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2007/11/22 22:29:22 (permalink)

Pickup held MIDI notes...

Hi again!

I thought I asked this weeks and weeks ago but never got an answer.

Is there an option in Sonar to pickup held MIDI notes? I'm working on a 1-hour meditation CD, so the music I'm composing is basically two chords held down for 30 sec each!! I really really really really really really really really don't want to start at the top of an hour-long project to hear my playback.

Where is the option to enable picking up midi notes>?

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    rdolmat
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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/22 22:34:09 (permalink)


    I can't find the option...PLEASE tell me it's available? It seems like Cakewalk doesn't want me to use Sonar to write this music..

    please oh please don't send me back to Steinberg-land...

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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 05:55:10 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: rdolmat

    Where is the option to enable picking up midi notes>?

    There isn't one.
    Sonar doesn't do it.

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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 06:32:10 (permalink)

    If those half minute notes are static, not-changing sounds, a workaround would be to use Sonar 7's new handy note-split and glue features. First, cut them into shorter parts while working with the project, then, when everything is ready, glue them together again before the final mix.


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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 07:04:48 (permalink)
    Wouldn't another work-around simply be to freeze the synth track?

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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 07:53:09 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: epillarbox

    Wouldn't another work-around simply be to freeze the synth track?

    Laurence



    Yes, that's probably the best solution, assuming that the synths are freezable, that is: that they are soft synths. If not, they can be manually recorded into audio tracks, replacing the midi tracks at least temporarily during the work process.


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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 07:56:36 (permalink)
    The freezing synths is a decent workaround unless as sometimes is the case with me you are editing envelopes on the synth track and another track so that they are complimentary.
    I often work on 2 tracks' filter cutoffs at the same time so that the interaction between the 2 sounds works and picking up on midi notes/data would most definitely speed up the work flow.

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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 08:29:23 (permalink)
    I think splitting the notes is the best way so far....since I'm still composing and need to play back what I've recorded once-in-a-while.

    ie: record 12 bars, playback from bar 2, then record another 12 bars, playback from bar 14, etc...so freezing and unfreezing/re-recording might take a long time.

    I'll try splitting the notes....

    (or using Cubase to compose this song...since it has the option.)

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    RE: Pickup held MIDI notes... 2007/11/23 10:45:36 (permalink)
    You could open the piano roll view and use the scrubbing tool ( B )...if for example you want to just cue a chord.I know it's not what you're asking about but it's a work around for editing purposes.

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