On 10/10/2012 09:09 PM, . TERMTECH wrote: > (CC'd to dev list in case they're snoozing...) > > Hello Kaya!
Hi Tim, > > Quote: > > "first up MIDI note/event velocities.... I'm currently using the 'Piano > Role' editor to input note events into the system for base and drums. I > haven't however found anywhere to edit individual note velocities by > value." > > I bet you found this already, but look on the 'note info' toolbar. > You'll see boxes for setting notes start time, length, pitch, > on velocity and off velocity, as well as a 'relative or absolute' > mode icon/button. I wasn't quite sure what the velocity on and velocity off meant but now I get it. It works fine... however, perhaps I should post a bug report as when multiple notes are selected and the velocity is changed to say 70, the note velocities end up maxing out to 127?? > > ... > I also noticed when you close the dialog the Arranger becomes active > hiding the pianoroll - would be a real annoyance for anyone trying > to work quickly... Yeah I noticed this too..... that is quite weird. > > "Is there anywhere I can just input the actual value??" > See above: Re the Note Info toolbar. > > "At the same time which is weird is that if I 'modify velocity' to say > 40%, the next time I input a note in the piano role editor the velocity > is at a really low level and not at 100% or whatever the default gets > set to? 100 or whatever?? Again numerical values would be useful here." > > Tested: That is not the 'modify velocity' box's fault. > It appears to be the LAST note that was selected governs the new > note's velocity. Yet there seems to be no way to reset this 'running' > value back to some default other than entering a new value in the > Modify Velocity box or Note Info toolbar (see above). > > So good catch! > Our drum editor has predefined 'levels' depending on accelerator > keys pressed at the time of drawing, so is not affected by this. > Could you possibly perhaps enter that as a bug in the tracker, > seems we could do a wee bit better, there in the pianoroll ... Bug opened. > > "In the drum editor mode the velocities don't seem to show up at all?? > Though I think that I have seen that it is a bug while searching Google." > Ah, you need to actually select a drum note in the left-hand > drum map panel. For the drum editor the velocity graph only shows > velocities for the currently selected drum note. > (Which in some ways is superior to the pianoroll in that it DOES > allow to select velocities of same-time notes.) > Thanks for reminding us. If you could enter that as a bug as well, > because I'd long planned to change that, possibly making it an option. Bug opened. > I observed the other day in MusE's older (er, 'newer') branch > muse-evolution, that ALL the velocities are shown, but there's > no option. I still hold out hope there must be an intelligent way > to select same-time velocity bars "sans user-option"... Ha. > "Also in the drum editor I'm currently using the Roland MC303 instrument > program definition, and all works really well bar the grid and the > actual values on the left don't seem to match up. If input something > under 'kick drum' nothing is played - switching to the piano role I can > see that it's on a note which has no sound assigned to it internally on > the MC303. Of course moving it to the proper note works but it just > means that I can't use the drum editor due to confusion. Left clicking > the sound name in the drum editor does play the sound however; so is > there anyway to align them?" > Ooh, sounds like a drum map problem, will check. > Hm, off the top of my head I'd say the drum map mechanisms should be > working so is it possible our MC303 map file is wrong? > I'll have to grab the MC303 manual... On left shows as "Kick Drum" "Note C2" but then directly right of that nothing plays? If note entered then shows up as C-2 in piano role editor. Does look like a map alignment issue: http://www.rolandus.com/products/details/171/support/ for manual ;-) > > "Additionally the 'seek forward'/'seek backward'/'record' controls don't > seem to function from MMC..... while running from command line, text > pops up claiming "not yet implemented". It would be really great to get > the transport controls of my Novation Remote working with Muse, though > 'play' and 'stop' do work." > Right, my department. > Let's see if we can change that to "implemented"... > I fixed a lot of the sync stuff and I recall researching that > particular code and I'm sure I would have tried to implement them > so there may be a reason (possibly involving frame time via tempo maps > instead of straight ticks, which I think plagued me on one of those > MMC locate commands). > "Lastly, there seems to be a bug with MIDI clock and start/stop > information getting sent together..... while running my Roland MC303 in > sequencer mode, if set to 'slave mode' (listen to midi clock and > start/stop events) I get clock input showing up on the MC303 but no > starting or stopping of the sequencer?? > > In 'remote mode' start and stop works but the box is clocked > internally.... this is kind of odd as checking the same thing using > Seq24 all seems fine so I'm not sure where the issue lies?? > > --in both cases Muse has been instructed to send out MMC/clock and > timecode data to the MC303." > Mm, should be OK. Are you sure MC303 accepts MMC commands? > I think what you want is the "Send midi realtime output" > column ("tr") in the sync settings dialog. These are realtime > transport commands built in to midi - different from > MMC or MTC commands. Should work on virtually all devices. Setting tr worked. It's strange as I had everything checked but I'm sure MMC and MTC caused a conflict somewhere.... the MC303 can be a bit buggy at times. For some reason the Novation Remote 25 won't change the program/bank value either as it simply resets the tone to t-/-- ??? Luckily the "instrument map" in Muse works brilliantly.... oh but another small issue: when selecting a sound, they select correctly but seem labeled wrongly in the arrange window after being set? > > No troubles with my Roland TR-505 or Ensoniq ESQ1 keyboard... Nice kit ;-) > > FYI: If using Jack midi devices in MusE currently the actual clock > signal output may not be very accurate when MusE is Master - > ALSA midi devices may give better results ATM. > (I need to get in there and put the clock events into Jack properly.) Hmm..... I use NTP to clock my system perhaps it would be a good idea to tie the clock from Muse to something like that? Say a publicly available NTP server then calculate the tempo from there? Maybe I'm going a bit too nutty professor on that one though?? Would be kinda funny if NTP server was clocked to GPS effectively making the tempo clocked to a satellite :-) > "Apart from these little issues I must say that I'm really impressed and > having a lot of fun learning this new software. It's got a lot of > potential and character and I'm hoping to start integrating it into a > larger setup running with my Mackie DXB and other sound modules and > synths." > > Careful, familiarity breeds contempt. > Or an overwhelming obsession to make it better - look at us. Ha! I actually prefer things running on Linux and am a real fan of opensource software which is why I've practically moved my whole setup over to it. I'm not a fan of softsynths either so as long as I have a decent sequencer to interface MIDI outboard it's cool. Audio is another issue in terms of hardware support.... ---> > > "Just wish that there was support for MOTU audio interfaces on > Linux but they don't seem to like the platform :-( I'm personally not a > big fan of Apple after the switch from PowerPC processors to Intel and I > don't like Windowz either." > Hm, FFADO site says that company is "hostile" which is pretty strong. > So you really do mean "don't like" not as in "doesn't work well with"... > Oh well, each company has their reasons... Exactly, though would be cool to get Pro Tools or MOTU hardware working with ALSA.... doubt it will ever happen though. M-Audio do seem to work well though not sure about Focusrite though? > > Tim. > Regards, Kaya ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. 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