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I've been able to figure most stuff out, but there's a few things I can't locate anything about in the manual.
1)
When chords you record span over a chord chance in the base progression, how do you tell Synfire to not break it up?
2)
When a chord is broken up due to a chord change in the base progression, how do I change the velocity of the chord Synfire creates at the break? I've tried editing in velocity change, but it doesn't seem to do anything and if I'm changing into a dissonant chord I wan't it to be less loud.
3)
Is there a way to have a snap to grid for changing the length of a note? The start of notes can snap to the current grid division but the ends doesn't snap so it's hard to make all the notes of a recorded chord to be the same lenght.
4)
Regarding velocity editing, especially drums I know I can hold down control to change the velocity with the mouse, but it's hard to be presize, is there a way to enter note velocities by numbers or keyboard?
5)
When working with libraries and dragging small phrases to an instrument figure, Synfire will replace the current figure.
I often want to drag several small phrases into the same figure and build a unique longer figure out of smaller snippets from my library, is there a way to tell Synfire to just add what I drag on top of what's already there at the position I drop it?
This would be great for drum patterns, I could have a library of hihat, snare, kick etc.. patterns and mix and match to build a complete drumtrack, things like hihat or rides are often the same so it would be great if I could figure out how to do this.
Mi., 01.05.2013 - 13:38 Permalink
1)
When chords you record span over a chord chance in the base progression, how do you tell Synfire to not break it up?
At the "Interpretation" parameter: Select "Interpretation", then "Snapshot", then the tab "Form", then "Auto-Split" off.
2)
When a chord is broken up due to a chord change in the base progression, how do I change the velocity of the chord Synfire creates at the break? I've tried editing in velocity change, but it doesn't seem to do anything and if I'm changing into a dissonant chord I wan't it to be less loud.
Not so easy to do, since Synfire doesn't produce new symbols at the chord change points. I've tried it via drawing a vector at the "Velocity" parameter, but had no luck. The velocity change is effecitve only at the next symbol, not at the chord change point. The only solution I see at the moment is to freeze the phrase (Phrase >> Freeze). This produces new symbols at the chord change point, but those symbols are static (frozen) then (they will not follow, if you change the progression later).
3)
Is there a way to have a snap to grid for changing the length of a note? The start of notes can snap to the current grid division but the ends doesn't snap so it's hard to make all the notes of a recorded chord to be the same lenght.
4)
Regarding velocity editing, especially drums I know I can hold down control to change the velocity with the mouse, but it's hard to be presize, is there a way to enter note velocities by numbers or keyboard?
You can enter the length and velocity of all selected symbols simultaneously at the parameter inspector.
5)
When working with libraries and dragging small phrases to an instrument figure, Synfire will replace the current figure.
I often want to drag several small phrases into the same figure and build a unique longer figure out of smaller snippets from my library, is there a way to tell Synfire to just add what I drag on top of what's already there at the position I drop it?
Yes that is possible, but it works only with copy/paste (not by dragging the phrase). Select the position, where you want to place the phrase with the span-tool.
Mi., 01.05.2013 - 15:14 Permalink
At the "Interpretation" parameter: Select "Interpretation", then "Snapshot", then the tab "Form", then "Auto-Split" off.
Got it, nice to have my dissonances back :)
Not so easy to do, since Synfire doesn't produce new symbols at the chord change points. I've tried it via drawing a vector at the "Velocity" parameter, but had no luck. The velocity change is effecitve only at the next symbol, not at the chord change point. The only solution I see at the moment is to freeze the phrase (Phrase >> Freeze). This produces new symbols at the chord change point, but those symbols are static (frozen) then (they will not follow, if you change the progression later).
That makes me feel better because I tried everything I could come up with to make the velocity change happen. Maybe I could use volume automation instead just to take the chord down a notch.
You can enter the length and velocity of all selected symbols simultaneously at the parameter inspector.
Ah I see it now, in the editor inspector under symbols there's a length parameter.
Yes that is possible, but it works only with copy/paste (not by dragging the phrase). Select the position, where you want to place the phrase with the span-tool.
ok that's fine, because I had resorted to duplicating the instrument, dragging the second phrase there to position it and then merging the tracks, copy paste is much easier. Many thanks, I think I'm slowly getting the hang of most things in Synfire now.