Shift midi an octave?

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2012/12/03 23:42:44 (permalink)

Shift midi an octave?


I admit to being a bit bass deaf and I hear better if I record an octave higher than it should be.
Is there a quick way to drop an instrument an octave after recording? Lasso and drag the whole track down in PRV?


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    garrigus
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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/03 23:48:02 (permalink)
    Sure, you can do that. You can also use the Process > Transpose function or even the Event Inspector...

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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/03 23:48:10 (permalink)

    Sell by date at 9000 posts. Do not feed.
    @48/24 & 128 buffers latency is 367 with offset of 38.

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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/03 23:49:10 (permalink)
    Darn beat me by 5 seconds Scott ;).

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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/04 09:12:00 (permalink)
    Sorry, Alex... just quick on the draw today. I'm sure I'll be slower tomorrow since I won't be getting much sleep... too much work on the SONAR X2 Power book. 


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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/04 09:18:39 (permalink)
    If it happened to be a MIDI track, you could also transpose down in the (edited) Track Inspector.

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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/04 11:41:09 (permalink)
    Cool, thanks guys. I knew Sonar would likely have covered it somehow.


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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/04 11:46:59 (permalink)
    When I transpose I use the Key Widget in the Track Inspector. 

    The Track Inspector in X1/X2 for MIDI is where you go for changing parameters for a track. Everything is there.  

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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/04 12:02:41 (permalink)
    I've got Transpose mapped to ctrl + t, mainly because I use this function quite a lot during the composition phase of a project

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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/04 19:41:24 (permalink)
    i agree that using the destructive transpose is the better option because if i want to export as midi the transpodiyion options in the track controls do not get applied upon export 

     
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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/05 09:54:22 (permalink)
    Bristol_Jonesey


    I've got Transpose mapped to ctrl + t, mainly because I use this function quite a lot during the composition phase of a project

    Hadn't thought of that.  Nice idea - thanks. :) 


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    Re:Shift midi an octave? 2012/12/05 09:56:10 (permalink)
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    i agree that using the destructive transpose is the better option because if i want to export as midi the transpodiyion options in the track controls do not get applied upon export 

    Good comment.  In my situation, I only export midi for my own use, so I just reapply any transpositions as needed.


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