Hi, further to raymond's message, you don't need all of controllers 98, 99,
100 and 101. You only need the latter two. the former are for more advanced
controls on some synths. However, everything else you pointed out is
perfectly correct, including moving the timings of the controllers so that
they are sent in the correct order. Typically the 2 rpn's, (controllers 101
and 100), can be sent in any order, as long as the data entry control, (6)
is sent after.
hope this helps.
Arthur
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Grote" <[email protected]>
To: "QWS list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: QWS List qws pitch bend
Hi,
Many keyboards have this function, but I'm not sure how well QWS would
work with it if you changed it on the keyboard. There is a way to do it in
the midi itself. To send the amount of pitch bend, you have to do a lot
with some data entry controlers, and a few others as well. Some synths do
it differently, but there is a combination that seems to work for all:
At the beginning, you put a data entry controler, that being controler 6,
and set its value to 2, since that is the default for most synths. Then
insert the following controlers, controler 98, 99, 100, and 101, and keep
their values at 0. Make sure they occur in that order, if one of them
happens to fall out of the order I said above, which you can tell that in
the event list, then it may not send properly, so you'll have to move them
until they fall in that order. You can move them a tick or two forward and
backward if you need.
At this point you haven't really done anything you would notice in the
sound of the midi, however you have sent some important messages to the
synth. Now, at the place where you want to change the amount of semitones
for the pitch bend, put another controler 6, which is again that data
entry controler, and set its value to however semitones you want. You then
just put your pitch bends as normal but you will have a wider range to
work with. The range will stay this way unless you get rid of the
controlers you inserted, or put in another data entry controler later to
change the range again.
To change the pitch bend with the on screen keyboard, you can use the
progression tool, and set the start and end time, and the start and end
values for the pitch bend, with -8191 being minimum and 8191 being
maximum. You will spend a lot of time just doing your pitch bends though,
if you're going to do it that way, even if you're lucky enough to get each
one right first time, which I usually am not.
No, I am not enough of a midi nut to know why this data entry thing works.
I just know it from looking at other midis that have done it, and seeing
what works and what doesn't. Hopefully there is an easier way to do it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "ali kazi" <[email protected]>
To: "QWS list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:25 PM
Subject: QWS List qws pitch bend
Hi list,
I happen to know that with some MIDI sequencers, it is possible to set
how many semitones the pitch wheel bends on a keyboard. How do you do
this in QWS?
Also, is it possible to bend the pitch of a note without using the
keyboard, because for some reason I use the on screen keyboard for all
my programming when I am not at school.
Thanks in advance,
Ali
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