Hi,
In my experience, if you start just a little too early, the note will be
recorded on the very beginning of the first beet of the file. So it
still gets it. I think that any note played on the last beat of the
count-in will be recorded. Just remember that those notes you play
during the count-in will be pushed forward. So if you want to have a
pickup to the first measure, you'd be better off waiting til a measure
after the count-in before you start so that the pickup is recorded properly.
On 2/25/2012 6:40 PM, Nicole Massey wrote:
Sequencer Plus has you press the R key, then start the sequence with a space
bar hit. It's what I'm most used to, as it's the sequencer I've been using
for over two decades. So that's why I'm a bit disoriented with this. I'll
get used to it. What I'd love is that you hit ctrl+r with the trigger to
start activated and it cycles the metronome until you hit the space bar,
then it does your lead in at the start of the next measure and you're off.
I also have a question. What happens to anything you play before the first
recorded beat? If I jump the gun a tiny bit, what's going to happen to that
note?
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Steve Matzura
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 5:10 PM
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Subject: Re: QWS List First Impressions
One of the things that annoyed me so much about Sonar was this whole
concept of arming before actually doing something. I don't remember
Sequencer Plus or Texture ever having those issues--you press the
button and you're off. Why have to press it twice? Doesn't the
software believe me when I say I'm ready to start? Da heck with that.
LOL. Punch and go. Just my $.02 worth. I guess it's a matter of
preference. Maybe an option to have a confirmation keypress might be
in order, James?
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:31:52 -0600, you wrote:
Okay, now that I've gotten a chance to work with QWS, finally, (Took
forever
to dig through the garage to get my Axiom) I've gotten a chance to figure
out how it works.
There's always a learning curve. I had to bite the bullet and "read the
friendly manual" to find out how to set up a track for recording, as my
sequencer I've used for the past 23 years will let you just start recording
on any blank track.
Two things have thrown me off a bit. First, the metronome countdown doesn't
differentiate beats to indicate the start of a measure until it starts
recording. I found those beat differentiations help me get into the groove
for the track.
The second thing that caught me a bit off guard is that record initiates
recording instead of arming a track to record. I'm used to hitting the
record command, then telling it when to start through a key press, usually
the play command. I haven't played with the synchro-start feature yet, but
I
plan to give that a try.
I seem to be having a problem making it quantize things properly, but that
may be a selection problem. I'm never quite sure where I am in the
sequence,
and I've deleted the wrong measure more than once. Attempts to select the
entire track haven't made much difference to the sound of the track, and
the
lag issues I'm experiencing mean performances are a bit out of their
proper
place.
I've got to find a better sound source for it -- this built in wavetable
synth is driving me nuts with its lag problems, so I'm going to try
Raymond's suggestion and also go through the stuff I have here for use with
other stuff.
Is there any way to get my M-Audio Axiom transport controls to start, stop,
rewind, fast forward, etc? That would be quite nice and mean less taking my
hands off the musical keyboard to go to the computer keyboard. The Axiom
doesn't have enough space on it to put a computer keyboard on it like my
Kurzweil K1000SE MkII Extended does, so I can't do this the easy way.
Still, all that said, it's a nifty little program, and I love that it saves
everything in standard MIDI files.
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