Then my memory is failing me yet again. Oh well. You're right about the 20 years thing, though. Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time. LOL.
On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:40:04 -0600, you 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? > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Steve Matzura >Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 5:10 PM >To: QWS list >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. >> >>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] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
