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.
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
----- 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>
---
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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