Makes sense, but not the answer I was hoping for. I was trying to get the metronome to vary with the changes, so I could use it to help with the writing of the instrument tracks. Thanks
andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicole Massey Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 3:01 PM To: QWS list Subject: RE: QWS List Measure marks? >From one angle of perspective there's no way to create it as it was, however QWS can play it back with little problem. Bar lines are not an actual part of the MIDI specification, and since QWS works from MIDI in a very native way and is devoid of things not in the MIDI spec (for the most part -- there are a few things that are tacked on, but not enough to make much of a difference) the time signature of a tune is an artificial construction and only to make it easier for a player to write. This kind of poly-rhythmic structure is foreign to the QWS environment. This is both to your detriment and your advantage. Though you'll have to be careful to keep an understanding of just what you're trying to accomplish in your sequencing, QWS doesn't get in your way -- if you stop playing on, for example, beat three of a measure then anything you paste onto that will start on the next beat. Here's an example: you have a pattern that's two measures of 4/4 time, followed by a measure of 3/4, followed by a measure of 5/4. If your time signature is set in QWS to 4/4 then your first two bars will be as desired, filling the two virtual measures. The third measure will stop on 3, though the metronome will still click as if it's 4/4 time. Your measure of 5/4 will follow, starting on the next beat in the sequence, (in this case beat 12) and continue into the 5/4 measure with the accented click on the second beat of the measure of 5. But since Midi doesn't care where you put your bar lines you're fine. You'll need to keep clear on just what you're doing. Set your zoom level to a single beat , so you have all beats in clear access so copying doesn't do strange things, and pick a time signature that makes the most sense for what you're doing. Keep your time consistent, so for instance if you're doing a quarter note as the beat in a simple time section and then you go to complex time, like 6/8 where your dotted quarter is now the time element then treat the 6/8 as a 2/4 measure with triplets in it to keep your time consistent. (you can of course also do this the opposite direction too) Hope this helps, and if I've explained it too obscurely or otherwise stumbled in my explanation feel free to let me know so I can clarify. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Andy Rebscher > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 1:36 PM > To: QWS list > Subject: QWS List Measure marks? > > Hi all, > > I have a song with numerous time signature changes in it. Using my > ancient Yamaha QX5 sequencer, I created a track that had all the > measures marked off, then the sequencer quit working. > > I've been experimenting with QWS, but have not figured out how to > recreate this complex track. > > Thanks for any ideas you can provide. > > > > Andy Rebscher 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]
