My Dummy Questitions

[vacuum]

Midi Learn ?
I never use controllers but,

when I want automation I choose Edit -> Settings -> click on "Not Assigned" for the drop down list to see what parameters are automatable and what number they have.

Then a pattern row looks like: C-4 .. .. .. 0B 0000 0027 1000 .. ----> "0B 0000" = set inertia to 0, and "0027 1000" = set parameter 0027 to 12,5%.
(inertia seems to put inertia on itself too, btw)

[szaszhareen]

yep, looks like i spoke too soon on that one. the right click>learn option is not available on some vsts, it just depends on which one you're using. with minimogue va, you can right click as i mentioned:



but with dsk thor i'm unable to assign any params to a knob in this way. your best bet is to program your automation as vacuum mentioned, or use native buzz machines. they all support the right click>bind to midi controller. you can also hit record and move the vst knobs with the mouse, but that's just not as satisfying for some reason.

if it's 303 sounds you're after, there are a bunch of buzz machines that emulate this. this video demos one of the tastier 303 clones:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2kl-CW9snU

[szaszhareen]

ok, nevermind. you can totally do what you want to do with any vst. first click auto learn, then use the mouse to move the vst controls. this will assign the control to a buzz slider.

from the polac vst helpfile:

Auto Learn If enabled, all touched controls in the vst gui get assigned to buzz sliders - track by track, one after another (until the last available track slider has been reached).

to access the sliders, right click the vst (the machine, not the gui) and click parameters. you can then right click>bind to midi controller and move whatever knob you want.

[piwojkee]

yep ! itworks

[piwojkee]

it's all perfect

but i have last issue
i got that worked in Jeskola Buzz but i can't it in Buzй (http://batman.no/buze )
i can't make a workable chain where VST Effect(loaded by Polac VST's Loader) between machine/VSTi and Master channel worked .it just produces no sound. it worked when Infector to the Master but when i add PVST it break the chain and how i said produces no sound

Maybe someone now how to fix it

[piwojkee]

Good morning. Why some machines have no sound, I mean do not take midi
And how to deal with it, it turns out only in the pattern will sound when I manually type in notes

What plugins to recommend? better to use the native machines/effects or other VSTS

How to use a metronome? Simply insert each quarter, for example, the sound of the metronome and everything is fine?

[szaszhareen]

many buzzmachines don't support midi input. you can get around this by opening them in polacs vsti loader (drop pvsti in machine view, right click pvsti, click load, and find the buzzmachine you want to use).

using native buzzmachines is usually easier on your cpu than using vsts, which can be a great advantage if you're using a slower or older pc.

How to use a metronome? Simply insert each quarter, for example, the sound of the metronome and everything is fine?

definitely an option! i find it's more fun to make a beat first and play to that, but i've used buzz as a metronome before, using the method you describe. you could probably make a fairly convincing digital metronome click with jeskola trilok.

[mute]

pvst/midi - http://vimeo.com/1675783

polac metronome - http://www.xlutop.com/buzz/zip/polac_metronome.zip

[piwojkee]

2szaszhareen How to deal wit loops ?????? how to stretch dat shit&pop

I have some ideas, but... i think i can use sampler like vember audio shortcircuit but before i need to stretch dat loop Previously..........

So what do you think?i need fore example 2 bars lengh
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2cool boyz raz vse uzhe tak poshlo SO YOU CAN USE Frescobaldi. http://www.frescobaldi.org/uguide
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Docum ... e-notation
shit helps. i learn music through
Added: And how to put(!!DRAW) a note delay in pattern xp cuz i can only draw a note cutoff(i can drag a note "at the end" BUT cant resize at start)

[szaszhareen]

you can stretch loops with unwieldy tracker (with the stretch to x ticks parameter), but it changes the pitch. this way you can fit your loops in where you want them. a good tutorial is here:

http://www.ofrecordings.com/2008/04/09/ ... dytracker/

be sure to put the cursor back in the row and check out the status bar when you input a value, it will tell you how many ticks you've stretched it to, for example 0010 stretches the loop to 16 ticks. i sat around forever guessing and trying random values before i figured this out.

you can draw things with the mouse in pxp by putting the cursor in the column you want to edit, hitting ctrl+g, then holding ctrl and drawing with the mouse:



frescobaldi looks interesting, i've been learning to read music through piano method books. it's really helped me write more interesting music, since before i just put in random notes and hoped for the best.

[magmavander]

If you want to change the pitch and/or change the length of a sample without changing the length and/or pitch you can use the Celemony Melodyne studio, great stuff, but it's commercial (not free).

You can also try the Marc Alvarez PitchWizard, a buzz effect : http://www.buzzmachines.com/machineinfo.php?id=776

Extract from the help :

So what can do this machine for you ?

Here’s a short list of what features you can manage with it :

“ Many old generators couldn’t manage the new pitch wheel MIDI messages. Plug in your MIDI keyboard to your computer, connect the Pitch Wizard after a generator, set up the same midi channel for both generator and Pitch Wizard, set the PW amplitude, play and enjoy !

a Tired of sung or speech samples that you can’t transpose without getting a Mickey mouse’s or Dark Vador’s voice ? Select the Formant process in the Pitch Wizard tracks and transpose them as you wish (don’t expect more than 1 octave up and down : some things still remain utopia)

b Do you feel lazy and have a great CPU : make your chords dynamically by adding tracks to the Pitch Wizard and setting the relative transpositions on each track. One key pressed, a chord out of your speakers !

c Do you want to apply different effects to each Pitch Wizard track (delay on the higher chord partial, vibrato on the lower, etc etc): select an AuxBus channel for each track and connect the desired effects after the AuxReturn machines !


d Tired of recurrent pad presets : connect Pitch Wizard after a generator, set up the length of scaling slides and tweak it, you’ll getting more evolutive pads with moving partials !

It's not that easy to use and sometimes buggy but it's a cool fx that can do a lot of cool stuff. The trick is to correct your sample and then export it as wav to avoid bugs in your bmx.

[szaszhareen]

You can also try the Marc Alvarez PitchWizard, a buzz effect : http://www.buzzmachines.com/machineinfo.php?id=776

damn, i didn't know about this! thanks for linking it. i've tried a few free vst effects but they were tough to use them as i wanted in buzz. it's great that someone wrote a buzzmachine for this. i had resigned myself to the chipmunk and vader sounds for any vocal pitchshifting or stretching.

[piwojkee]

Dudes who can reproduced some of Neptunes early beats from 2000 like
TO LISTEN:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzi5-ItOIao THE NEPTUNES 2001-2002 PT 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LTmDG8e ... 6W&index=3

How they created synth riffs? I think same result can be reached by synth+retrigger machine. I found intoxicat Genre(http://buzzmachines.com/machineinfo.php?id=891).