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w7ptt
Total Posts: 156
Joined 02-16-2009 status: Pro |
I have been looking through the owners manual of the Motif XS6, and I am trying to find out how I change the note length in song mode? I know how to/where to change what measure/beat/clock the note starts, but what fields represent the duration. Let me further illustrate with an example: I have a piece I am working on that has a pattern with 4 different sections (A-D). I have some melody in each of them, and I also have a low string section note (let’s say C1). In each pattern section (let’s say each pattern section is 4 measures)I hold down the C1 string section note for the whole measure. After I put together a pattern chain and convert it to a song, how do I make the note play through all 16 measures (as opposed to it re-keying every 4 beats)? I want a continous C1 note for all 16 measures. I know there is an easy way to do it. Bill :) |
Bad_Mister
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Joined 07-30-2002 status: Moderator |
From SONG mode
On the screen the duration of a note is expressed in the column called “GATE”. Gate is a word used in audio to denote something being ‘ON’ or ‘OPEN’… When the GATE is OPEN the sound is heard. So GATE = note duration.
It is expressed as follows: xxx:yyy
The Motif XS sequencer divides each beat into four hundred eighty clock pulses numbered: 000 through 479 So you would make the C1 note (assuming you are in 4/4 time) last a GATE time of 064:000 this would 16 x 4 beats. Because a real musician would prepare to hit the next note a slight amount of time before the next beat… 063:450 is going to sound more natural. 001:1:000 ____ Note C1 ___ 063:450 ____ zzz where ‘zzz’ is your Velocity (which controls how loud) Hope that helps. |
w7ptt
Total Posts: 156
Joined 02-16-2009 status: Pro |
Great!!!! Thanks!!!! |