Music-X Concerns
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Mike,
When Music-X was still vapor ware I talked to someone about sequencers in
the AmigaArts forum who said he was working on Music-X (SMPTE MIDI calculations
I believe), I think it was you but am not sure. In any case, I described my
needs for a sequencer that "understood" SMPTE, rather than just MIDI clocks
(like Pro MIDI) and Music-X was described. At that point I asked wether
sequencer events could be edited via T.C., instead of just MIDI clocks and I
could swear I was told yes, they could. However, after playing with the demo
version, I can't see any other way to change MIDI events other than by
Bar/Beat.
Let me tell you my application. I do post work for film/video. I get a cue
sheet with SMPTE numbers. Door close at 00:10:42:12. At this point I try to
calculate how many MIDI clocks that number is, load the door close into the
sampler, play back to check-usually takes several adjustments. As you can
imagine, being able to load in an effect and punch in it's time (T.C. number)
would be a real plus. Can this be done in Music-X? Or, is there a way to
"translate" SMPTE to Bar/Beat? (If the Time: and Clock: displays could be
locked this would be easy with the FF and Rewind gadgets, but they appear to be
totally independent of one another.)
As you might imagine, "guesstimating" bar/beat would be the same as
"guesstimating" MIDI clocks, which would make Music-X no more useful to me than
Pro MIDI. Thanks again.
Barry
Barry,
Here is Matt Nathan's (author of Music-X manual) reply:
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There are two types of sequences in Music-X; relative and absolute. Absolute
time sequences can be edited using time code. A sequence is made relative
(based on beats) or absolute (based on seconds) when it is first recorded,
using a switch (highlighted box) titled "Absolute Time Seq" in the record
requester.
If you wish to build an absolute time sequence in the editor (as when typing
in events from a cue sheet), you must first go through the motions of recording
a blank absolute sequence from the sequencer page and then storing it.
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Hope this answers your question. —Mike
Thanks, Mike, looks like it'll be Music-X afterall.