Thanks ... wil try it out.
Dewald.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Bowden" <[email protected]>
To: "QWS list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: QWS List Drum kit on Yamaha PSR-e323
Hi,
Hope you find the following helpful: a few ways of entering tempo through
a track. For best results, put all tempo marks in the very first track
and technically, I believe you should only have tempo on this track.
1. You can use the Change Properties command (Track menu) to change a
variety of common settings at the current cursor position. This includes
changing program, bank, pan, etc, and tempo.
This is perhaps the easiest way to enter tempo settings, but they always
occur at the beginning of a beat.
2. Controller Editor.
The Controller Editor works in a very similar way to the Note Editor
(except that the controller events aren't played when you land on them.
If you select Number (N key) 131, then you can insert tempo events.
3. Event List.
The Event List shows the MIDI events as a list. There's perhaps lots of
numbers, but it allows the finest level of control.
You can Insert (I key) a new event and choose Tempo from the list. Then
set the Start position (S key) and the tempo value (N key for Number).
The Controller Editor and the Event List allow you to enter as many tempo
events as you like and at any position.
And finally, but not least: the hot key to set the initial song tempo is
Ctrl+T.
I hope this helps.
With best regards,
James.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Grote" <[email protected]>
To: "QWS list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: QWS List Drum kit on Yamaha PSR-e323
Hi,
The controller stuff isn't that difficult, but it's only useful if you're
going to use that sort of thing. For what you're doing I wouldn't think
it's of much concern, at least not now.
As you predicted, there's no way to have QWS change the octave setting
automatically for drums.
One thing you will also have to be careful of with drums, is that if you
check the option that says apply to all tracks and transpose the song, it
transposes everything, including drum tracks, which won't sound good.
You'll have to mute the tracks you don't want to change before you do
anything to the rest of them.
The tempo thing is something of a problem as you said. I hate dealing with
that situation myself. Normally I just ignore the need for tempo changes
and get the whole midi done first, or at least as much of it as I can
stand at one tempo. Then I add tempo changes afterwards. It's normally a
good idea to put tempo changes either on channel 1 or 0, but it really
doesn't matter.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dewald van Deventer
To: QWS list
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: QWS List Drum kit on Yamaha PSR-e323
Raymond. You're a star.
I got it right, both ways, using my keyboard and QWS' options.
Luckily on my keyboard, i just press the functions button 9 times to get
to main voice octave settings.
And i just press the minus button or plus button to go down or up.
But QWS also works nicely.
I'm just not too up to date about all that controller messages and
controller reassign and all that.
Still sounds a bit Greek to me.
Ok, so is there a way in QWS to, everytime i set channel 10 for the drums
for it to transpose automatically?
Probably not, wouldn't expect it. :)
Another question that i had about QWS, is if you could set the tempo with
just a few key-presses.
Almost ajust it with shortcut keys.
Like the start, length, velosity f5 and f6?
I'm trying to learn a Beethoven piece, and it's a bit difficult to set
the tempo everytime the tempo in the piece changes.
I haven't read the manual through yet, busy with it, but ...
Thanks,
Dewald.
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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the
eyes of woman.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible
to be silent.
Victor Hugo
----- Original Message -----
From: Raymond Grote
To: QWS list
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: QWS List Drum kit on Yamaha PSR-e323
Hey,
I think I know what's going on. Basically, when you're using the
keyboard on its own, it can send custom midi messages to itself that it
recognizes. for most 61 key keyboards, the keyboard is transposed down one
octave for drum patches. There's probably a system exclusive message to do
that automatically, which the keyboard uses as soon as you switch to that
instrument.
When we use something else to change instruments, those messages aren't
being sent, so you're not getting transposed down anymore. The easy way to
fix this is to use the octave setting on your keyboard. On some keyboards
there are butttons that will do it, on others you have to go into a menu,
which is a pain. The octave setting doesn't use any midi messsages, it
just sends lower notes to the midi output. QWS also has its own
transposition that you can use by going to the options menu, and going to
midi assignments. There's also some other cool stuff in there. Personally
I just use the octave setting on my keyboard for situations like that
because I can reset it quickly with one button press, as opposed to going
into a dialog in QWS to do it.
---- Original Message -----
From: Dewald van Deventer
To: QWS list
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:18 AM
Subject: QWS List Drum kit on Yamaha PSR-e323
Hi list.
Just a quick question this time. :)
My keyboard has 12 drum kits availible. Voices 109-121.
When i am connected to QWS, and have selected one of them, and play,
i see, that the higher octave of my 5 octave keyboard is missing.
When i press from C# to the top C, it doesn't play anything.
But i actually figured out that QWS or maybe its the MSB and LSB
thing again, moves the whole soundset one octave lower.
In other words C1 to B1 gets left out.
But the interesting thing is, that, i went into my metronum settings,
and actually set my first tick as G#1, which is a drum stick tick sound.
But when i create a track and select one of the kits, it only starts
from C2.
Is there maybe a setting or something that i could set.
There's really some nice sounds in the lower octave i could use, like
the drumrole, some other cool drum sounds.
If it's not possible, it won't be a trainsmash, but ...
Thanks,
Dewald.
Dewald Louwrens van Deventer
Cell: +2782-461-4865
Fax: +2786-612-5921
E-mail: <[email protected]>
Skypename: <dewie007>
Facebook: <Dewald Louwrens van Deventer>
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Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from
the eyes of woman.
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is
impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo
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