Yeah, this type of measure chaining isn't common among software sequencers for some reason. Here's what you do: Set your zoom level to a single beat, as I suggested. Set it to an optimum beat pattern in the metronome, then build a track that is your actual metronome, with your accented beats on the 1 of your measures to act as a guide. You can delete this when you get finished with the sequence, and you can set it any way you like.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andy Rebscher > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:27 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: RE: QWS List Measure marks? > > Makes sense, but not the answer I was hoping for. I was trying to get > the metronome to vary with the changes, so I could use it to help with > the writing of the instrument tracks. > Thanks > > andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Nicole Massey > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 3:01 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: RE: QWS List Measure marks? > > From one angle of perspective there's no way to create it as it was, > however QWS can play it back with little problem. > Bar lines are not an actual part of the MIDI specification, and since > QWS works from MIDI in a very native way and is devoid of things not in > the MIDI spec (for the most part -- there are a few things that are > tacked on, but not enough to make much of a difference) the time > signature of a tune is an artificial construction and only to make it > easier for a player to write. > This kind of poly-rhythmic structure is foreign to the QWS environment. > This is both to your detriment and your advantage. Though you'll have > to be careful to keep an understanding of just what you're trying to > accomplish in your sequencing, QWS doesn't get in your way -- if you > stop playing on, for example, beat three of a measure then anything you > paste onto that will start on the next beat. > Here's an example: you have a pattern that's two measures of 4/4 time, > followed by a measure of 3/4, followed by a measure of 5/4. If your > time signature is set in QWS to 4/4 then your first two bars will be as > desired, filling the two virtual measures. The third measure will stop > on 3, though the metronome will still click as if it's 4/4 time. Your > measure of 5/4 will follow, starting on the next beat in the sequence, > (in this case beat > 12) and continue into the 5/4 measure with the accented click on the > second beat of the measure of 5. But since Midi doesn't care where you > put your bar lines you're fine. > You'll need to keep clear on just what you're doing. Set your zoom > level to a single beat , so you have all beats in clear access so > copying doesn't do strange things, and pick a time signature that makes > the most sense for what you're doing. Keep your time consistent, so for > instance if you're doing a quarter note as the beat in a simple time > section and then you go to complex time, like 6/8 where your dotted > quarter is now the time element then treat the 6/8 as a 2/4 measure > with triplets in it to keep your time consistent. > (you can of course also do this the opposite direction too) Hope this > helps, and if I've explained it too obscurely or otherwise stumbled in > my explanation feel free to let me know so I can clarify. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Andy Rebscher > > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:36 PM > > To: QWS list > > Subject: QWS List Measure marks? > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a song with numerous time signature changes in it. Using my > > ancient Yamaha QX5 sequencer, I created a track that had all the > > measures marked off, then the sequencer quit working. > > > > I've been experimenting with QWS, but have not figured out how to > > recreate this complex track. > > > > Thanks for any ideas you can provide. > > > > > > > > Andy Rebscher > > > 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]
