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Re: Is there a simple way to make a MIDI track not seem so mechanical? 2017/04/21 02:36:13 (permalink)
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I use that all the time... Guess that makes me a bad person......

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Re: Is there a simple way to make a MIDI track not seem so mechanical? 2017/04/21 11:35:30 (permalink)
Good Day, 
 
Craig left some tips last Friday on doing so with the Step Sequencer, also Sonars midi processing effects may help a bit, Quantize and Velocity allow for random variations to be applied to these parameters on an existing midi file.
 
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Re: Is there a simple way to make a MIDI track not seem so mechanical? 2017/04/21 14:55:50 (permalink)
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Good Day, 
 
Craig left some tips last Friday on doing so with the Step Sequencer, also Sonars midi processing effects may help a bit, Quantize and Velocity allow for random variations to be applied to these parameters on an existing midi file.
 
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The thing is, a human player (at least a good one) does not just interject random timing or velocity variations into his/her playing.  The variations are predictable and serve a purpose.
 
Timing will be off the grid, but probably biased to being early or late depending on the rhythm of the song.
 
Velocity will vary within a pattern to accent certain notes on certain beats.

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Re: Is there a simple way to make a MIDI track not seem so mechanical? 2017/04/21 18:02:52 (permalink)
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The thing is, a human player (at least a good one) does not just interject random timing or velocity variations into his/her playing.  



Id agree, there's no substitute for a good musician, (almost sounds like an oxymoron,  lol), key word being "good", sadly Im probably more often trying to un-humanize things, LOL.
 
I guess I should have said they do also allow some measured degrees variation.
 
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Re: Is there a simple way to make a MIDI track not seem so mechanical? 2018/08/22 19:25:29 (permalink)
You could use nudge for finer timing.  I haven't tried to use it yet, but II know about it because on the training tape I'm using to learn Cakewalk, they talk about that.  First I hide all the tracks I'm not intrested in by using H which brings up the track manager.  Then I can use snap and nudge which I'm still writing my part so I am not ready to use those yet.  But I know about them.  Does Cakewalk do Quintiplets?  Thanks in advance.
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