock? Sometimes that can cause issues between QWS and > your keyboard. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 23, 2015, at 6:46 AM, Scott Lawlor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi James. >> >> Thanks for the info. >> >> I'm finding that sometimes when I insert tracks, the second track will >> be a combination of the instruments that I've selected for that track >> and the first one. >> >> For example, I go to track, choose my instrument, set it to channel 1, >> hit okay, insert track 2, choose another instrument, assign it to >> channel two and when I arrow between the two tracks, the first track >> will play it's instrument but the second track will play a layer of >> the second assigned instrument plus the patch that I selected for the >> first track. I made sure that local was off as well so I'm not clear >> on what would be causing this strange behavior. >> >> Thanks for the help. >> >> Scott >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of James Bowden >> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2015 10:48 AM >> To: QWS list >> Subject: Re: QWS List got it working >> >> Hi Scott, >> >> Yes, you can loop a track and it will go round as long as you like. >> However, if you record on another track, please be aware that the >> other track is also looping. >> >> So, if you want a free length on the second track, your best option is >> to Copy the first track and use the Paste Multiple command to make >> lots of copies of it, effectively making a finite loop. >> >> Regarding your questions about the Quantise tool, can I refer you to >> the Audio Tutorial on the QWS website about the tools: Go to >> qws.andrelouis.com, then choose Downloads, then Audio, and it's Tutorial > 5. >> >> The beat division in the Quantise dialog, by the way, is a beat >> division, not a bar division. So if you are using sixteenth notes (we >> call them semiquavers in the UK), there are four notes to a beat, so >> the value you really wanted is 4, not 16. >> >> I hope this helps, but do get in touch if you have any further questions. >> >> With best regards, >> >> James. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Scott Lawlor" <[email protected]> >> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:59 PM >> Subject: RE: QWS List got it working >> >> >>> Hi James. >>> >>> So I could create my own arpeggio patterns, record them to whatever >>> note value I want to use, quantize it and then if I wasn't sure how >>> long I wanted it to play, could I loop that one track to play >>> indefinitely while I recorded other instruments on other tracks? >>> >>> Also, I had a couple of questions about the value fields in the >>> quantize dialog. >>> >>> I recorded a piano part and it had some 16th notes and when I >>> quantized it and chose 16 as the beat number, strict was at 100 and swing > was at 0. >>> when >>> I played it back, it sounded too perfect, like there was no human >>> feel to the playing so I'm assuming that the strict value needs to >>> maybe be half or do I need to change the swing value from 0 to 50? >>> >>> Now, what I'd eventually like to do is maybe get into some VST >>> synths, nothing like Omnisphere because this computer probably >>> couldn't handle it and you have to jump through a bunch of hoops with >>> hotspot clicker and third party scripts to get it to work but I'm >>> sure there are pretty simple VST's out there that still have a lot of >>> sounds. >>> >>> If I can create loops that can play for a long time, I can play those >>> tracks while improvising over them for my live performances on the >>> internet, something that Andre and I were talking about a little at >>> any rate. >>> >>> I'm really excited to start exploring the possibilities of all this >>> to enhance what I already do which, according to my wife and some >>> other people, is really weird anyway. lol. >>> >>> Scot >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>> Of James Bowden >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:20 PM >>> To: QWS list >>> Subject: Re: QWS List got it working >>> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> That's great you got QWS working. Well done for sorting out your > computer. >>> >>> With arpeggios, you have two options: >>> >>> Either you can just play the notes - sequencers are good at playing >>> notes, and yes, you could use the Step Record function, or RealTime >>> Record and Quantise. >>> >>> The other option, as you say, is to use the Arpeggiator on the FA8. I >>> don't personally own an FA8, so will only speak from my experience >>> with other Roland gear: yes, you can send MIDI clo ck to synchronise >>> things, but you'll also need to tell the synth to be in Slave, >>> instead of Master mode. If you do this, make sure to switch it back >>> to master mode when you're not sequencing - otherwise, without a >>> clock, the arpeggios just might not move at all! >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> With best regards, >>> >>> James. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Scott Lawlor" <[email protected]> >>> To: "QWS list" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 8:58 PM >>> Subject: QWS List got it working >>> >>> >>>> Hi there. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I got the program working after eliminating duplicate ports and >>>> removing a bunch of entries from sound video and game controllers, >>>> stuff that I didn't even know what it was like microsoft sync clock >>>> and microsoft streaming server. Sound video and game controlers had >>>> 17 items in it and now it has >>> >>>> 4 >>>> and things seem to be working better. That's an area I never really >>>> checked >>>> on in all the years I've had this computer so that probably accounted > for >>>> a >>>> lot of problems so thank you Andre for that document in the roland > folder >>>> about removing ports. How's that for a run-on sentence? lol. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> one thing I'm wondering about is the following situation. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The roland fa08 has an arpagiator and I'm guessing that you can use step >>>> recording in QWS to create arpageos. but I like playing these in >>>> real-time, >>>> it just feels more natural to my way of doing things. If you've got >>>> arpagiator mode turned on in the hardware side of things and you play >>>> chords >>>> into QWS, I'm assuming that if you don't quantize anything that it > should >>>> play back correctly right? I'm guessing that the trick would be to get >>>> the >>>> metronome to time exactly in sync with the arpagiator on your keyboard >>>> but >>> >>>> I >>>> guess midi clocking would take care of all that wouldn't it? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for the tips. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Scott >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >>> >>> for archived list posts, see >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >>> >>> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >>> >>> for archived list posts, see >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >> >> for archived list posts, see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com >> >> for archived list posts, see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
